After you finish a costume this complex, do you like, wear it around the house? Go for a walk, frolic in a field? Do some grocery shopping? After all that hard work, I'd never want to take it off.
Daniele Todorov Sometimes with dresses I like to wear them for a while (spin around in them, take selfies , whatever - just spend time in them) but this one isn't much fun to move in! I don't think I could get in a car wearing it. Even getting through a door would be a bit of a challenge. I tend to enjoy the process of making them more than wearing them, especially when it is warm out and they have a dozen layers!
It's a lot of fun! I'm part of a Scottish reenactment group that focuses on the Elizabethan period, and though our garb is not quite this fancy, the basic pieces are the same. We just don't wear as much jewelry or any type of headdress. I love doing reenactment, I feel so beautiful. I will say though, the layers are HEAVY., especially since we wear wool and linen. It's exhausting to carry around so much fabric all day, most people don't realize that. Find a group and join in!
Most guilds (with the exception of maybe the royals) are tailored towards beginners. Many have loaner garb that you can wear for a season or two to get on your feet. That's how I started. I thrifted quite a few pieces of my garb and then I recently learned to sew, which really cuts down on the cost of labor. Fabric is another story. Don't let cost dissuade you. If its a worthwhile guild, most will help you through your first years. :D
Noah Broughton It's probably really impractical, and you might be denied entry in certain spaces because they think you're an actor, but no one can stop you from prancing around the street or going to the park in it.
***** honestly though it would be no different then me doing normal drag and going out so there really isn't anything stopping me (Except for the $90 of boning I need to buy to finish my elliptical crinoline, I'm doing an 1860's look.)
Violet Snake slowly? ppft- it was only to the late 18 century and early 19 century till we started wearing more clothing like our modern day clothing. Then WWll was the start of women working so they really needed something more suitable for working
Absolutely amazing! I was a theatre costumer during my last year of college, but have nowhere near the talent you have. I'm blown away by your skills! Can't wait to see more :)
Some people get to go to galleries to view art and some of us lucky ones can see it in moving, beautiful colour on our computers. Thank you for sharing your artistry with us.
I think your Tudor gown is gorgeous! I used to be a member of the S. C. A. , which is a medieval club, and some of the women did try to create Tudor dresses. I know for a fact that they would absolutely love to have a dress like yours! You have done a lot of work, and it is just stunning! Thank you for sharing this video! Cheers! ~Janet in Canada
I can see you being compared to Edith Head in the future. I know that your name will grace many Hollywood movies and someday you will stand on the stage receiving your Oscar. I cannot believe the skills that you have acquired in such a short time length of time that you have been designing and constructing costumes. I am 77 years-old and learning skills for constructing costumes from your videos and blog that have always been something that I felt was unattainable. You have a truly unbelieveable talent for someone so young. I see nothing but greatness for your journey.
This is talent beyond compare. Not only did you make it all yourself, but you also dressed yourself. A Tudor lady would have had an army of ladies in waiting or servant girls to dress her. Kudos, I bow my head down in respect and admiration.
Oh my gosh. If I was talented enough to make this, I would wear it around my town like it was completely normal. Maybe walk up and down the beach. I would have so much fun! This dress is so beautiful!! It needs to be shown off!
I really don’t know what to say; I’m just speechless to learn that you made that entire costume yourself! Calling you “talented” is a woeful understatement. If you’re not working on a TV show or in movies, you definitely should be. Your gift ought to be seen by everyone. The Tudor costume is AMAZING! And, you got all of those fiddly pieces on without anyone helping you, so extra brownie points for that. I would have needed two maids!
Well done with great attention to detail. One question, however, but only if you are striving for historical accuracy, and not just the look. All lace would have been sparkling white, not ivory or tea-stain color. Special laundresses were trained and hired by the upper classes just to wash, iron, starch, repair lace, as it was considered "white gold", and often smuggled across borders due to its expense and high taxes. A regular woman in charge of clothing would not have been allowed to handle the lace, it was considered a highly specialized skill as ruining lace could cost one her job, and it was vital to know how to remove stains and repair snags and tears. In France (and French-speaking countries, such as England among the upper classes/nobility in Tudor times), I believe her job title was 'blancheuse'. Just some fun historical trivia! How about some ribbon tie-at-the-knee garters? Beautiful dress!
