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I’m aiming to create a gown that a mid-level aristocratic lady might wear to court: her very best wear. Like all of my first attempts at a new era, I’m not aiming for total historical accuracy, just to get the fit and look reasonably correct. Inspiration Gallery My primary inspiration piece is Death & The Maiden, as an excellent example of the type of garment I’m aiming for, with excellent and easily copied design features: Fabric and Materials: A set of 聽large vintage cotton velvet curtains, a gift from the wonderful Lynne Linen facings and under-bodice Linen, cotton & silk thread to sew Metallic gold lace for decoration The Undergarments & Accessories: …" /> <meta property="og:url" content="https://thedreamstress.com/portfolio-1570s-red-velvet-elizabethan-gown/" /> <meta property="og:site_name" content="The Dreamstress" /> <meta property="article:publisher" content="http://www.facebook.com/thedreamstress" /> <meta property="og:image" content="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image" /> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@thedreamstress" /> <meta name="twitter:label1" content="Est. reading time" /> <meta name="twitter:data1" content="2 minutes" /> <script type="application/ld+json" class="yoast-schema-graph">{"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://thedreamstress.com/portfolio-1570s-red-velvet-elizabethan-gown/","url":"https://thedreamstress.com/portfolio-1570s-red-velvet-elizabethan-gown/","name":"Portfolio: 1570s Red Velvet Elizabethan gown - The Dreamstress","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://thedreamstress.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://thedreamstress.com/portfolio-1570s-red-velvet-elizabethan-gown/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https://thedreamstress.com/portfolio-1570s-red-velvet-elizabethan-gown/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg","datePublished":"2016-02-19T23:15:41+00:00","dateModified":"2016-02-19T23:15:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://thedreamstress.com/portfolio-1570s-red-velvet-elizabethan-gown/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://thedreamstress.com/portfolio-1570s-red-velvet-elizabethan-gown/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https://thedreamstress.com/portfolio-1570s-red-velvet-elizabethan-gown/#primaryimage","url":"https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg","contentUrl":"https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg","width":411,"height":544,"caption":"Death and the Maiden, British (English) School, c.1570, Oil on panel, 65 x 49 cm, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://thedreamstress.com/portfolio-1570s-red-velvet-elizabethan-gown/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://thedreamstress.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Portfolio: 1570s Red Velvet Elizabethan gown"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://thedreamstress.com/#website","url":"https://thedreamstress.com/","name":"The Dreamstress","description":"sewing, history, and style","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://thedreamstress.com/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}</script>  <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//fonts.googleapis.com' /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Dreamstress » Feed" href="https://thedreamstress.com/feed/" /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="The Dreamstress » Comments Feed" href="https://thedreamstress.com/comments/feed/" /> <script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/thedreamstress.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=6.7.1"}}; /*! 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class="entry-content cf"> <div id="attachment_14603" style="width: 421px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-14603"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14603" class="size-full wp-image-14603" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg" alt="Death and the Maiden, British (English) School, c.1570, Oil on panel, 65 x 49 cm, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust" width="411" height="544" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg 411w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust-378x500.jpg 378w" sizes="(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14603" class="wp-caption-text">Death and the Maiden, British (English) School, c.1570, Oil on panel, 65 x 49 cm, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust</p></div> <p style="text-align: left;"><strong> The Idea and Inspiration:</strong></p> <p>Elizabethan has never been my favourite period, but it’s certainly an incredibly popular one with historical costumers, thanks to the availability of Elizabethan themed events like Renaissance Fairs. 聽Elizabethan events are few and far between here in NZ, but I still thought I should make an Elizabethan gown, just to fill that particular gap in my historical costuming wardrobe.</p> <p>I’m aiming to create a gown that a mid-level aristocratic lady might wear to court: her very best wear.</p> <p>Like all of my first attempts at a new era, I’m not aiming for total historical accuracy, just to get the fit and look reasonably correct.</p> <p><strong>Inspiration Gallery</strong></p> <p>My primary inspiration piece is Death & The Maiden, as an excellent example of the type of garment I’m aiming for, with excellent and easily copied design features:</p> <div id="attachment_14603" style="width: 421px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-14603"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14603" class="size-full wp-image-14603" src="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg" alt="Death and the Maiden, British (English) School, c.1570, Oil on panel, 65 x 49 cm, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust" width="411" height="544" srcset="https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust.jpg 411w, https://thedreamstress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Death-and-the-Maiden-by-British-English-School-Date-painted-c.1570-Oil-on-panel-65-x-49-cm-Collection-Shakespeare-Birthplace-Trust-378x500.jpg 378w" sizes="(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14603" class="wp-caption-text">Death and the Maiden, British (English) School, c.1570, Oil on panel, 65 x 49 cm, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust</p></div> <p><strong>Fabric and Materials:</strong></p> <ul> <li>A set of 聽large vintage cotton velvet curtains, a gift from the wonderful Lynne</li> <li>Linen facings and under-bodice</li> <li>Linen, cotton & silk thread to sew</li> <li>Metallic gold lace for decoration</li> </ul> <p><strong>The Undergarments & Accessories:</strong></p> <ul> <li>At the moment I’m using <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2014/04/a-smock-of-nettles/" target="_blank">my medieval nettle shift</a> 聽or my <a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2013/03/the-brown-linen-shift/" target="_blank">18th c brown linen shift</a> as make-do undergarments, but am working on a better example</li> <li><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2014/12/a-very-fancy-farthingale/" target="_blank">1570-1600 Farthingale</a></li> <li><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2015/01/the-amazon-queen-pair-of-bodies/" target="_blank">1590s pair of bodies</a></li> <li><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2015/12/adventures-in-elizabethan-ruff-making/" target="_blank">1570s Ruff</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>The Dress Diary:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2015/11/elizabethan-progress/" target="_blank">Initial research & the skirt</a></li> <li><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2015/11/elizabethan-progress/" target="_blank">The bodice</a></li> <li><a href="https://thedreamstress.com/2016/02/the-red-elizabethan-oops/" target="_blank">Bodice & sleeve roll fitting issues</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Research and helpful links:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Arnold, Janet. 聽<em>Patterns of Fashion: The Cut & Construction of Clothes for Men & Women c. 1560-1620</em>. London: MacMillan, 聽1985</li> <li>Malcolm Davies, Jane & Ninya Mikhaila. 聽The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing Sixteenth-Century Dress. 聽London: Batsford, 2006</li> </ul> <p> </p> </div> </article> </div> <div id="blog-sidebar" class="default-sidebar widget-area" role="complementary"> <aside id="nav_menu-3" class="widget widget_nav_menu"><h3 class="widget-title">Follow Me</h3><div class="menu-social-container"><ul id="menu-social" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-13156" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-13156"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/thedreamstress">Facebook</a></li> <li id="menu-item-17157" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-17157"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thedreamstress/">Instagram</a></li> <li id="menu-item-13158" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-13158"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/thedreamstress/">Pinterest</a></li> <li id="menu-item-13157" 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