Bustle Dress Ideas

[isabelladangelo]

I've had the fabric since err... Feb. My main issue with making a bustle
dress isn't the dress; it's the stupid corset. However, I think I might
know of a way to fix my old corset that I love but has eyelet issues (I
ripped a couple out! Whoops!). There is up on my extant blog (on the
tumblr one) a bustle era "medical" corset. It buttons up the front and
laces up in the back. The boning placement is almost exactly the same as
on my old corset. Now, my old corset laces up the front...or it would if
the stupid eyelets hadn't ripped out (they ripped up actually...which is the
problem). If I cover the old lacing holes with more fabric, and then I add
"over flaps" to add the buttons and button holes, I can cut up the back, sew
the edges back down (bias tape is perfectly period!) and add new, stronger,
eyelets to back. Yay!

So, now with the stupid corset problem fixed, I can focus on actually sewing
together the lobs of blue and purple fabric I have. To that end, many
pretty pretty links:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/emcadorette/2928605131/in/set-72157607884168936/
< Although I don't like the neckline (I want a square neckline but not that
low), I love the sleeves being a different color that the rest of the
bodice.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8961860@N07/ - Just go through her photoset
and drool. There are old sewing machines in the mix as well as a lot of
late 19th c/steampunk/early 20th C creations. Sometimes she show the
"original" next to the recreation...it's fabulous. Yes, the fabric isn't
always correct but serious...drool.

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress//objectview.aspx?OID=80094220&collID=8&dd1=8
- I love the simplicity of this one

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress//objectview.aspx?OID=80019329&collID=8&dd1=8
- a very smart looking day dress

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress//objectview.aspx?OID=80034337&collID=8&dd1=8-
I don't plan on doing anything like this but it's too droolable not to
mention

http://www.bustledress.com/cgi-bin/z.pl/reset/item.lisa0001-20090207-16.html-
The bodice edge treatment on this one. I love the dags around the
bottom. I'm thinking this -possibly- with a square neck and maybe different
colored sleeves? Like a blue bodice and purple sleeves? I'm not sure...

http://www.bustledress.com/cgi-bin/z.pl/reset/item.lisa0001-20090415-01.html-
I keep looking for heavier materials for bustle gowns and then I see
something like this and think "Screw the brocade! Good bye to the heavy
purple cotton! Bring on the muslin!" I even have lace sleeves that would
be perfect for something like this...

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/the_costume_institute/dress_dinner//objectview.aspx?OID=80035649&collID=8&dd1=8-
Again, not because I plan on doing this but because I totally want a
dress
like that!