There would have been wicker structures under the skirts, but a lot was done with padding, like bags of sheep wool since these structures had to be light to wear.Wicker was popular, like basketry but of course it was covered with quilted fabric and padding.They didn't use metal much for hoops at this time, or even corset stays (bone/ivory). The flat front was achieved by dressing, tight lacing in the bodice, often in a heavy canvas material with cords, and a thin flat board, the busk, was slid/shoved down the front from the bust to the waist. The ideal shape was an inverted cone, with a flat side on the bosom. The breasts would have,in a low-cut gown their upper convex shape, rather like two small apples sliced at the equator and stuck on the chest, rising toward the chin!! No lower curve was shown, rather a squished look, I'd think! As for the overall shape/silhouette, the skirts tended to drop straight early on, although they were heavily pleated in thick materials. Clothing was usually put on in pieces, eg sleeves were laced onto the bodice at every wearing, and the under-dress, almost like a shapeless nightgown, could be allowed to show or even puff a bit between laces and dress pieces. The front of the bodice ended in a long point in front, over the skirt. With padding around the hips, the over skirt would be heavily gathered/pleated at the waist and flowed from the waist almost out horizontally before dropping to the floor. there wasn't much support or hoops lower that the thigh at this point, it was all done at the hip/lower hip so the rich ness of the fabric could spread out and drape well. Under the dresses and all of their layers, the legs were fairly free to move, and ladies often suffered from the cold without some kind of leg covering. Later these wicker shapes became the sideways farthingales, which would increase the hip widths to ridiculous proportions, but only on the sides, left to right and not front to back. Women usually had to go through doorways sideways like crabs and it was impossible to have intimate conversations while walking side by side! Farthingales remained largely wicker, and strapped on with leather belts and ties.
You're welcome, serendipitous timing, right? Working on a look? everyday kind of thing or Hallowe'en? I don't know WHY or HOW I know all of this kind of stuff, but I love it!
Will do, on the long paragraphs! I used to type for a living, so I tend to write a lot! I'd love to have some historically accurate clothing too, and I have attempted some pieces, but of a much later era (1910). I think for now I am satisfied with learning and doing a lot of the detail work, like passementerie (spelling?) and then doing just a bit to embellish a coat or such. Currently my addiction is manipulating fabric into flowers and 'jewelry; I love the Japanese kanzashi, which is like origami in that by folding and gathering fabric, one petal a a time is formed and then they are all stitched together. My fabrics of choice - shh! I go to thrift stores and buy old silk ties and scarves.It's so much cheaper than buying new fabric and the ties probably wouldn't get sold as they are usually very dated looking, and sometimes a bit shabby. But, by taking them apart, hand-washing them gives me enough fabric to use and it challenges me (keeps me from being bored) to mix fabrics to complete a larger piece. A costume designer and fellow textile/fiber-nut once told me that dry cleaning strips silk of its outer layers, but water renews them. After the ties are taken apart, the silk gets dropped in a small bucket of cold water to soak for a few days before the gentle washing and line dry. Aside from the 'flowers' and fabric shapes, I also making dozens (hundreds?) of these silk hexagons, and stitching them by hand is very fast and fun. I carry a little box with me, and I can whip them up in waiting rooms, while on hold, etc. The hexagons were originally, ahem! going to be just a few to decorate a scarf but now I am thinking I could keep going and make a scarf just out of the hexies, sewn together either with/out spaces in between,sort of a honeycomb shape.. The hex shapes are small enough pieces that I can use many of the leftovers from larger projects. I also occasionally dye some of the silks, but I haven't gone too much in this direction.. I suppose I could do more since I like the look of over- and am fascinated by the process, esp shibori and those methods of resist, etc. I am exchanging craft ideas with a friend in another state and will have photos of the steps for the flowers and variations, would you like some pictures?Maybe I WILL have enough for a blog (but I don't want there to be a giant rush to the thrift stores for old silk ties!!). My email is cre8majic@aol,com, call me cre8, if you'd like..
I'm creating a similar dress, myself, and reading your comments was very informative, thanks! In particular, I could see that her hoop skirt was poorly structured at the top and created a weird sag in the fabric between her bum roll and the hoops, making the silhouette look wrong in profile. I wanted to know the proper way they would wear it to avoid that sort of thing, because I'm obsessed with detail and being accurate. I'm even doing all of the sewing by hand. Ouch.
Wow!! I've watched your video's before and have been impressed with your sewing skills. Watching this I was impressed that you were able to get this completely on by yourself, but then reading that you made this entire outfit!! I almost fell to the floor. It's Beautiful!!
Woah, that's insane! The details, the layers, all the work behind...it's just beautiful Angela. The absolute best costume I've ever seen, it screams high quality and effort!
