Making my Little Women Costume || Becoming the Marches Collaboration

The day has arrived at last! In this video I'm revealing how I designs and created my Jo March inspired ensemble circa 1867. In my last video (   • Видео  ) I announced this collaboration project and described my research and inspiration process.

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** COLLABORATORS **

MELISSA AS MEG (Hat to Hem)
Channel:    / hattohem  
Announcement video:    • Little Women Costume Collaboration | ...  
REVEAL VIDEO:    • Becoming Meg March | A Little Women C...  
Instagram:   / hattohem  

MARIE AS BETH (Historical Belle)
Channel:    / @historicalbelle  
Making a Mid Victorian Hood:    • Making a Mid Victorian Winter Hood  
Restoring a Victorian China Head Doll:    • Restoring a Victorian China Head Doll  
REVEAL VIDEO:    • Becoming Beth March: 1865 Day Dress L...  
Instagram:   / historicalbelle  

ELISE AS AMY (Well Dressed Historian)
Channel:    / @welldressedhistorian-elise2661  
Announcement video:    • Little Women CosTube Collab Announcem...  
Making an 1867 Chemise and Petticoat:    • ✨Making an 1867 Chemise and Petticoat...  
REVEAL VIDEO:    • Becoming Amy: Making the Dress!!! Lit...  
Instagram:   / welldressedhistorian  


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** RESOURCES **
Patterns of Fashion 2: https://shop.theschoolofhistoricaldre...
Bodice pattern: https://trulyvictorian.info/index.php...
My supplies were all bought locally except for hooks & eyes, and button molds from http://wawak.com/

** IMAGE CREDITS **
1860s skirt shape evolution:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/colle...
https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/colle...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

Bodice evolution:
https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/colle...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImage...

Looped & Trained skirts:
https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/colle...
https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/colle...
https://fashionplatesandephemera.tumb...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/8026096...
http://mideco.canalblog.com/archives/...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/colle...
https://digitalcollections.lib.washin...
Apron-skirt: https://tessa2.lapl.org/digital/colle...


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