I seemed to have accidentally answered an ask personally. Someone requested that I post photos of my finished Narnia dress, so here it is!

This is my recreation of Susan’s Archery Dress from the first Narnia film! It is faithfully reproduced, except I excluded the slits on the upper arm and decided I preferred a simpler and cleaner bound edge on the cuffs rather than more embroidery. It is made out of the most scrumptous mid-weight linen and the pattern is drafted by myself. Entirely hand sewn with flat-felled seams, hand-bound eyelets, and hand embroidery, it took me about a year to complete (although I wasn’t as frequent of a sewer then as I am now). Enjoy! :)

The original:

Mine:

You can see the bound cuff here:

A detail of the embroidery!

And just for fun, a picture of the dress in action as I do what I do best:

I can also put up more photos of the Éowyn surcoat that I made, which you see my friend Stephanie wearing in the above photos. (And the beautiful woman sitting next to me in a darker green dress is my darling mother!) Should I post those next?

Florentine women, 1480s

By Domenico Ghirlandaio, detail of a fresco from the Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trìnita, Florence.

Thanks to ljustclara

Florentine women, 1480s

By Domenico Ghirlandaio, detail of a fresco from the Sassetti Chapel in Santa Trìnita, Florence.

Thanks to ljustclara

Young Lady by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1525

Young Lady by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1525

Altar piece by Memling, 1474

Altar piece by Memling, 1474

Two Court Ladies by Carpaccio, c. 1490

Two Court Ladies by Carpaccio, c. 1490

c. 1471

c. 1471

fuckyeaarthistory:

Jean Fouquet
The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
Tempera on panel
1452-1455
One panel of the Melun Diptych, currently in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.

I love seeing princess seams in medieval art! It’s so rare :3

fuckyeaarthistory:

Jean Fouquet

The Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels

Tempera on panel

1452-1455

One panel of the Melun Diptych, currently in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp.

I love seeing princess seams in medieval art! It’s so rare :3

(via modernfoppery)

medieval:

From the Codex Manesse.

medieval:

From the Codex Manesse.

awoade:

darksilenceinsuburbia:

yama-bato:

9c silver disc brooch, late Anglo-Saxon.
by kotomigd



Oh god oh god oh god this is beautiful.

awoade:

darksilenceinsuburbia:

yama-bato:

9c silver disc brooch, late Anglo-Saxon.

by kotomigd

Oh god oh god oh god this is beautiful.

1467-68

1467-68


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