The world of historical fashion owes you a debt of gratitude. Your adventures have sparked interest where stagnation has reigned for far too long. Huzzah and Vivat!
If only I had the patience!!! I'm absolutely in love with fashion history and just want a wardrobe full of gowns from different decades! Maybe one day I'll find joy in sewing...
WOW!! This dress was awesome, i wish i could do something like that, speaking of which, are you going to do like a step by step tutorial about it? I'd love to see that and learn from it, as it seems incredible
Paula B Thank you! No, a project like this one has over a hundred hours of work into it and dozens upon dozens of steps. Making a video showing the process would be pretty much impossible, but like with all my projects there is a write up linked in the description box!
Dear merciful God in heaven!! I would die if I had to wear so many layers lol. Beautiful workmanship and fantastic detailaing. I love the fall colors and matching jewels. A+!!!!
This is just fabulous! We are going to a Tudor banquet in December and I have decided to make myself a Tudor dress. I've got loads of bits and pieces in my studio and the only things I'm having to buy are a boned bodice to cover, and some gorgeous 2nd hand brocade curtains for the skirt - both found as real bargains on Ebay. I've got a big box of bits and pieces I bought ages ago in charity shops, including an embroidered bed quilt with a panel just the right size for the front of the bodice. I'm going to have a lot of fun making this, and hope I get other opportunities to wear it too. The dress code for the banquet is "smart casual" but this is too good an opportunity to miss!!
I hope a splendidly talented painter contacts you because if anything should be painted it should be you in this dress. You also have the same look the ladies of the day had so it would look spot on.
Amazing! The colours, the forms, the jewels! I recognize them all from Royal portraiture! Amazing. You look every bit like a glamorous Tudor court lady
I wished so many times that I had your talent! My Belly dance teacher also had your gifts. Just give her a bolt of cloth, tell her what style bedlah you wanted and in two weeks, she sewed you a work of art! God rest your soul dear Penny. Again you amaze me! Your dress is more accurate than they sew in England or in American Cinema.
that is such a beautiful course in the entire ensemble is just gorgeous. I watch this for the first time while at a friend's house and she thought I was crazy when I said I'd give just about anything to wear that. most people don't understand my desire to wear historically accurate outfits.
Pretty accurate. Minus the nail polish 😊😊 We still don't know how the dresses were constructed precisely however, since no example of a Tudor or Elizabethan dress has survived the ravages of time. Dresses were also cut up, given away to theater productions as hand-me- downs, destroyed and/or reconstructed. I have read that clothes were often burned after an individual died. This would probably explain why a majority of the clothing from the Tudor and Elizabethan period were never perserved. A few mens shirts, doublets, which is what we would call a jacket today, bits of fabric, shoes, ruff pins, hose, gloves and a few pieces of jewelry have survived, but not enough to really fully appreciate the creative fashions of the era. When Shakespeare in love was made, Sandy Powell, the costume designer, had to rely on paintings and historical books on Elizabethan fashion to accurately portray the clothes people wore during that time in history. Also, these clothes and accessories were for the wealthy, and highly coveted, so not everyone had access to them. Sumptuary laws also restricted who was allowed to wear luxury clothing. Queen Elizabeth I had over 1,000 dresses housed in the Tower of London. The fact that none of these dresses survived is a real shame. The BBC did a very interesting story about a beautifully embroidered tunic that was found in a church. Apparently it belonged to one of Elizabeth I's ladies in waiting. The queen gifted it to her. The tunic is gorgeous and textile historians were able to match it to a paiting of Elizabeth and are confident that the tunic was in fact hers. A 500+ year old clothing item worn by Elizabeth I, priceless. 16th century fashion was so beautiful and fascinating. My favorites are the French fashions of the 16th century. Really beautiful.
Wow! Really beautiful! The only thing I'd say is to make the veil more non-see though as women did not show their hair in that era and I'd also like to mention that back then they had slip-on sleeves that were not attached to the gown and fastened with more strings and laces that were then tucked underneath. Nice job. :)
The WGamerz The veil is made from velvet, so it's about as opaque as it can get! But the hood should be slid a little further up. My research led me to find equal evidence for over sleeves that attached to the sleeves (even cut as one piece) vs ones that lace on, so for convenience sake I attached them. But the foresleeves to attach with laces. Thank you for the advice, though.
