I’m definitely more interested in the historical “feel” rather than perfect recreations. Watching videos where people make historical clothing is super interesting to me, but stuff like historybounding is waaaay more accessible. It seems more like something I could actually do myself.
I so understand! Even a year or two ago, I’d be there with you, although I prefer ankle length for skirts & dresses. (I’ve developed scoliosis in my older age, and I have no idea how to adjust for it. Anyone have grand ideas?)
And, on the matter of printing custom fabric, I’d absolutely adore having one over the top gown with perfect shoes. Honestly, however, I really cannot drop $1000 on fabric, between fabric cost and having it painted.
“We are not use to seeing multiple print in one outfit.” 😄I’m living in Russia rn, the amount of prints I’ve seen just on just one Babushka is staggering! Lol! I adore these videos and hope you continue making them!! ❤️
Historical feel, for sure. The historical prints as you mentioned, are pretty, but capsule wardrobes also have limited color palettes so it's hard to find a print that doesn't scream "Joanns quilting" while also fitting in with the rest of the wardrobe. The other, more practical side, is that you have established businesses doing historical reprints already. If you're looking for an income niche, modernized or customizable prints with a historic feel would take advantage in the growing interest in history bounding without a huge barrier to entry. I'm in love with the 18th century bodices tucked under the "petticoat" - modern, with that smooth conical look on the upper half. My favorite combo has to be the teal and red, perhaps with that elbow length shift underneath.
Regarding your question about fabrics. I don’t have the budget for actual historical accuracy. Historical sewing is a hobby, and I want nice results and pieces, at nice prices. My last project was made out of ikea sheets with a semi historical floral print. So I guess I’m not really your target audience for the fabric printing. I do know there are people looking for really good quality prints that they can say are as historically accurate as can be.
I’m also this person, being able to make a perfectly authentic historical outfit is very expensive. So if it is an affordable historicalish fabric I’ll get it, even if the fiber content isn’t 100% accurate for the time period.
Yoooo ive been using ikea canvas curtain fabrics for years sometimes i even get yards of it in their reduced section its great they're 100% cotton and v sturdy
I would love a pop culture bounding wardrobe. Like Bennet Bounding, where it’s a wardrobe based on 2005 Pride and Prejudice costuming. Or 2020 Emma Bounding.
Something I've been thinking about was what if all those details had little snaps, and the other side of the snap was hidden in the cuffs, necklines, and hems. Snaps are basically modern whip stitchings anyway. So you just space snaps around the hems, and make all your add-ons, and line them up with the existing snaps and tack those on, and voila, you have easily interchangeable details without having to add extra layers in the summer.
although if you are wearing actual stays you would want a shift under them... but if the bodices are made in a way that means you don't actually need to wear stays this would work much better.
This all looks lovely I definitely think the feel is probably more important than exact accuracy especially because very few people would notice apart from very few people who probably aren’t going to care anyway
It's funny, as you were making that first blue and pink flower pattern I kept thinking to myself, "I'd love a semi-modern vectorized version of that print on real fabric."
You really knocked it out of the park with this one! I love the colors, love the florals. I'm really drawn to the blue floral dress especially, but there are so many stunning combos. Seriously your capsule wardrobes are making me lament the fact that I don't like wearing skirts! As far as fabrics go, I love the idea but I don't really have a preference for your process. I think you're very talented and will make gorgeous stuff either way.
For history bounding, I'm more interested in the aesthetic/feel because, while 100% accuracy would be amazing, being able to have a variety of colours (and the possibility of linen, silk, cotton, etc) provides so much more versatility. I think with so many of us in the historical fashion community rejecting fast fashion in favour of textiles and silhouettes better suited to our needs. The power of the shift!!!
I'm not too interested in perfect recreations, but I might want to invest in a singular piece that is historically accurate from print to pattern. Kind of like what some people do: they invest in a piece from an expensive brand that they use to elevate an outfit or two. I think that is quite doable for someone of average means. Anyway, I am more interested in the aesthic and versatility. I am also thrilled to see that you built in the corset as well. I was looking for that, you know. My favourite combination so far was the teal bodice with all the skirts except the white one. That one combination sort of offends my sense of color schemes. The versatility of shifts and how you style your pieces really appeal to me as well - so many options! The funniest thing to me is that some of those options look like stuff Austrian, Swiss or German people might wear because Dirndl dresses are based on 18th/19th century working clothes.
I would LOVE to see you build a Regency Era capsule. I used to hate the regency era but because of watching your breakdown of Emma, I’m in love with the versatility. So, inspired by you actually, I have started to take patterns off of maxi dresses I have that I love to make a regency layering pieces for them. And in the future, plan on taking regency patterns and dropping the waist slightly. I would love to see your take on it though!
1) yes 18th century! 2) I’m doing exactly this with shifts, and can confirm it works wonderfully. I’m in the process of making tons of them; 2 have straps, 2 are made out of second-hand saris and therefore are red or a very pale sheer blue, one has an opaque body, gathered neck, and sheer long sleeves that show off my tattoo, and the ones I’m working on now have 1 cm pleats from the neckline and will have lace with a contrast ribbon around the wide collar and the sleeve cuffs. I’ve also made a reversible semi-bed gown style top, so I can wear it with several skirts.
