Welcome to this year’s version of the wearing of the green. For 2018 I chose to create A Green Edwardian Dress.
A Green Edwardian Dress
Green! But wait, didn’t the Edwardians only wear white or cream? No. Actually, the Edwardians were quite colorful. Green was a very popular color.
Various shades of green were worn both in the day…
…as well as in the evening.
Solid shades of color were often worn but the dresses were anything but ordinary.
The Edwardians loved to embellish with lovely lace, embroidery, netting, applique and much more.
The Pattern
For this dress, I used a very vintage pattern, Simplicity 8399. I did alter the construction to make it more period-appropriate. While the pattern calls for a zipper for the dress closure I instead used hooks and eyes.
Do you remember this dress worn by Rose DeWitt? It is known as the sink or swim dress.
I loved all of the clothing worn in the film Titanic. It is easy to see why it won in the Best Costume category at the Oscars.
By simply using fabrics and colors suitable for daytime the dress looks almost entirely different.
But love still lives in the details. Edwardian lace and mother of pearl buttons were used on the belt.
For the underskirt, I simply did not have enough of the vintage green hatch mark fabric. I extended it with some green linen I had leftover from when I used it to line the Dickens cloak.
Embroidered Edwardian cotton tape separates the two fabrics at each level. This simple detail took the longest to create.
Accessories of the day were vintage pearls, a small velvet picture hat, and gloves.
My Edwardian shoes were found on a $5.00 Target clearance rack a few years ago. They were paired with black cotton stockings.
I think Irish Jack Dawson would approve.
Perhaps this post made you feel like the Queen or King of the World!
I hope your Irish eyes are smiling,
Laura
You’re gorgeous, Laura, and oh so talented!!!!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Love, Linda
P.S. A little something will be coming soon in the mail for you so watch for it.
Ha! No wonder I thought that green dress would appeal to you when I saw it on Instagram. Wonderful job especially on the underskirt. I hope you have a fun place to wear it tomorrow. Hope SG enjoyed his spring break trip.
That is totally awesome! It’s such a beautiful dress but I love the way it moves when you do! The gloves and hat are perfect too. WOW!
Every color, every style, looks amazing on you pretty lady!
Love you!
Hi Laura, I love the color green. You looks splendid in this gorgeous dress with all the sweet details. How fun!
Very nice!
The dress turned out so lovely and that’s a beautiful color on you. I think you missed your era. You’d make a beautiful Gibbons Girl.
Your green dress looks great! I’ve used that Simplicity pattern before and was really happy with the results 🙂
My Russian eyes are smiling! Love the dress and you make a great model for it!
Always so much fun to see what your talented hands have created ….. Just beautiful — I don’t know how you find the time
to do all you do! I agree with the previous comment that you would have made a darling Gibson Girl! ~ carol
You look absolutely stunning in this outfit! The details are perfect and the addition of the linen insets in the underskirt is pure genius, not to mention lovely. Enjoy the day.
Laura, you need to wear that dress and hop in the car on my first photo of the vintage car post I have up today! You would be a symphony in green!
It’s glorious and you look wonderful in it. Great pattern, too. Speaking of the colors — last night I was watching a miniseries called 37 Days about the days between the shooting of the Archduke in Serbia and the start of WWII and the actress playing Margot Asquith, PM wife, was wearing this gorgeous mustard colored gown. It was fabulous! Nothing muted about these Edwardians (or was it Georgian by then. I think so — but close!)
Beautiful dress and woman (you!) wearing it!
Beautiful Laura! You are a lady with many talents.
You’re flying!! 😉
Your beautiful dress caught my eye immediately! Wonderful pattern and lovely fabric and lace you used for it! The overall effect is immensely eye-pleasing!
What a fabulous dress, Laura! You look wonderful in it! I enjoyed learning about the history of the dress as well. I didn’t realise that green was so popular amongst the Edwardians. Thank you so much for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link party! I hope you are having a lovely week.
You are a talented seamstress! Yes I do remember the Rose dress because it was so pretty. Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday.
My eye, my face, everything is smiling! Another amazing dress Laura! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs
,Jann