Angela Clayton You're welcome! I understand that these do take soooooooooooo long to make so I can understand why you would leave the sleeves attached. :) You just earned a new subscriber :)
+Robin McKee No Catherine of Aragon worn French Hoods way before Anne Boleyn did. Historians don't actually have alot of evidence for the whole Anne and French Hood thing, all her portraits are after her death. And the only known image of her (A coin) has her with a Gable Hood and she was recorded wearing one on her execution.
The WGamerz Not true at all, theirs no evidence that Anne started the trend. French Hoods became popular all throughout the 1500s, it wasn't Anne who started it. We only know she wore a Gable Hood at one point (From the Coin and the execution) not a French Hood. Both Catherine of Aragon and Princess Mary Tudor, (Henry VIII sister) wore them before Anne came to court. It's a huge misconception that Anne made them fashionable. Historians cannot find any evidence for that in the record. Also most of Anne's earliest surviving portraits have her with a Gable Hood not a French one.
If you wouldn't have already earned my greatest respect for your talent, skills and passion, you would earn it now, because you managed to put this on all by your own.
I know exactly what painting this is from and it is one of my all time favorites, and my favorite of queen Elizabeth. I know this is super old now but I still adore this video!
could you do more historically accurate dresses? Like medieval German dresses and Arab? It'd be really cool if you did! And this dress was awesome too! :D
After you finish a costume this complex, do you like, wear it around the house? Go for a walk, frolic in a field? Do some grocery shopping? After all that hard work, I'd never want to take it off.
Daniele Todorov Sometimes with dresses I like to wear them for a while (spin around in them, take selfies , whatever - just spend time in them) but this one isn't much fun to move in! I don't think I could get in a car wearing it. Even getting through a door would be a bit of a challenge. I tend to enjoy the process of making them more than wearing them, especially when it is warm out and they have a dozen layers!
You find a historical or reenactment group to wear it to. There are a few good ones. Or renaissance faires. Organizers may even pay you.
DT i know meeee 2😊😊😊
LOL!
Mary Jane's in tudor times? Don't think so
If you have kids one day, they are going to be spoiledddd when it comes to Halloween costumes! I love everything you do. Thanks for sharing with us!
I would kill to be able to dress this way.
me too!!!!!! and I wish I had the skills to recreate this!!!
me too!
It's a lot of fun! I'm part of a Scottish reenactment group that focuses on the Elizabethan period, and though our garb is not quite this fancy, the basic pieces are the same. We just don't wear as much jewelry or any type of headdress. I love doing reenactment, I feel so beautiful. I will say though, the layers are HEAVY., especially since we wear wool and linen. It's exhausting to carry around so much fabric all day, most people don't realize that. Find a group and join in!
i cant afford the costumes, otherwise i would.
Most guilds (with the exception of maybe the royals) are tailored towards beginners. Many have loaner garb that you can wear for a season or two to get on your feet. That's how I started. I thrifted quite a few pieces of my garb and then I recently learned to sew, which really cuts down on the cost of labor. Fabric is another story. Don't let cost dissuade you. If its a worthwhile guild, most will help you through your first years. :D
I wish it was more culturally acceptable to just walk around in period clothing.
It totally is. Rock on.
Noah Broughton It's probably really impractical, and you might be denied entry in certain spaces because they think you're an actor, but no one can stop you from prancing around the street or going to the park in it.
***** honestly though it would be no different then me doing normal drag and going out so there really isn't anything stopping me (Except for the $90 of boning I need to buy to finish my elliptical crinoline, I'm doing an 1860's look.)
If half the things celebrities do is socially acceptable so is this. Wear it to Walmart, they'll let you put on anything.
PFFT!! Forget socially acceptable, just wear it if you like it!:3
Whyyyy can’t we wear things like this and it be the norm? Come oonnn.
it's impractical so people slowly ditched this type of fashion but if u want to wear smt like this go ahead
Violet Snake slowly? ppft- it was only to the late 18 century and early 19 century till we started wearing more clothing like our modern day clothing. Then WWll was the start of women working so they really needed something more suitable for working
@@AngelicAutumn women have always been working
Absolutely amazing! I was a theatre costumer during my last year of college, but have nowhere near the talent you have. I'm blown away by your skills! Can't wait to see more :)
Whitney Sews Oh, I didn't know you were following Angela! You both have huge talent :D
Some people get to go to galleries to view art and some of us lucky ones can see it in moving, beautiful colour on our computers. Thank you for sharing your artistry with us.
So beautiful! I would love to see a tutorial on how to measure yourself properly for making dresses/bodices. Love your videos,amazing work!
