Next up is a leather brassier. When finished it is going to be made from heavy-weight dark brown leather, with a buckle front. The shaping is demi-cup, so it will support without fully covering, and will descend a bit down the torso like a bodice. The very rough mock-up is pictured below.
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What follows is a rather image-heavy summation of the construction of the elegant punk rock wedding dress. Total, I would estimate I spent about 120 hours working on this dress, from the initial pattern drafting and mock-up, to the creation of the final pattern and completed dress. This gown project included a lot of new
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Below are images of the finished Victorian bodice pattern. It is inspired by one of the court gowns of Empress Elizabeth of Austria (a couple of the reference photos provided by customer are below). This is just the bodice, which includes a drape that is gathered into a bustle extension on the backmost panels. I
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