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This is another late 1870s bustle dress I made, although this one is more of an "evening" dress than a dinner dress
like the green silk one. This one was also made out of mostly cottons, so it doesn't need to be dry cleaned. Again, it was
very fabric intensive. I made it out of black cotton velveteen for the bodice and the top of the back overskirt (not shown
- I don't have a picture of it yet). The plaid is a cotton/poly plaid. I bought the red/white/black striped velvet ribbon
at the same time as the plaid and still have a ton of it left, so this dress may get more decoration eventually. The red
and white boullion trim I bought later, along with some black lace for the bodice. The ruffle on this dress was made using
a ruffler attachment on my sewing machine. The eventual plan is to make a "day" bodice for this skirt as well,
although since I haven't done so in several years I probably never will.
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| Me and my friend Rise' at the Fledermaus Ball |
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| This is my black and red fishtail bustle. |
This is an okay shot of this dress, although I really think that Rise's dress looks better in this picture.
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| Another picture of this dress. |
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| This was taken at the Gasfitter's Ball. |
A better picture of this dress, from the Gasfitter's Ball. Although I made this dress a couple of years after the green bustle
dress, I wore it to Gasfitter's first.
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| My Red Brocade Bustle |
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| For Gasfitters in 2003 |
This bustle dress I made for the Gasfitters Ball in 2003. While I like the color combination, I'm not real thrilled
with how it turned out. I think the skirt front looks odd and I've never been real happy about the fit on the bodice
and I may get around to refitting it one of these days.
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| Detail - Red brocade bustle skirt |
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This is a shot of just the back of the underskirt of the bustle dress (the fishtail). I pleated some red silk to
act as sort of a dust ruffle, and to show it off embattled the top part of the skirt that it was attached to. I like
the effect.
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