Dressing up in a Natural Form era promenading gown
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- A new one in the series - and a bit of a taste of the things to come as this frock is also featured in my next book, The Victorian Dressmaker 2!
enjoy!
Credits:
Costumes and presentation:
www.priorattire.co.uk
photography:
www.timelightphotographic.com
boots:
www.americanduchess.com
hats and parasols:
www.farthingalehistoricalhats.co.uk
location:
www.moggerhangerpark.co.uk
music:
The Waltz of the Flowers, P.Tchaikovsky
The waist stay in the bodice is absolutely genius! If only modern-day fashion designers would put these inside button-down blouses. It would save so many buttons from being popped off!
Ah , period correct darn socks. I have seen those skirt lifters, but did not know what they were till now!!! Button hooks should now be two at home and one in the car glove box, with a set of gloves lol. They sort of look like the latex gloves common in today's fashion, odd how things don't change much at a glance to keep hands clean. I have always loved the creations you make, and this is no exception as an example for that time period. I am Canadian and with the accent the English have , all i could think was "bum bow-ing" down the beach side lol. I can only imagine what that ocean side would have looked back then with the visitors, wow.
This video has personal significance to me. When my gr-grandmother was alive she always used to tell us she used to "hobble" for her skirt; or that her skirt was, a "hobble". This as you can imagine made no since to any of us being born in the modern era. You must imagine she was trying to describe a dress from her youth in the 1980's and she was born in 1880's.
One other video of yours really brings it all home for me: ruclips.net/video/RXkmtAbrDLU/видео.html. This dress is exactly the one dress she could identify (from a US TV show). We used to have a show on television called, "Little House on the Prairie". When it first came on my gr-grandmother would refuse to watch. We asked her, "Why" and she said it's b/c "they don't have any of the dresses right". Then one day towards the end of the series a character by the name of, Hester, appeared in a few episodes. One day in between her naps my gr-grandmother happened to catch sight of part of an episode w/ Hester. She was wearing a dress exactly like the one you were wearing here: ruclips.net/video/RXkmtAbrDLU/видео.html. With her glasses on and what little eyesight she had left (by this time at 103 yrs old) she tells the family, "Now I'll watch that 'Little House' ". When asked her what made her change her mind. She said "Now.....now they finally got it right. That Ms. Hester is wearing a dress I used to see on the streets when I was a little girl before the year turned (to 1900)". The one thing she did tell me was that dresses like the one you were wearing in the 2nd video was the equivalent of what we call today a women's business suit / business dress. Great video here as well. I enjoy watching the presentation of your creations unfold. It's almost as if I can imagine seeing my gr-grandmother in her youth wearing the dresses she used to describe to us. Now I DON'T have to wonder what she looked like. I can imagine her in you :) :) :) .
Thank You for sharing your tremendous talent with your audience.
Hobble skirts were popular from 1910-1914. She might have been talking about that style.
The thing which you call a balayeuse, we in Canada call a "Dust Ruffle". My Grandmother used to tell me about dust ruffles being worn under ladies' long dresses during her mother's life-time. Grandmother was born in 1899, and came to Canada in 1911. Great Grandma was a pioneer in Canada, and, with her family, settled first in Alberta, then in British Columbia. She still wore dust ruffles in the 1910s. Grandmother let us children play dress up in some of her mother's old clothes! What fun! This is why I love watching these videos! Thanks for sharing! ~Janet in Canada
That was used in the states too, dust ruffles.
In the states we put dust ruffles over the mattress.
Love Isabella's voice and accent. And the awesome information about the clothes.
One can never have too many bum bows. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous work Izabela, as always!!!
I find it hilarious that the Victorians recognized that their fashions interfered with women's ability to live their everyday lives, but instead of just going for something more practical, they came up with a bunch of hacks to make impractical fashions wearable.
I've always loved that people decided to ditch bustles *and then they came back*.
I mean, these outfits were definitely for ladies of leisure!
@@SarahElisabethJoyal I can imagine some 18yo digging through some older clothes, and going "Auntie what is this ? - Oh darling, that's a bustle. - Can I take it ? - Sure thing ! Not sure what you're going to do with it"
Six month later, cue the auntie rummaging to find her bustle
Isn't that all fashion, though? To a lesser extent we have than now.
