I'm incorrigible - yet another dress started while the previous ones aren't even finished! But time is pressing again, I need it for a play this time. Musketeer-setting, and that practically forces me to enrich my wardrobe by yet another dress. Baroque was still missing in my collection anyway :)
Main ingredient is rather thin, cherry-red cotton fabric, lined with slightly stronger red cotton. Red satin ribbon for the decoration, white cotton and white lace for the collar and the shirtcuffs. The white satin ribbon I used around the edge of the bodice is missing in this picture.
The pattern is from Holkeboer's "Patterns for Theatrical Costumes", the dress consists of a high-waisted bodice with large, lace-framed collar and a simple skirt.
The six parts of the bodice are lined individually and are then sewn together. The stomacher, stiffened by whatever you consider fit (if you use cardboard, make sure to add two or three pieces of steel boning at the back for additional stability), is attached to the bodice with hooks and eyes. Here's a detail of the front, already decorated with little wax pearls.
I stiffened the stomacher with two layers of stiff fusing material, one layer of double-sided fusing material and sandwiched invisibly in between three lengths of plastic boning, one centered, one on either side. The full sleeves end at the middle of the forearm, and of course also here we find the large lace collar and cuffs. White satin ribbon is sewn along the edge, and the front is decorated with little bowties, made from broad satin ribbon with a piece of narrow ribbon sewn round the center.
The skirt is self-explanatory, skirt with slit at the back, floor-length, maybe even a little longer (baroque opulence liked overlong dresses at the beginning of 17th century). It's worn without a farthingale, just with a few petticoats (or, in case of the pic, a very moderate hoopskirt). Here's a detail of the fastening:
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