By far my favorite of Arwen's gowns from the trilogy, I spent 8 months planning this gown : what modifications I wanted, picking out my fabrics. Now that school is out and I've managed to actually make some money, I decided to order my fabrics and get to work.
Modifications:
After reading the costume write-up on Alley Cat Scratch for this gown, I realized that I had some issues with the actualuity and I had prefered my false delusions of this gown's making, therefore I decided to make it with several modifications which would leave me a gown with the same feeling, color scheme, and sleeve design as the original, but still not the "Blood Red Gown." The first change is in the overall construction - I am making a one - piece gown, not a jumper and underdress. For the body of the gown, I am using the Late 15th century kirtle pattern from Katherine Strand Holkeboer's Patterns for Theatrical Costumes (I have become quite fond of that book). Unfortunatly this does commit a major faux pa in the world of elven gowns - I'm using princess seams. Why, you may ask? Because I like princess seams alot as well as the square neckline they create. I am also changing the sleeves a bit. Pretty much, I hate that paisley velvet. On the upper portion of the sleeve I am using red silk organza overlaying the midnight blue velvet. For the lower sleeves I am using satin instead of velvet, because I like shiny sleeves better than furry sleeves. |