Me too! Verry much to be honest :(
Same
I think your Tudor gown is gorgeous! I used to be a member of the S. C. A. , which is a medieval club, and some of the women did try to create Tudor dresses. I know for a fact that they would absolutely love to have a dress like yours! You have done a lot of work, and it is just stunning! Thank you for sharing this video! Cheers! ~Janet in Canada
WOW! STUNNING ! You look like you stepped out of a portrait of the Tudor family !
I can see you being compared to Edith Head in the future. I know that your name will grace many Hollywood movies and someday you will stand on the stage receiving your Oscar. I cannot believe the skills that you have acquired in such a short time length of time that you have been designing and constructing costumes. I am 77 years-old and learning skills for constructing costumes from your videos and blog that have always been something that I felt was unattainable. You have a truly unbelieveable talent for someone so young. I see nothing but greatness for your journey.
This is talent beyond compare. Not only did you make it all yourself, but you also dressed yourself. A Tudor lady would have had an army of ladies in waiting or servant girls to dress her. Kudos, I bow my head down in respect and admiration.
I'm impressed that you laced yourself into your corset.
Oh my gosh. If I was talented enough to make this, I would wear it around my town like it was completely normal. Maybe walk up and down the beach. I would have so much fun! This dress is so beautiful!! It needs to be shown off!
I really don’t know what to say; I’m just speechless to learn that you made that entire costume yourself! Calling you “talented” is a woeful understatement. If you’re not working on a TV show or in movies, you definitely should be. Your gift ought to be seen by everyone. The Tudor costume is AMAZING! And, you got all of those fiddly pieces on without anyone helping you, so extra brownie points for that. I would have needed two maids!
Well done with great attention to detail. One question, however, but only if you are striving for historical accuracy, and not just the look. All lace would have been sparkling white, not ivory or tea-stain color. Special laundresses were trained and hired by the upper classes just to wash, iron, starch, repair lace, as it was considered "white gold", and often smuggled across borders due to its expense and high taxes. A regular woman in charge of clothing would not have been allowed to handle the lace, it was considered a highly specialized skill as ruining lace could cost one her job, and it was vital to know how to remove stains and repair snags and tears. In France (and French-speaking countries, such as England among the upper classes/nobility in Tudor times), I believe her job title was 'blancheuse'. Just some fun historical trivia! How about some ribbon tie-at-the-knee garters? Beautiful dress!
There would have been wicker structures under the skirts, but a lot was done with padding, like bags of sheep wool since these structures had to be light to wear.Wicker was popular, like basketry but of course it was covered with quilted fabric and padding.They didn't use metal much for hoops at this time, or even corset stays (bone/ivory). The flat front was achieved by dressing, tight lacing in the bodice, often in a heavy canvas material with cords, and a thin flat board, the busk, was slid/shoved down the front from the bust to the waist. The ideal shape was an inverted cone, with a flat side on the bosom. The breasts would have,in a low-cut gown their upper convex shape, rather like two small apples sliced at the equator and stuck on the chest, rising toward the chin!! No lower curve was shown, rather a squished look, I'd think! As for the overall shape/silhouette, the skirts tended to drop straight early on, although they were heavily pleated in thick materials. Clothing was usually put on in pieces, eg sleeves were laced onto the bodice at every wearing, and the under-dress, almost like a shapeless nightgown, could be allowed to show or even puff a bit between laces and dress pieces. The front of the bodice ended in a long point in front, over the skirt. With padding around the hips, the over skirt would be heavily gathered/pleated at the waist and flowed from the waist almost out horizontally before dropping to the floor. there wasn't much support or hoops lower that the thigh at this point, it was all done at the hip/lower hip so the rich ness of the fabric could spread out and drape well. Under the dresses and all of their layers, the legs were fairly free to move, and ladies often suffered from the cold without some kind of leg covering. Later these wicker shapes became the sideways farthingales, which would increase the hip widths to ridiculous proportions, but only on the sides, left to right and not front to back. Women usually had to go through doorways sideways like crabs and it was impossible to have intimate conversations while walking side by side! Farthingales remained largely wicker, and strapped on with leather belts and ties.
You're welcome, serendipitous timing, right? Working on a look? everyday kind of thing or Hallowe'en? I don't know WHY or HOW I know all of this kind of stuff, but I love it!
Will do, on the long paragraphs! I used to type for a living, so I tend to write a lot!
I'd love to have some historically accurate clothing too, and I have attempted some pieces, but of a much later era (1910). I think for now I am satisfied with learning and doing a lot of the detail work, like passementerie (spelling?) and then doing just a bit to embellish a coat or such.