I would go for the adobe illustrator route. I'd love to see a complete and accurate historical reconstruction, but giving yourself the time to do a less "high stakes" project to play around with and figure out what exactly you like and look for in a fabric would be a good learning experience before jumping into an expensive complete historically accurate recreation.
Bernadette is who got me into historical fashion, ive always loved history, and my ancestory, so places like Scotland, Denmark, which r my ancestors cultures, I want to learn as much as possible. Ive always loved the fashion but i never really got into or wanted to try to sew until i watched her channel...now im starting my own sewing journey... I have to thank Bernadette and outlander for sparking my interest/desire to make my own 18 century outfit...and u for helping me make it possible, with ur patterns, and explanations
OMG, quiet possibly this is the best video I've ever seen on youtube! Gave me so much inspiration. Thank you so much, happy I found your channel today. :)
I love seeing all of the details you add that make historical dress accessible to the modern woman! You're videos are awesome, and I often have them playing in the background for inspiration while I am sewing. If I may be so bold as to make a request, I would love to see a historybounding video based on Lebanese clothing. There is wonderful variety in the pre-20th century clothing! Being of mixed race, I would be super excited to see how you could put a modern spin on that style! If not, that's cool, and I am still going to watch your amazing channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I loved the breeches as a option under the over dress and without the over dress it definitely gives you a more modern twist while still being historical.
Ahhh, there is no better reference than Bernadette. Love your video and especially how you are incorporating 18th Century clothing into this century. A fantastic idea.
I love the shift decoration idea. And I loved your commentary on how they look more or less 18th century or modern. I had t thought about that too much before. Thanks!!
LOL! I really did think you were launching into a Skillshare ad, so that note popping up made me laugh! But, for my answer, I like the feel & look without the restrictions. Like you said, doing it digitally means you can more easily change the colors...and having it done digitally means that particular print/pattern can be used on a whole variety of fabric/fiber. So if someone wants blue flowers on cotton and someone else wants those same flowers but in yellow on linen, you don't have to start from scratch each time & whatnot. Question: Would you ever consider sharing PDFs of your capsules/individual designs from the capsules? I just recently found your channel and have been binge-watching. I really love and feel inspired by some of your designs, so it would be great to be able to print them out to tack onto the corkboard in my sewing room. I can understand that you wouldn't want anyone to steal your work, so even if it is heavily watermarked or something, that would still work for the purpose. Just thought I'd ask/suggest it, as I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I'm team historybounding. I love the mix between old-timey and modern, it's more exciting to me than the perfect recreation. Accessebility is another thing. I'm all about making your own 18 century piece from an ikea fabric
I have not seen many successfull and realistic "historical bounding" ideas around in the internets. While your projects combined with a capsule wardrobe structure are just perfect! I am not afraid to say that you have a talent for this, and you might go further in to explore and create more "historical feel" content. As a seamstress, I am even thinking to recreate your medieval capsule for my everyday wear.
I think I enjoy both historybounding and historical recreation, but for your channel I do emphasize the history bounding. I love these capsule wardrobes and this one particularly seems very doable for someone like me as well. That being said: I can imagine you wanting to do accurate recreations just for yourself once in a while, and I can imagine enjoying watching that as well.
All this work in Illustrator is SO COOL and not what I expected in this video. I didn't even know this kind of work existed. I mean, kind of duh... but wowww.
Personalisation and historybounding is what makes your channel extraordinary! I would love to see you create a historybounding dress with your own fabric print design!
definitely the historical feel and aesthetic (verses complete accuracy). Historical pieces are already semi-hard to come by, and also expensive when you do find them. I think really well done patterns, even if they aren't created in the "historical way" would be amazing to have more of, especially since the price would be lower seeing as the manual labor wouldn't be as crazy. Love the video! I got super excited when i woke up to see that you posted another one of these capsule wardrobes!
The Teal bodice is really beautiful and it would work so well as historybounding summer tank top! I am quite tempted to do that bodice and the skirt that goes with it, just a little bit shorter. Also, the idea of a double-sided stomacher and the fichu/elegantes/others whipstitched to a shift for added versatility is so gooood !
As others have said, love videos of genuine historical reproductions to learn certain skills, but I prefer historybounding because it's actually practical and gives me ideas to design my own capsule wardrobe which I can wear every day.
As someone currently trying to make a capsule wardrobe inspired by one of your videos, I appreciate the desire for historical accuracy but I personally prefer it having the right feel more. I'm personally waking the wardrobe because I love the feel of the time period and would love to rock that look more in my everyday clothing (and the fact I can also wear it to my LARPs when the plague is over is a bonus!).
I know I am sooooo late to this party. But I certainly like the idea of the history bounding with modern color versatility. Also I didn't expect to enjoy this capsule series as much as I do. It's so inspiring! 😍 Also I looooove the additions with the shifts.
