rock the frock

[pinkdiamond]

I reecently shared this image of a test pinning session over my princess dress (well underdress- it’s going to be used under a few gowns.

 

This saree was a chance find in my nearest Save Mart store, I regularly scour them for saree and anything able to be transformed such as shoes, lengths of fabric, but mainly saree!)

 

But I haven’t shared the images that inspired them.

 

Over the years I have hoarded images from eBay sales as often the display does not do justice to the gown but do offer fantastic chances to understand contructions and physical properties.

 

Or sometimes there are amazing finds.

The two overgowns below are from such finds. They have a few things in common- polonaise style with a shorter bustle feature.

 

Comments

[bzzzyb.livejournal.com]

That black one is stunning! I can't see it well, are the gold details spangles/ embroidery or is it painted?

[pinkdiamond.livejournal.com]

From memory I want to say straw, I'll grab the other images and see also if I can reverse search them.