Currently my addiction is manipulating fabric into flowers and 'jewelry; I love the Japanese kanzashi, which is like origami in that by folding and gathering fabric, one petal a a time is formed and then they are all stitched together.
My fabrics of choice - shh! I go to thrift stores and buy old silk ties and scarves.It's so much cheaper than buying new fabric and the ties probably wouldn't get sold as they are usually very dated looking, and sometimes a bit shabby.
But, by taking them apart, hand-washing them gives me enough fabric to use and it challenges me (keeps me from being bored) to mix fabrics to complete a larger piece.
A costume designer and fellow textile/fiber-nut once told me that dry cleaning strips silk of its outer layers, but water renews them. After the ties are taken apart, the silk gets dropped in a small bucket of cold water to soak for a few days before the gentle washing and line dry.
Aside from the 'flowers' and fabric shapes, I also making dozens (hundreds?) of these silk hexagons, and stitching them by hand is very fast and fun. I carry a little box with me, and I can whip them up in waiting rooms, while on hold, etc.
The hexagons were originally, ahem! going to be just a few to decorate a scarf but now I am thinking I could keep going and make a scarf just out of the hexies, sewn together either with/out spaces in between,sort of a honeycomb shape.. The hex shapes are small enough pieces that I can use many of the leftovers from larger projects.
I also occasionally dye some of the silks, but I haven't gone too much in this direction.. I suppose I could do more since I like the look of over- and am fascinated by the process, esp shibori and those methods of resist, etc.
I am exchanging craft ideas with a friend in another state and will have photos of the steps for the flowers and variations, would you like some pictures?Maybe I WILL have enough for a blog (but I don't want there to be a giant rush to the thrift stores for old silk ties!!). My email is cre8majic@aol,com, call me cre8, if you'd like..
I'm creating a similar dress, myself, and reading your comments was very informative, thanks!
In particular, I could see that her hoop skirt was poorly structured at the top and created a weird sag in the fabric between her bum roll and the hoops, making the silhouette look wrong in profile. I wanted to know the proper way they would wear it to avoid that sort of thing, because I'm obsessed with detail and being accurate. I'm even doing all of the sewing by hand. Ouch.
+M.J. J. I'm just jumping in here, but yea I think you should do a blog.
The fact that you can get into all of this alone is amazing
Wow!! I've watched your video's before and have been impressed with your sewing skills. Watching this I was impressed that you were able to get this completely on by yourself, but then reading that you made this entire outfit!! I almost fell to the floor. It's Beautiful!!
You have an unfathomable amount of creativity and patience. I also loved watching your progress on Tumblr and your blog!
Woah, that's insane! The details, the layers, all the work behind...it's just beautiful Angela. The absolute best costume I've ever seen, it screams high quality and effort!
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Such a sweet video. You spoke volumes about your work and never said a word. Talented lady!
I am astounded by the work and complete beauty of this dress!!
The world of historical fashion owes you a debt of gratitude. Your adventures have sparked interest where stagnation has reigned for far too long. Huzzah and Vivat!
If only I had the patience!!! I'm absolutely in love with fashion history and just want a wardrobe full of gowns from different decades! Maybe one day I'll find joy in sewing...
WOW!! This dress was awesome, i wish i could do something like that, speaking of which, are you going to do like a step by step tutorial about it? I'd love to see that and learn from it, as it seems incredible
Paula B Thank you! No, a project like this one has over a hundred hours of work into it and dozens upon dozens of steps. Making a video showing the process would be pretty much impossible, but like with all my projects there is a write up linked in the description box!
+Angela Clayton you're so talented!!! I wish I could make this! I can barely use a machine yet!
Wow, just wow
Really enjoyed this!
That looks effing amazing. Angela, please teach us how to make a Victorian gown next!
Dear merciful God in heaven!! I would die if I had to wear so many layers lol. Beautiful workmanship and fantastic detailaing. I love the fall colors and matching jewels. A+!!!!
Your creations are wonderful. I admire your dedication to doing everything to the smallest detail and it is hand-sewn...
Mad props for doing up your corset yourself. What a chore.
This had to be inspired by that portrait of Catherine Parr! I love it!!
Fantastic, I loved the fact that the garments were hand sewn!
I think that you are incredibly talented, the dress that you make are just amazing. I'm really impressed.
Catnip F Thank you so much! I'm glad you like it!
