This dress was inspired by gowns worn during the middle 1800’s. The style is taken from fashions that were popular when Charles Dickens wrote his stories…thus it is a Dickens Era Dress.  

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Extra Design Style: My customer wanted the costume to look like a Dickens Era gown, but she also wanted a little bit of an Asian influence to it. So the mandarin collar and Asian style trim helped to give it that look.

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The dress is made of a dark blue taffeta like fabric that has a very pretty pattern woven into it. The lining of the gown is a light weight fabric that swishes and swirls without adding extra weight to the dress.

The neckline of the gown is accented with a silver clasp and blue and black trims.

Sleeve Cuffs

The sleeve cuffs are made of a satin linen fabric that has a scrolling pattern woven into it. They button up with antique shell buttons. 

            Along the hem of the lining there is a light gray lace that peaks out while walking.

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The Cape is made of a dark blue fabric that has a good texture and drape to it. Lined with a dark blue silk style fabric it swishes very nicely and is not heavy. The cape has a full hood that is gently curved around the face. The hemline is cut shorter in the front and back to allow for ease of walking. 

The neck of the cape is closed with two silver buttons that have an Asain style design.

Some of my inspiration came from the gown worn by many of the ladies in the book and movies of...  A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

If you are interested in any Dickens Era costumes please contact me…. I’d love to hear from you. Thank you...

                                                     Sincerely,

                                                            Brielle

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Posted by lovelyrose at 08:40

They are beautiful!
Actually I did find a costume.. Just a dress and then a shirt to go over it. I shall send you a picture of it if you would like.. Then I have a petticoat to go with it...

Lovely work none the less

Hannah N.

Posted by sharla88 at 12:58

Your tallent never seces to ammaze me!!!!! I mean cummon you sew better than alot of pros! Thats a lovely dress but i epeccaly loved your post on the baby belle dress so cute! I like snow white shes my fav.
Love to hear from you.
GB~
sharla~

Posted by Rose at 01:49

Hello Amanda,
I promised to comment so...here ya go.
The dress turned out lovely! You did a wonderful job...oh, I love the color! ;P
And from the pictures I've seen your picture does indeed look perfect.
Love you and see you tomorrow,
Rebekah

Posted by lotrsavvy at 09:45

perdy dress. :D

Thanks. :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Jennifer

Posted by Jocelyndixon at 14:54

And, of course, I would come to the library on highspeed to look at your beautiful costumes, but alas, the library doesn't allow photobucket! Ack!

Maybe you could just send one of each pic to me? ; )

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Love,
Jocelyn

Posted by SuperAngel at 15:12

Some Dickens era costumes. Neato!! Great handiwork, Brielle!!
RYC:
No problem... look how long it took me to reply to you!! hahaha
That is neat you have your own laundry days... I bet that works out nice.
Thanks for your prayers. I have been praying for you too.. I heard about your friend with cancer. I am really sorry.
Love,
Amanda

Posted by melarooski at 17:37

That's gorgeous Amanda! Just beautiful! My little sisters were both exclaiming over it when they looked over my shoulder a couple days ago. ;-)

Very nice work!

-Mellie

Posted by cherryblossom at 19:34

Vey beautiful!

Love ya
Julia

Posted by Lyric at 08:50

Wow, those are amazing! I just love your costumes, Brielle.

How many years have you been sewing? I have for over 10 years, and I can't sew fancy stuff like that! Although for a long time, I've just been attacking my fabric with just a needle and thread instead of a machine. It takes a lot longer to do things, but I enjoy it.

Love in Christ,
Jen

Posted by BriellesMom at 11:39

Yes, I would have to say that the zipper is perfect!
Well done Brielle!

Posted by Jocelyndixon at 11:23

Dear Brielle
Yes, I think you should leave the green, and the maroon goes nicely with it. My new blog colours will actually be a navy blue/green/tan and maybe a maroon-ish colour. I don’t know yet.

I finally got the pictures to load, btw, and they are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

We had a quiet thanksgiving – alone – but it was good. We actually had turkey on Sunday, in which I spent (and Hannie) spent 5hours cooking and cleaning… whew.

I wish you could’ve done something for the Bundle too. I know you would have been a lovely addition, but there is next year and I hope you will be available to do it then.

Oh, and we watched X-man 3 the other night. Amanda and Mom were on a marathon. lol

Love you,
Jocelyn

Posted by Eyebright at 12:43

I love it! It is absolutely gorgeous! The beautiful deep blue, ooh!

Sorry for the gushing. : /

It is very pretty.

Posted by Vips44 at 11:16

Once agian not quite my look, but you sould do this for a living. The amount of detail just blows me away.

Edited by Vips44 on Nov. 28, 2007 at 10:16 AM

Posted by Eyebright at 18:13

I have given you an award, it's on my blog, so you can go there to check it out.

Posted by grackoid at 11:55

hey I LOVE you blog!! i added you to my friend list. is that OK?
any way just so you know your blog is realy cool!!! you made me want to go sew !
also i LOVE LOVE LOVE this dress!! it is so cool!
P. gracpian.

Edited by grackoid on Dec. 7, 2007 at 10:56 AM

Posted by Lyric at 23:36

It's been a while since I was by your blog, so I thought I'd come and say hi!

I still love the color of that dress and how you did the neck. Gorgeous, just gorgeous.

-Jen