Voila, here is the finished outfit & photos from the event — the Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild’s Evening at the Petit Trianon, which took place at the Bellvue Club in Oakland, California on July 9, 2011. (more…)
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Leonard Autie, Hairdresser to Marie Antoinette
Posted by Trystan on July 13th, 2011
Posted in 18th Century, Characters, Events, GBACG 
Tags: cross-dressing, finished costume, leonard, macaroni 
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Posted by Trystan on July 8th, 2011
Tiny tricorn perched on Leonard's wig
I’ll wire the hat to the wig and then c’est fini. The event is tomorrow!
Posted in 18th Century, Characters Tags: cross-dressing, hats, leonard, macaroni, wigs No Comments »Oh yeah, I’m going there
Posted by Trystan on July 7th, 2011
I think instead of covering shoes for Leonard (because the buckles arrived while we were gone), I’m going to make a tiny tricorn to perch atop his wig. Should take about the same amount of time and most of the same materials (all of which are in The Stash).
Inspired by my decision to use Thomas’ black cane with silver fittings instead of my brown cane with gold fittings. Which meant that I can easily wear my black Fugawees with silver buckles as they’ll coordinate nicely (yeah, whateves, I’m the only one who cares about such things). Also, I’m still not sold on the purple base shoes I had planned to use. The heel is a bit high for a man’s shoe, whereas the Fugawees have a low, squat heel, even if the Martha style does have the girly fan front. It’s a compromise either way.
But hey, tiny tricorn FTW!
Also, I checked and I do have just enough patches. I was considering buying more from Jen, but I have plenty for now. I’ll buy some of her spooky patches later for Constance, as I’m down to just bats for her (not that this is a bad thing, but diversity in gothic mouches is nice too ;-).
Later that day…
Made a wee hatform just now. It’s nothing special, but it’s nice to know I can crank sthing like this out in an hour.
Used a plate and some Tupperware to get the right size circles, did two paper mockups till I liked the size, and glued together a buckram form with FabriTac. Don’t have time to sew it properly.
Making a tiny tricorn
Should be able to cover it after dinner or tomorrow nite…
Button button, who’s got the button?
Posted by Trystan on July 5th, 2011
Back to work — but not in the office. I luckily have today off as part of the July 4th holiday! So I’m sewing (tho’ it’s pretty dang hot, even in our insulated bungalow).
All 30+ buttons that I covered on the drive up to Oregon are now attached to Leonard’s coat. Still have to put the buttons on his breeches. But I needed a break (and a cold beer ;-). Also have to finish the bottom edge of the coat.
But making progress!
And we’re on our way
Posted by Trystan on June 26th, 2011
Leonard’s coat has sleeves and cuffs. Button shapes are all cut so I can cover the forms on the drive to Oregon. Will sew them to the coat and pants when I get back. Only other thing left to do is hem the coat’s skirts, which are wildly uneven and a small part of me wants to piece them to make them even, the other part says cut it all off.
Well, it’s done enough! I’d still like to cover shoes, but the buckles I bought on Etsy never arrived, and I can still wear my black Fugawees.
Whew. At least it’s manageable..
Procrastination, I haz it
Posted by Trystan on June 24th, 2011
Gah, I’ve been SUCH a slacker this week. I have so much work to do on Leonard’s outfit, yet I utterly failed to work on it after Tuesday night. Partly, I blame illness, mostly, I blame laziness.
It’s worse than laziness, actually. It’s that horrible overwhelmed feeling I get when a project has so many moving parts and such a tight deadline, that I freeze up. I suddenly feel incapable of sewing or doing anything other than laying on the couch, flailing about. I avoid work by screwing around on the net, watching TV, playing games on my iPad, eating, drinking, sometimes even cleaning house! Just can’t bring myself to work on the dreaded project.
And, of course, this just puts me farther behind. *head-wall*
You’d think watching “The Aristocrats” on TiVo would have inspired me to sew this suit, but no. It inspired me to further laze on the couch.
What’s left?
Posted by Trystan on June 21st, 2011
Because I’m feeling a little daunted by how much I have to do for Leonard, especially since Thomas and I are going to West-An Tir War and I won’t have the 4th of July weekend to sew, let’s make a to-do list!
Pants:
Breeches, in progress
–Hand-sew waistband facing/lining.
–Make buttonholes.
–Make eyelets for back lacing.
–Hand-sew leg linings down.
–Make leg buttonholes.
–Make leg bands, add buckle and eyelet, and attach.
–Make buttons for waist and legs. Attach.
[Gah, bifurcated garments are a PITA.]
Coat:
–Cut lining and fashion fabric.
–Sew lining and fashion fabric.
–Make pockets.
–Make buttonholes.
–Make buttons.
–Trim? Topstitching with embroidery machine?
[Note: Will probably make all buttons in car on way to West/An Tir War. But will need to cut out fabric rounds first for different sizes!]
Shoes:
–Pattern over purple satin shoes.
–Make bias tape (would like contrasting, but not sure if I have anything suitable in The Stash…).
–Cover shoes.
[Y'know, if I totally can't finish in time, I could wear my black Fugawees. Wouldn't be a total crime. Just not as perfect as I'd hope.]
Posted in 18th Century, Characters Tags: cross-dressing, leonard, macaroni, to-do list No Comments »Leonard wig, mark 2 (fini)
Posted by Trystan on June 4th, 2011
Perfect is the enemy of done … this is definitely not perfect, but I’m calling it done…
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- Leonard wig
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- Leonard wig
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- Leonard wig, bag
And I mostly finished the waistcoat today too. Need to sew on the buttons, that’s all. Tried to take photos, but lighting in the sewing room is weird, and pix kept coming out crappy due to the crossweave in the silk. Whateves, you know what the embroidery looks like, and it’s just a waistcoat.
Gotta mockup the coat next, so Francis can help me fit it. So much more to go!
Leonard wig, mark 1 (yuck)
Posted by Trystan on May 30th, 2011
Leonard wig, first try
First take on my Leonard wig, and I’m not sure. Ok, it’s super-messy, that’s a problem. But that’s not my real problem with it. I think the shape is too girly. It’s been sitting on a head clamped to my cutting table for a few days, and every time I look at it, I think it’s a girl’s wig. Partly because the side curls have been hanging down like lovelocks (I pinned them into really quick, sloppy curls for the pix that follow). But also the shape. It’s so round.
Leonard wig, first try
I keep thinking the boy wigs should be pointy. Yet only the movie Leo had a really pointy wig. Ok, and the Williamsburg fop wig was kinda narrow and pointy. But the Macaroni caricatures are all kinds of big and foofy.
Haven’t added proper curls along the sides or a bag in the back. And it’s hella messy. Ugh, not satisfied!
Time for wig inspirations
Posted by Trystan on May 30th, 2011
Before I embark on styling Leonard’s wig, I want to collect and look at some historical images of wigs worn by Macaroni or fop men in the 18th century (a topic near & dear to my heart)…
Posted in 18th Century, Characters Tags: cross-dressing, historical research, leonard, macaroni, wigs No Comments »
