Becoming Ophelia, or: Pre-Raphaelites are just Victorians Historybounding the Middle Ages, part one

I wanted to do something ambitious for a change, so I challenged myself to become a woman from a Pre-Raphaelite painting. This is part one, in which I make the underdress of Ophelia by Waterhouse (the 1910 version) and work up to that gorgeous blue overdress that I’ll be making later. This is some serious double Historybounding right here, because I am a modern person, making what I think a Victorian person thought a medieval person wore. Dressception, anyone? If you wish to support my work, you can buy me a 'coffee' at: ko-fi.com/juulthijssen ** *** **** *** ** * When I finish the second part, I will link it here. Courtney from OpusElenae helped me immensely with the medieval dress techniques, take a look at her channel here:    / opuselenae   I also used the dress draping and construction tutorials on this website: http://cottesimple.com/tutorials/ I looked around for inspiration on reproducing this painting on this website: http://www.naergilien.info/my-costume... My Threadloops, Eyelets, Buttonholes video can be found here:    • Threadloops, eyelets, buttonholes: 3 favou...   I consulted The Tudor Tailor (https://www.tudortailor.com/) for my self stuffed buttons (that’s the book on my table) -My iron is a Tefal Express Easy Plus GV7556 and my ironing board a Leifheit Air Active M, both recommended to me by my friend and fellow CosTuber Nikki Lee-am. ** *** **** *** ** * Chapters to this video: 00:00 1. idea and design 01:43 2. draping the pattern 04:16 3. cutting and basting 08:54 4. constructing the dress 12:23 5. finishing and closures 20:00 6. sleeves and finishing touches 24:31 7. reveal (part one) ** *** **** *** ** * Music credits: -Lullabye (Sting) by Twin Musicom http://www.twinmusicom.org/ -Allegro by Emmit Fenn    / @emmitfenn  

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