Kirsten Paff LoL”.... came up with a bunch of hacks...”. Spot on. And it still goes on today in every facet of life to make sure of the proliferation and sustainability of all those cottage industries.
What a beautiful gown! And thank you for sharing the skirt lifter. I have several but never seen them in use before, now I know. All the best.
Absolutely gorgeous! It's so regrettable that modern fashion is all about sloppy comfort, rather than elegant comfort.
Love your new model of doing videos with the narration. Your voice and accent are beautiful, milady!
I love that you are narrating your videos now! Such beautiful gowns!
We need to bring elegance to everyday living again. Beautiful!
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It just took her ten minutes to get presentable. I can slip into bra, jeans, shirt, and sandals in about ten seconds. I get to go grub around in my garden. She gets to promenade. I love the elegance, but just consider the laundry!!! I believe I prefer a world in which my "lady's maid" was able to earn her PhD instead!
Like the additional comments. Can't wait for the next one.
It just amazes me how thru the centuries, the layers of clothing are basically unchanged between the 15th-19th centuries.
1. A shift
2. A stay
3. A pettycoat(s)
4. A skirt
5. A bodice/gown
6. Stockings and head wear
I suppose the saying goes..."if it ain't baroque, don't fix it. "
Oh don't forget ridiculous padding applied to various parts of the body! Whether it be a bumroll or those weird sleeve pads worn in the early 19th century, or even today with padsed push-up bras. Some things never change 😄
BUM BOWS ... I love it 😂
“Bum bows” has got to be the best thing I’ve heard this month.
As usual, you look perfect in every era! That skirt lifter looks super handy for many applications . . . . And behold the power of hat pins! Both your hats are staying firm in that quite blustery wind. Lovely to see you both strolling along the promenade there.
This has to be one of my favorites. I love the detail. And that train is amazing.
Watching you dress in styles from the past.. is sorta like traveling in a Time Machine to the past.. I'm an American Western Artist.. I do bronzes of the old west.. I've had Native Americans dressed up in authentic traditional clothing from the 1800s, made of Brain Tanned Deer, and Elk hides.. Riding horses with a necklace of Buffalo Dew Claws, carrying weapons from that period.. all made exactly with the same materials they would have made them with.. and when you're there along the banks of the Little Bighorn River.. watching and hearing them ride and walk.. It's like I was transported to that time.. Kinda like watching you dear lady.. Thank you so much for your attention to detail.. I'd love to do a bronze someday.. of you dressed up.. wow..
I love the ways of the past more than I can admit even to myself. Something was lost bigtime when those Era's passed on by. I sometimes wish people weren't so opinionated about clothing styles and who can't wear this or that. When you think about it anything goes these days and even if many wanted to dress in this fashion they would have to learn how to make it for themselves to save money on all the material. Either way I love the look and have to say wish I could have seen and heard what you did that one day on the banks of the Little Bighorn River my friend.
@@hikerx9366 It literally sent chills up my spine.. I'll share one of the photos I took at one of my Modeling sessions.. Michael Badhand is the model.. in cloths he re-created from the early 1800s.. made the way they were with Brain Tanned Deer Skins, Actual trade beads and sewn with sinew.. Colored with earth dyes... that musket is an authentic Indian gun from back then.. a flintlock, cut down for horse back. Oh and Scalp Locks hang from the gun.. Just reproductions of course.. haha
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Great video, its like stepping back into 1878. Women dressed so much better. From Massachusetts USA stay safe.
"Frills, ruching, ruffles, bows, lace - Everything goes! The more the better. ... ... And then add some more. ... ... ... MUCH MORE." I lolled hard enough to startle the neighbor's cat.
Aawww lol
Thank you so much for this! The Natural Form era is one of my favorites and I love love looove when you show us a gown from that time. Seeing the skirt lifter and the balayeuse was fascinating.
Natural Form Era is my favorite era from the Victorian times. I think I'm gonna have to get a promenading gown someday.
I enjoyed the voice! Was easier to understand while watching ! Unlike the other videos that were mute . Was so hard watching and reading at the same time . Did a lot of pause and back(s) in the previous videos but this was so lovely to watch! ❤️❤️
The mind boggles at the complexity of the clothing, layers, buttons, folds, darts, seams, embellishments, accessories. Clothing and dressing-a true art form. Great video!
