Adapting a Chemise a la Reine into a Modern Summer Dress: Design Process

For 10% off your first Squarespace website or domain, visit https://www.squarespace.com/bernadettebanner and use my Coupon Code BERNADETTEBANNER Prints of this rendering will be available in my Etsy shop with the release of the final process video! FURTHER READING: For more information on the history and origin of the chemise à la reine, see Jane Ashelford’s article “‘Colonial livery’ and the chemise à la reine, 1779-1784’ published in “Costume: The Journal of the Costume Society” Volume 52, Number 2 (pages 217-239), September 2018. SOURCES: White cotton lawn: Fabrics Garden 39th St Red silk satin: Fabrics Garden, 39th St Lace on sale: Mokuba, 38th St Artstuff: (Please know that these are affiliate links) Cold press watercolor paper: https://amzn.to/2Fzl7qa Sable watercolor brushes (#2, #10, and #0 used here): https://amzn.to/2DfgXBt Watercolor palette: https://amzn.to/2FwRpSH Masking fluid: https://amzn.to/2SU4Q22 Textured with black tea granules (Tetley’s, if you must know.) Want to get started with hand sewing? 🧵 🕯Check out my Skillshare original course, “Hand Sewing Basics: Working Wonders with Fabric, Needle & Thread”. To sign up for a free trial and take the class, visit https://skl.sh/bernadettebanner1 This channel is made possible through the generous support of Patreon members. To become a patron, visit https://www.patreon.com/bernadettebanner (although videos will remain free for you here regardless). Beyond YouTube: IG @bernadettebanner http://www.instagram.com/bernadettebanner Management contact for business enquiries: bernadette@helmtalentgroup.com https://bernadettebanner.co.uk/ IMAGE CREDITS: 1. [Pinterest, unaccredited] Chemise a la Reine, c. 1785-1789. Original in the Musée de la Toile de Jouy (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/66217056992025572/?lp=true) 2. “Marie Antoinette in a Chemise Dress” Elisabeth Louise Vigée LeBrun, 1783. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656930) 3. Chemise, c. 1780. Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/126841?searchField=All&sortBy=relevance&deptids=8&ft=chemise&offset=0&rpp=80&pos=5 MUSIC CREDITS: “An Afternoon at the Versailles” by Cercles Nouvelles, epidemicsound.com “Little Chaffinch” by Brightarm Orchestra, epidemicsound.com

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