For the IRCC I have been making two coordinating gowns that I can mix and match with. One of the gowns is based on a portrait of Clarice Ridolfi Altoviti painted by Cristofano dell'Altissimo in 1550-1555 at the Galleria Palatina in Florence.
Since the portrait is from slightly above the waist, I had to imagine what the skirt would have looked like. I chose to make a split front skirt based on the pattern of Eleonora de Toledo's burial clothes and have a strip of the slashing/pinked design down either side of the center front. Here is my interpretation of the gown:
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| Front view |
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| Back View |
The most challenging part was designing the layout of the pinking/slashing design because on the sleeve and the bodice it tapers from top to bottom. As far as the most time consuming part - it is a toss-up between the following:
- making the petal-shaped cuts larger by folding the fabric twice and cutting with scissors
- sealing all the cut edges with a fray guard
- stitching the beads on the bodice and sleeves
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