The French Frock.

There's been an update to The French Frock (TM). I'm not going to use the brown velvet. It's just the wrong shade for anything else I have in stash. So it's the... take a deep breath now... blue silk velvet that Mr C bought in China about four years ago, lined with silk that I got from the lovely Fiora when she went to Thailand. The gold with black shot dupion I have will match it beautifully for the guards and white dupion sleeves and forepart will be rather striking. I've purchased some ribbon for an affect on the forepart, criss-crossed maybe with pearls at the interections. The ribbon-y bits may have to come later. I'll save them for last just in case I run out of time for the whole frock. I'll try to take some pics this weekend if I can tear myself away from assignments for long enough.

I'm going to cheat a bit with the French hood. Sarah Goodman makes a perfectly plausible French hood and I think I'm going to go with her way of doing it. It won't be picture perfect, but I'm making a blue reproduction of a red dress, so perfect picture accuracy is not really an issue. I'll see how I go for time (I feel like I'm in a Star Trek: Voyager episode, honestly). If I have plenty of time left over, i.e. a whole weekend free between now and the event, I might give Ninya Mikhaila's French hood a try.

As for anything practical for the dress... Well, that will come in a rush after I get the majority of this semesters assignments out of the way. Thank God I don't have any exams!