Much if not all of the clothing they wore seemed to be made out of pure organic cotton. This helped the skin breathe. Today many garments are made out of cotton blends. I can't even find a pure cotton slip anymore. During the summer the skin can't tolerate these fabrics.
Watching these videos is both calming and comforting.
Sewing skirts and making corsets and bustles has kept me sane during these times.
Thank you for being my cup of tea.
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I remember reading about the Johnstown Flood which took place around this time. As the 70 foot high torrent came roaring into the rail yard, a train load of men and women leaped from the train, ran 100 yards, jumped over a ditch filled with torrential water and then ran another 500 yards up a hill to safety - all in corsets, bustles, etc. Just amazing!
no one:
literally no one:
priorattire: bum bows! love my bum bows
They are such pretty bum bow😍😁 now i want some too!
I have ALWAYS wanted to know how they kept those trains clean! Thank you
Imagine missing one of the buttons and having to start over!
Happened before....
Love this.
I’ve always loved watching your “dressing up” videos and have often had a little giggle at the humor that was ever apparent in the written ones, but these with your voice and the inflections you use are even better. 😁❤️
Ah, the surprise voice! lol, I get used to watching these with quiet subtitles but a pleasant surprise!
Yes I'm liking how she's added a voiceover without omitting the subtitles.
Achievement attained: Button mastery!
My heart just leapt when I saw the two of you walking next to the ocean- prettiest thing ever
The one positive about having 50 buttons to do up on the top is that there is none of the dreaded button boob gaping.
Whenever I make anything like blouses, coats or cardigans; I always at least double the amount of buttons or add some hook and eyes in the hidden seam. Even my 50s pin up dresses have been altered and had many extra buttons.
Love American Duchess shoes, but I have never been able to find them easily for me, as I live in Australia and postage is really $$$ plus being disabled I don't have the finds to order a few of them.
But I love looking at ADs shoes and dream hahaha they are absolutely stunning.
Lovely outfit and I hope you and your family and friends are doing well and are safe during this pandemic .
Take care,
Regards
Janelle (Melbourne, Australia)
Janelle Blossom Janelle, you make a good point. I do the same thing to avoid the dreaded “placket gap grin.” I also alter the closures on my ready-to-wear clothes, and sometimes even buy “tops” in a size larger just to avoid any pulling or gapping.
@@Tina06019 I do the same. I suffer from Fibromyalgia Syndrome, epilepsy, Lymphedema and many other medical illnesses so I make a purchase mainly dresses and skirts (on a bad day it's pj's or leggings, but can't wear jeans as it causes too much pain). I will normally buy a size larger so in skirts I can add elastic in the waist and as I have a big bust and a small waist I always need to alter dresses. Plus during this time of quarantine I am altering a bunch of dresses and skirts.
I also love to add unique or handmade buttons to simple items like coats, shirts and cardigans. Also love to add appliqués around the collars and add lace trim around sleeves and hemlines to make my clothing a little bit more 'me'.
Being young and chronically disabled the one thing that I feel like I am in full control of is my clothes & overall look... and I've always had a quirky sense of style 💞❤🌹
I make mine with strips of VELCRO! Yes! It looks like buttons but they are just for looks. Scrunch, and it's done, RiiiiP and it's undone! He, he, he!
I just found American Duchess website: www.american-duchess.com/
Nice shoes but not cheap.
I avoid buttons as much as I can myself (mild koumpounophobia, I'll _never_ be doing the 1870s!), but part of the problem with the button gape may be that you need a full bust adjustment.
Can't be helped with RTW garments, but for ones you sew that may be something to look into. :-)
I love listening to you talk and that sea foam colour is beautiful I love it 😍
beautiful, and I love that you are talking to us now. please continue, your commentary is so good.
priorattire, could you make a video about dyes and textiles? as a dressmaker, you might know a fair amount about it. we know so much about the shapes and practicality and mundanity of period dresses, but the dyes and textiles available also plays a role in how they look. whenever i hear tidbits about dyes, like tyrion purple and aniline dyes, it makes me want to learn more
Elegant dress and enchanting voice. Thank you for the close ups. It appears I have a skirt lifter and knew not what it was..lol
I love the ballet/classical music you play in your videos. Very calming and so fitting for the themes of your videos.
I'm digging the narration.