That’s the most authentic Tudor costume I’ve seen. You look like Lady Jane Grey. Beautiful costume. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful! Great Job!
metropol Theater Thank you! :)
This is just fabulous! We are going to a Tudor banquet in December and I have decided to make myself a Tudor dress. I've got loads of bits and pieces in my studio and the only things I'm having to buy are a boned bodice to cover, and some gorgeous 2nd hand brocade curtains for the skirt - both found as real bargains on Ebay. I've got a big box of bits and pieces I bought ages ago in charity shops, including an embroidered bed quilt with a panel just the right size for the front of the bodice. I'm going to have a lot of fun making this, and hope I get other opportunities to wear it too. The dress code for the banquet is "smart casual" but this is too good an opportunity to miss!!
I hope a splendidly talented painter contacts you because if anything should be painted it should be you in this dress. You also have the same look the ladies of the day had so it would look spot on.
wonderful!! I can paint her for free in that dress!! it's just wonderful!! You did a fabulous job!!!
Splitting image of Anne Bs portrait! Absolutely gorgeous
Amazing! The colours, the forms, the jewels! I recognize them all from Royal portraiture! Amazing. You look every bit like a glamorous Tudor court lady
The detailing in the corset alone would have driven me mad! This is absolutely fantastic!!
I wished so many times that I had your talent! My Belly dance teacher also had your gifts. Just give her a bolt of cloth, tell her what style bedlah you wanted and in two weeks, she sewed you a work of art! God rest your soul dear Penny. Again you amaze me! Your dress is more accurate than they sew in England or in American Cinema.
that is such a beautiful course in the entire ensemble is just gorgeous. I watch this for the first time while at a friend's house and she thought I was crazy when I said I'd give just about anything to wear that. most people don't understand my desire to wear historically accurate outfits.
Pretty accurate. Minus the nail polish 😊😊 We still don't know how the dresses were constructed precisely however, since no example of a Tudor or Elizabethan dress has survived the ravages of time. Dresses were also cut up, given away to theater productions as hand-me- downs, destroyed and/or reconstructed. I have read that clothes were often burned after an individual died. This would probably explain why a majority of the clothing from the Tudor and Elizabethan period were never perserved. A few mens shirts, doublets, which is what we would call a jacket today, bits of fabric, shoes, ruff pins, hose, gloves and a few pieces of jewelry have survived, but not enough to really fully appreciate the creative fashions of the era. When Shakespeare in love was made, Sandy Powell, the costume designer, had to rely on paintings and historical books on Elizabethan fashion to accurately portray the clothes people wore during that time in history. Also, these clothes and accessories were for the wealthy, and highly coveted, so not everyone had access to them. Sumptuary laws also restricted who was allowed to wear luxury clothing. Queen Elizabeth I had over 1,000 dresses housed in the Tower of London. The fact that none of these dresses survived is a real shame. The BBC did a very interesting story about a beautifully embroidered tunic that was found in a church. Apparently it belonged to one of Elizabeth I's ladies in waiting. The queen gifted it to her. The tunic is gorgeous and textile historians were able to match it to a paiting of Elizabeth and are confident that the tunic was in fact hers. A 500+ year old clothing item worn by Elizabeth I, priceless. 16th century fashion was so beautiful and fascinating. My favorites are the French fashions of the 16th century. Really beautiful.
Exquisite sewing and choice of fabrics - I can't help but imagine Marie Antionette hairdos with .
This is both incredible and beautiful! You are so talented!
Wow! Really beautiful!
The only thing I'd say is to make the veil more non-see though as women did not show their hair in that era and I'd also like to mention that back then they had slip-on sleeves that were not attached to the gown and fastened with more strings and laces that were then tucked underneath. Nice job. :)
The WGamerz The veil is made from velvet, so it's about as opaque as it can get! But the hood should be slid a little further up. My research led me to find equal evidence for over sleeves that attached to the sleeves (even cut as one piece) vs ones that lace on, so for convenience sake I attached them. But the foresleeves to attach with laces. Thank you for the advice, though.
Angela Clayton
You're welcome! I understand that these do take soooooooooooo long to make so I can understand why you would leave the sleeves attached. :) You just earned a new subscriber :)
Angela Clayton I think it was Anne Boleyn who started the low French hood trend.
+Robin McKee No Catherine of Aragon worn French Hoods way before Anne Boleyn did. Historians don't actually have alot of evidence for the whole Anne and French Hood thing, all her portraits are after her death. And the only known image of her (A coin) has her with a Gable Hood and she was recorded wearing one on her execution.
