Shoes I can wear and shoes that are actually period!

I ordered the Connie in natural from Fugawee since I need 18th c shoes. I'm tired of wearing "eh, they look close enough" and wanted a pair that would work for both night and day to a certain extant. Honestly, I think I might wear these to work because they really don't "scream" 18th c but they are period looking.

Anyway, I managed to get a pair of real 18th c shoes off of ebay. The are a pair of children's leather shoes that aren't in the best of condition but I loved the look of the soles on them. Plus, It should help me figure out better how to make my own in the future...

Isabella's German Dress

Here is another look at one of the two paintings that was my inspiration for this dress. It's Venus and Amor by Holbein and I'm sure most of you have seen it many many times before.

Here's my self portrait that I took at the renn fest. I kept forgetting to ask anyone I knew to take a picture of me. Oh well!

And here's the full dress on the dress dummy. Honestly, it looks a LOT better on me.

One small detail point, I sewed the ribbons on the dress for a reason. If you look at Lais of Corinth which is a very similar (possibly the same but the details are different) dress, you can see on her left shoulder (our right) that the ribbon closest to us looks to be folded over and has a starburst like stitch pattern on it rather than going through an eyelet on the dress. Now, it may be just some affect of the painting but I rather liked the idea of just sewing the ribbons to the dress (so they wouldn't slip as much and you are far less likely to loose them) than creating yet more eyelets.