Thoughts on the dress I still can’t really believe it’s finished. I started this project almost 2 years ago and it was supposed to be a „quick one for in between“. But in the end it was long and time-consuming, but I learned a lot in the process.I wore the dress back in march in […]
If you follow me on Instagram you already saw that I finished my Delphos quite some time ago. I just hadn’t had the time to write a blog post about it. But today I finally can show you how my Fortuny gown came to life! First pleating tests The first technique I tested was really […]
After more than two years I finally finished this project and I am so happy to be finished Sometimes I start a project and somewhere along the line I loose interest or something does not work out as I want to. This can be discouraging and most of the time it’s better to halt the […]
Mariano Fortuny and the Delphos dress Mariano Fortuny was spanish but nowadays he’s most known for the time when he lived in venice in italy. He was an artist, architect and inventor and not, like many sources say, a fashion designer. He did not see the dresses as fashion, but more as a form of […]
Today I have a pretty short post for you to show you my new dress, inspired by the fashion of 1837. I’m not the biggest fan of the 1830s because of the ridicoulus sleeves, but sometimes I have a short moment of enough craziness to actually make funny sleeves. This dress was inspired by the […]
On the second day of Sommerfrische we had a ball! Our Sommerfrische-balls are always the highlights of the Sommerfrische – we get to dance, laugh and wear all the evening wear, we don’t get to wear otherwise. Dorothee outdid herself this year. The ball took place at ‚Aufseßhöflein‘ a little villa which was bought by […]
Finally after two years we could hold our yearly Sommerfrische and it was SO much fun! Marlene and I went by train to Bamberg were our friend Dorothee was hosting this years event – and it was amazing. Bamberg is a lovley little city near Nuremberg where we visited Maria (@historical_hinterlist) last autum. Our good […]
After two years the Fêtes Galantes were finally allowed to take place and I had the opportunity to participate for the first (and definitely not the last) time. I went with my good friends Gertraud (@schneiderfips), Marlene (@thestyleofmarleen) and Kathi who doesn’t have any linkable social media. Gertraud and Kathi went by plane but Marlene […]
The end of the 2021 is very near and so is the panic of posting all the pictures of stuff I made this year. One of my favourite things to sew this year was a 1890s ensemble. From a chemise to a corset to a petticoat and the walking suit itself – I had so […]
If you followed me for a while or read my older blog posts you probably know that I was in venice when Covid broke out in europe and I had to go home early because of that. I wasn‘t able to visit any museum in venice because they shut down on the day I planned […]