At the prospect of being able to attend a Steampunk ball on short notice, I had a little what-to-wear-panik-attack. After all I never made a victorian ballgown ;-)
There was not enough time to sew a whole dress. So I decided to just make a new bodice for my Copper Dress.

It worked: I like the dress as a ballgown the same way I like the original version ;-)

The accessories like the Clockwork Lace Choker and the Cogwheel Cameo Earrings are a perfect match for the ballgown as well!

Photos: Eric Aisling (2015)
Earrings: Sandra

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The Night Circus is a book by Erin Morgenstern.
In her story about love and magic she describes a visually stunning world dominated by black and white that could not be more colourful and iridescent.

I had a thousand sewing ideas in mind while reading the book and this first actually sewn dress I dedicate to the character Poppet.
Poppet is a young girl with firey red hair who grew up in the Night Circus. Althought Poppet rather wears only white, I think of this Night Circus Dress as “her dress”.

It will certainly not be the last piece I will create inspired by this book.

Matching accessory are the Black Cameo Choker and the Black Cameo Earrings.

Photos: Sven Tuchscheerer (2014)
Earrings: Sandra

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All my kitsch-attacks have been concentrated to make this friendly coloured dress… and it is absolutely sweet :-)
The pattern belongs to the period of about 1873, the fabric and the embroidery could have come almost from that time as well.

The polonaise by itself is completed with a green skirt with the same embroidery as on the trimmings of the polonaise. The white petticoat with ther beautiful eyelet embroidery on the hemline and the flouncy embroidered cul-de-Paris are underneath.

The matching accessory are the Summer Rose Bag, the Summer Cameo Choker and the Butterfly Cameo Earrings.

Photos: Gabi (2013)
Earrings: Sandra
Hair: Marlies

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Since the pattern, that reminds of dresses of the 1890s, is not really historical correct, I made the dress out of materials, that fit even less into that decade.
The anachronism is perfect with that and the Time Lady is born ;-)

The dress is in three pieces: a skirt, a jacket and a mini-bustle. The last bid is decorated with a little clockface trinket.

I made the Time Lady Tricorne, the Time Lady Handbag and the Time Lady Choker as accessory for the dress. Besides that the long Petticoat goes perfectly with the dress.

Photos: NeedMoreCoffeeMan (2013)
Hair: Marlies

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This adventurer outfit consists of four pieces: a high-necked, but short-sleeved blouse and a skirt with a – to victorian standards – daringly sporty length ;-)
On top of that there is a short vest in place of a corset and instead of a grand bustle there is just a short overskirt. So it is an extremly practical outfit for a victorian adventuress.

The Victorian Adventuress Hat and the Victorian Adventuress Cuffs are matching accessories.

Photos: Carsten T. (2012)
Earrings: Sandra

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This victorian gown is rather simple and for victorian standards quite understated. Even if it looks like a dress from the early bustle era, it gets along with a basic cul de paris and the gathering and train are very low-key.

The outfit is complete with the Dark Victorian Hat.

Foto: NeedMoreCoffeeMan (2012)
Models: Mel-Stichfest und JessiCat
Mel’s dress: Mel-Stichfest
Hair: Marlies
Jewellery: Sandra

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This beautiful victorian dress out of coppery flock-taffeta and plenty of black laceband is pure Steampunk. It consists of a plain skirt, a bum-pillow, a bustled overskirt and a delightful jacket.

To get a greater shape for the whole thing, you can wear for example the long Petticoat underneath and a corset, so that the jacket fits just perfectly.

Matching the outfit I made the Copper Leaflet and a Pompadour Bag.

Photos: NeedMoreCoffeeMan (2011)
Jewellery: Sandra

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Originally this should have been the stripy dress from Sleepy Hollow. But then the Emilie Autumn-stripy dress designed by Vecona I like even more. And now it is a (cheap?) copy of various Vecona-creations
But one can have worse role models, right? ;-)

The camisole has puffy sleeves with laceband at the end and at the front it is closed with silvery uniform buttons.

The skirt at the front is simple and slender cut and becomes wider at the bottom and at the back.
Every rufflelayer has laceband at the hemline.

To besome a real dress, it has to be worn with a corset, preferably a black one, that comes over the skirt and unter the camisole.

Photos: Laurent Goletz (2011)
Hairstyle: Marlies
Schmuck: Sandra

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In fact this started as a test object, but I still finished it: A short bolero jacket with wide shoulders and puffy sleeves with laced hemline, at the front it is closed at the neck with a lovely metal hook.

Matching the bolero I made a very small bustle which can be combined with many clothes. It is closed with eyes and hooks on a waistband that has three layers of quillings in differnet lengths on the back.

Photos: NeedMoreCoffeeMan (2009)
Cuffs: JessiCat (Black Lacecuffs)
Petticoat: JessiCat (Long Petticoat)

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This I a knee-length black tango dress with a little trench at the front and laced hemline.

Matching the dress I made a scarce lace camisole and a choker. Everything decorated with bordeaux-coloured satin bows.

Photos: NeedMoreCoffeeMan (2009)
Choker: JessiCat (Tango Choker)
Bag: JessiCat (Mini Bag)

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