The WGamerz
Not true at all, theirs no evidence that Anne started the trend. French Hoods became popular all throughout the 1500s, it wasn't Anne who started it. We only know she wore a Gable Hood at one point (From the Coin and the execution) not a French Hood. Both Catherine of Aragon and Princess Mary Tudor, (Henry VIII sister) wore them before Anne came to court. It's a huge misconception that Anne made them fashionable. Historians cannot find any evidence for that in the record.
Also most of Anne's earliest surviving portraits have her with a Gable Hood not a French one.
I love seeing all the different layers. So beautiful.
did you hand embroider all the patterns on the corset with the green trim?
***** It was hand embroidered, but not by me! It was actually a stained napkin my grandma embroidered, which I repurposed :)
Angela Clayton Aw, that's really sweet :3
Stays!!!
This so beautifully shows all the layers. So pretty
Wow. That's a lot of layers. Beautifully made. Love the stays.
What a delightful project! The attention to details is amazing!
Wow you are looking so beautiful! Like Anne Boleyn 😉
Superb dress, so much detail! It reminds me of the portrait of princess Mary, I did two copy works of it some years ago.
This video was fun. I like how it has so many different pieces and layers
Your skills are out of this world.
That was absolutely incredible. The amount of effort and talent that must take is intense. Brilliant!
Wow! This is simply gorgeous! It makes me want to get off my butt and finally start teaching myself to sew...
I’m so impressed that you could tie a corset by yourself!! 🤣This is absolutely gorgeous!!!
So love this dress. You have extraordinary skills.
This was truly a breathtaking video. I'm in absolute awe over this amazing costume. The details and layers is just exquisite!
Love this one!!!! Came across this video whilst watching The Tudors!!!
If you wouldn't have already earned my greatest respect for your talent, skills and passion, you would earn it now, because you managed to put this on all by your own.
I know exactly what painting this is from and it is one of my all time favorites, and my favorite of queen Elizabeth. I know this is super old now but I still adore this video!
This is amazing. So much work into it, it's gorgeous! Thank you for showing layers. It's so interesting to watch.
You are so beyond talented, it's insane. The dress is gorgeous and the amount of detail is spectacular!!
Amazing video. Angela Clayton has such talent.
The detail absolutely beautiful
This is just incredible. You are really gifted
Thank You! So glad i found another sewing machine on the scrapyard i hope i can fix this time, i miss it badly!
Oh, the bead work! This is lovely. :)
Wow!! You made it yourself! This is such a beautiful dress! And you look gorgeous
Incredibly talented. Thank you for posting.
Holy moly, I thought your kirtle was the gown given how elaborate it looks! Also, it's neat to see a Tudor option with no partlet, thanks for that
These vids are so satisfying to watch honestly
Amazing! The amount of work it must take!
That is super helpful, as I plan to my my own Tudor period dress! Not to mention that your gown is incredibly beautiful
With so many layers, a visit to the toilet must be a torture. Such lovely dresses.
You just lift the skirts and go. They didn't wear underwear under the chemise.
Expectacular👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
What a gorgeous costume!!
Absolutely stunning outfit. You have outdone yourself. It’s so beautiful- you look gorgeous in this!
Absolutely gorgeous work.
You look sooo much like the people of that era! I mean, not only the dress, it's your skin and your face, stunning.
Such beauty. It steals the words.
The dress is so gorgeous!
that costume suited you very much it looked so comfortable on
Tudor style is a blessing for those with a smaller bust. My apologies in advance if that sounded inappropriate.
You're so pretty and so is the dress.And your crazy talented.
could you do more historically accurate dresses? Like medieval German dresses and Arab? It'd be really cool if you did! And this dress was awesome too! :D
All hail the queen!
this is actually a Tudor PRINCESS costume
All hail the princess?
Angela Hsiao all hail the royal women!
absolutely stunning work
Absolutely stunning. You're incredibly talented.
This is so beautiful!
What I would give to just wear this for a while! Thanks for sharing your work is fantastic
that is the most beautiful dress ive ever seen
Stunning! I can't imagine wearing so many layers though!
That looks great! You have such dedication! I'm partially inspired by you to make an entire costume myself, also. Thank you for doing such fine work!
You are beautiful, and so is the dress!!! Fantastic job!
Nice video! And thanks for using my recording of the Bach concerto with the Advent Chamber Orchestra, from Chicago :)
Brilliant and beautiful video! You are an artist! Many thanks from Croatia!
It's amazing with so many layers! Love it!
I absolutely love this, it's so beautiful, just like all the other costumes and also general clothing you make! Makes me wanna learn how to sew...