Me too!
Absolutely stunning! The dress and yourself. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful talent.
Oh my gosh, so beautiful and completely lovely the colours of your gown!!
This gown is absolutely stunning! I always dream of living through that fashion era - it speaks to my soul. I wouldn’t give up modern medicine or ease of living (technology, electricity, etc) - but give me the fashion 💖
I love your videos so much! They are very informative, and you always look so gorgeous!
Utterly gorgeous! This has always been a favourite silhouette of mine and you wear it very well - I adore the colours of both gowns and also loved the beautiful gown your friend was wearing. So interesting to see how the dresses moved in the wind and when you were both walking and how prettily the frill swirled about when you were dancing.
You and the other young lady walking along the seaside reminds me of a Monet painting. Lovely!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love Natural Form era dresses.
I was so relieved for you when I realized that the buttons along the side panels of the bodice were decorative.
I never get tired of these videos.
Absolutely Beautiful. Both you and your Companion are Stunning 😃
I like having both the voice and subtitles! :-D
I've always thought this is the prettiest and most feminine era of dress. You look lovely.
Love the color. That soft pale blue/green is like sea glass. Very beachy and appropriate.
Beautiful--and how lovely to see the ladies walking along the prom to get the idea of how they looked back in the day. thank you!
LOVE the video! I love the bum bows, too - eras that are a bit extra are so much fun
Your unbridled bum bow excitement gives me so much serotonin :)
I love the natural form silhouette
The more I watch your videos, the more I fall in love with historical fashion. I want to improve my sewing skills so that I can also dress this elegantly in the future.
Red Bean Bunny, I feel similarly.
You can practise your sewing skills on the chemise - if you mess it up, it's hidden underneath all the other clothes and you have a start to your future historical outfit already. ;-)
Please, please, please keep the narration going! I watch your videos all the time and being able to just listen is amazing. THANK YOU!
This is by far my favorite fashion era! I love a good fishtail dress!
The things about a victorian summer dress are that they're made of cotton or flax and their colors are light. Those are what help you feel cooler.
Yes, I spent most of this summer in linen and cotton and avoided my polyester clothes. I was so much more comfortable, even though I have inadequate air conditioning!
I love these videos!! I could listen to you speak all day
Thank you so much for the voiceover. I was always stopping your videos every minute to be able to do both, watch the gowns and read the description. This is much more viewer friendly :) And the dress is gorgeous as always!
I watched this with my daughter and she (10 years old) immediately asked me to make this for her! I am not capable but loved watching and perhaps someday I’ll get there.
What a coincidence. Was watching something this morning where a skirt lifter was mentioned, except this one was attached to a chatelaine for convenience. Then I watch this, and there is a skirt lifter again - and a more informative reason for using one :-)
You feel so foolish wondering how they kept those wonderful, frilly and coloured dresses clean and then find out it was as simple as white linen undergarments that were worn to keep the outer garments clean and would be washed frequently, leaving the outer ones to never needing to be washed as they never got dirty (unless something was spilled on them of course)
I so enjoy your videos. I love the silhouette of the dress on you true colors are beautiful too. Thank you so much.
I think this might be the loveliest dress I've ever seen. I love the Natural Form era😍
You are enchanting !!!! The great part about that is you don't know you are.
"Balayeuse" ! I love the name ! Such a nicely funny name for a very practical part of the petticoat. And it's french too, which delights me no end ! I'm french, and I believe I had never heard about a "balayeuse" before, but it makes so much sense to have a removable piece to protect the skirt when it drags on the ground. You mentioned it just as I was thinking "oh my, that beautiful skirt sweeping the floor, it's gonna get so dirty", and there you said it "a balayeuse" ! Which is precisely something that sweeps the floor... Brilliant !
Sylvie Charlois I think modern French people don’t even think about this part of the dress if they hear “Balayeuse” )) just because it have another meaning now
@@leonidasbranco1892 It's true that the only balayeuse I knew of are the machines that sweep the streets in Paris and other cities. Ironically enough, they have these round brushes that somewhat evoke to me those beautiful ruffles.
