Kategorie: DIY

28. Juli 2023

The Making of Fortunys ‚Delphos‘ – Pleating

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 […]

6. Juni 2020

A try on 18th century hair

Today I’m back with a little picture series on how I tried out an 18th century hairstyle. First of all: Those pictures were taken pretty spontaneously so please excuse the background and my weird faces. First of all: Pomade and Powder. After many, many tries to make authentic 18th century pomade with leaf lard and […]

14. Dezember 2019

Millinery course (masterclass for stage costumes)

Today I want to talk about a 3-day-millinery course I was able to attend in school. It was exclusive for the masterclass for stage costumes and it was optional to participate. First things first: What did I choose to make? Well. We had to make a headpiece and an extra thing for our costumes, we’re […]

16. November 2019

How I transfer embroidery patterns

Sorry that I wasn’t posting in the past two weeks! I was super busy with school and had almost no time to sew things I’m allowed to show you. (Still waiting for the okay to show you what I’m working on in school!) But today I finally have something that is worth sharing (at least […]

31. August 2019

Beauty recipes: 19th century Cold cream

Last year I came to a point where I was super disappointed in my hairstyle-skills with modern products. I have very long hair which does not hold a curl at all and is also very slippery. I can do my 18th and 19th century make up with modern products without thinking twice but I still […]

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