This is an outfit the women of this country would wear for traveling. It is a plain gown with long sleeves, a collared tunic and a back-lacing corset. There are no corresponding armbands this time.
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"Well, she was glad that she had bought the little brown crepe."
From the book The Christmas Bride I don't know what page number it is in the copy I read. Though it is a very good book this is one I don't own yet, I borrowed it from a friend. Anyway I just took the color and fabric and drew a dress. In the book the girl wears it for working as a secretary in an office. This outfit is one upper class women would wear around the castle. It consists of a v-necked gown with pointed sleeves, a vest-style tunic, a back-lacing corset and armbands of the same material as the corset.
"Fraley, robed in it, looked like a saint from some old castle retreat. Its draperies fell from the shoulders and came around to tie in front in long sash-like ends, clasped with a knot of yellow gold."
From Ladybird page 219. In the book this dress is made of white velvet. I looked around a bit as I do for all the drawings I make, but none of the pictures I found really matched this description. So I took this and that and came up with what you see. The draperies are more in the front rather then from the shoulder and I just made them knot in front. I added long above elbow gloves to it. It is still made of white velvet. This is a gown that women of the upper class would wear in the mornings at home or lower class women would wear to market. It consists of a scoop-necked gown with straight, plain sleeves, a back-lacing corset with peplum, and matching armbands with 'peplums'.
Another Kerry one. This description is found on page 182 in the copy I have. (I got to thinking it might not be the same page number in every addition of the book.)
"It's material was a soft supple wool that hung like doe skin. It was Lincoln green, a real Robin Hood color, trimmed luxuriously with lovely beaver fur." This is what I pictured when reading the description. I added a hat just because. This is another variation of day dress worn in this country. The gown has bands of contrasting color at the neck and sleeves and is worn with a pointed corset and matching armbands with decorative stitching.
This is from the book Kerry, page 35.
“Get yourself dressed up, darling. Put on that little green silk dress your father always liked so much, and my hat with the chic brim, the green felt. I thought about this one for a while, and looked at pictures. I really liked this one I found so I went with it, adding a few small changes. It is still made of silk and the hat that goes with it is felt with just a plain band of silk ribbon around it. This is a standard day outfit for all classes of people in this land. (I really need to decide which one of my fictional lands this wardrobe style belongs to so I can stop referring to it as 'this land'.) The peasants wear this style most, but even the middle and upper classes wear this for a morning of supervising servants or just relaxing at home. It consists of a gown with contrasting trim on the v-neck, a stiff fabric (possibly canvas) corset that laces in the back and a matching armband that laces underneath the arm.
This next one is from Ladybird as well. You will find the description on page 214.
"to find her lady arrayed in a smart street suit." There is not much to that description but if you are like me and love 1930's fashion and have researched it like I have, you get a picture in your mind when you read that. I did some Pinteresting and Googling to find images I could draw from. (I have to have a picture most of the time.) This is a simple suit; it probably would have been made from silk or wool. I made her have a scarf at the neck and there is a hat to go with it with feathers in the hat band. |