I'm not french, so I want to thank you for the explanation about the name of the petticoat, that makes a lot of sense
The immortal music of Tchaikovsky emphasizes the beauty
Beautiful gown as always
Bum Bows! Oh that made me giggle everytime she said bum bows loved it so much
I hope you know that you are like the cool auntie everyone wishes they had
The disdainful ignorance I have seen in this comments section makes me sick. Plain ignorance and asking questions out of genuine curiosity is fine if it comes from a humble place. I'm no expert myself and love to learn through watching videos like this, I just don't get up on my high horse and insult our predecessors' actions. I really hate how so many of us are so quick to judge our ancestors/forbears as beneath us or inferior to us, just because we don't understand something they did or just don't know our history. Priorattire, Thank you for the lovely video - and that was a gorgeous dress, I so wish I had one like it!
A beautiful outfit. You do such beautiful work. Thank you for sharing your talent!
I remember going into my great grandmother's bedroom, as a child. It had not been occupied in a very long time. There were strange looking items in there, like corsets and other things from the turn of the century and early 20th century. It was like entering a museum of sorts. Unbelievable what women wore back then. Most of her corsets were not as fancy as the one in this video although she had her share of nice things. I just can't imagine having to wear something like that on a warm day!!! Women just did not let it all hang out back then as they do today. Everything was tightly smoothed out no matter what discomfort it caused.
She needs to have an ASMR channel. Hey voice is so soft and gentle
One of the best of the period clothing channels, love her. Thank you from Virginia, USA.
I’m planning to sew little chaquet for myself. Must use this trick with special fasting on the waistline.
Your skirt lifter looks very much like my 'third hand' for sewing, which holds the fabric taut and makes hand-sewing fiddly hems much easier.
What gorgeous and precise work you do - thank you for these instructive and beauty-filled videos!
Bless the inventor of the zipper!
Heck yeah
When the corset is too big to the point where you need to bulk up rather then slime down. Jokes aside, good for you
complementing someone on their thinness is literally fatphobic. Please shut up.
@@felinaecatastrophique6263 girl calm down. You can see she's no exactly thin, she just got a nice corset based on her size, so doesn't need to do any tight lacing
@@felinaecatastrophique6263 complementing someone on their weight loss that they were working for isn’t fatphobic…
@@felinaecatastrophique6263 99% of people like being complimented….
@@kalebpetrosyan5774 seriously right? You can’t even compliment people anymore? What is the world coming to?
I just love the fabric you chose
Thank you for the wonderful job you do! I was wondering if you have a video on how ladies took care of their gowns back in the day? This just looks like there would be special procedures done to clean/wash garments and dry them correctly?
Zippers were the best invention since sliced bread!
Sliced bread started in 1928. Zippers were invented in 1913. Zippers came first. (I have been sitting on these dates for months waiting for a place to use them. Long story, but thank you for giving me a place to use this.)
I love the use of waltz of the flower :D and absolutely beautiful dress! I had no idea about the skirt holder either, small metal contraption, but extremely smart, especially because it doesnt go through the skirt :> you cant say they werent inventive xD
I love Waltz Of The Flowers too! :D
It's perfect! I love it!
And you ma'am, look breathtaking!
Absolutely lovely video as always! One thing I would recommend is maybe making the video landscape so subtitles can be added and we can see more of the outfit in one frame. Just an idea, it’s fine if not, I enjoy them as always 😍
I love Victorian era dresses and under garments. I kinda wish it was the style still. So elegant!
As beautiful as these dresses are..I am so happy to live in this century
Best thing about living in this century is you can wear as many of these amazing, beautiful, dresses from as many eras that you want and still have rights. And wear whatever to the store etc as well
Skirt lifters! Genius idea. Honestly wondered what contraption was used to hike up long trains.
I really like the Natural Form era. This outfit is gorgeous!
I watch many of your video s, and enjoy them all! You answered a lot of questions I've had about this era's dress, such as, what a combination was, and how they dealt with dirty hems. The way the skirt was tied behind the knees, and the skirt lifter. (I have these questions because I read lots of trashy Regency, and Victorian era novels!)
Two more things- you definitely need a lady's maid, and, what a pretty lady you are! Cheers!
Lovely corset. I adore corsets! Your gown is so lovely.
such a soothing voice!
Thank you for having the camera closer to you as you get dressed. It makes a big difference in the ability to see all the details on my phone screen! Also the close up shots are very much appreciated 😊
I wish modern clothing involved more massive bows! I agree, your bum bows are adorable!