Because your passion shows through so easily, regarding your question about creating fabrics, I vote you use the Adobe to keep the option of making a wider variety of unique and period-inspired prints. That seemed to light you up more and seems like it would have a longer-lasting potential for you. 💜 It has been so wonderful watching you develop from your very first videos! You are delightful to watch! It's a joy to see your enthusiasm and excitement for your ideas and projects! Best wishes! You are truly talented
Wow! Wow! I love all of the pieces and the shift variations! Love your imagination and talent! I was not 'into' 18th century until I saw your video and realized the possibilities. I would definitely wear all the pieces! I think some folk want fabric to match as closely to the time period and others are happy to history bound. It depends on if you want a niche clientele or a broader customer base. There are good arguments for both. Stay safe. Best wishes from Down Under🇦🇺👗👒🌸😎
I never liked 18th century either, when I just saw the upperclass/Marie Antoinette part. I started to love it after looking at the lower/middle class style, and realizing how simply and intentionally everything was designed for versatility :)
I'm starting to make versatile shifts to wear with my mid length sleeve simple cotton dresses to kinda approach an 18th century style. Historybounding!! ♡♡♡♡
I'm another aesthetic gal over here. Mostly because I'm also someone who is more interested in making clothing that is historically inspired but customized to my preferences, historical or not! I trend towards vintage over historical, but I really would love to use more historically inspired prints rather than the "vintage" prints.
I love your idea of sewing the decorative bits directly to the shift so you can have them without bunching or bulk. My favorite piece here was that tealish floral over dress. I liked it with all the petticoats and think it would also look nice with shorts or pants.
I'm here and am more interested in the historical "feel" rather than historical accuracy. In fact, you are one of the few youtubers I can think of that leans toward historybounding rather than historical costuming.
If you’re still looking for a pants option not too long ago I saw a fashion line for pants that were modernized 18th century bloomers basically. They had regular waistbands, front pockets and were of a heavier fabric. They ran from knee length to ankle. Oh, but they also had pin tucks, rows of lace, ribbon and a variety of scallop edges. Most of them weren’t gathered, just straight legged. They were lovely.
do Edwardian and Gibson Girl. i think your fabric design idea is great. i loved them all, but your idea for shifts is amazing. i want to try the one with elegantes and tucker.
Choose to do adobe! You won't regret it. You can always do special recreation projects another time; history bounding is a new thing and we all want to see it done in smart ways.
I would love to see your historical stuff available on Spoonflower! I find chintzes in particular very difficult to find and if you made them available in multiple color palettes, even better! I do both historical reproductions and history bounding modern, so I would use the fabric both ways!
so much fun to see you play with theme and variations! i thought those pants were hot, so if you ever decide to revisit, i'm here for it. as for your fabric question, i'd love to see your historybounding versions, because your design work there is what keeps me coming back to your channel.
Love this idea!! Love the concept of printing historically based patterns on fabrics. It’s hard to find cotton fabric with historic inspired patterns. Please do some. I would buy them 💕 also, I would love to see some more regency inspired capsules. I did love the regency videos you did where you showed costumes from the movie Emma (2020 version). I love watching your proficiency in Illustrator. I had to take graphic designing college and wish I had learned more...
I would totally go for the vibe of historical but make it easy on yourself and have that customization ability, keep in digital. Then later down the road if someone were to commission a more expensive historically accurate version for say, a film, then you can make that later. I'd love to see the more modernized versions you did there with a cardigan because that's my personal fave for comfort and I want more sewing inspo. :)
I was realy looking foward to this one!!! My favourite combination was the blue print dress with the red petticoat. As to the fabric question, personally I’d be interested in a more historically accurate design, but my historybounding interests lean towards the 19-teens. Ps: I love the white and blue top/dress form the end Pps: I find myself thinking about your Nautikans clothing series every time I go swimming (2 or 3 times a week)
I've only made a few historical and historically inspired garments but when I have I honestly wasn't super concerned about having historically accurate prints as much as I was concerned about having the right silhouette since I'm 1) kinda broke and 2) a person who works almost exclusively with cotton because its light and breathable and its hot where I live. Honestly most of my fabric comes from pretty sheets and curtains I find at thrift stores. My goal is to make a linen shift/chemise and to continue to make my wardrobe more historybound like but I takes time to build up a wardrobe and I'm interested in a lot of different periods.
I'm with you on the cottons! Even through winter I prefer cotton main dresses and I'll wear warm clothes underneath. It's too hot in summer for anything else!
Oh my gosh, I had no idea the 18th c. capsule would be my favourite. I loved especially the teal bodice with any petticoat (I would totally wear it with the white one to show off the embroidery), the split skirt dress over the teal petticoat, and the brown bodice... again, with anything, but combined with the red silk petticoat it just melted my heart. I need these things in my life. The only two parts of the wardrobe I didn't quite like were the yellowish floral bodice - this is probably very personal, as I would look awful in this colour ;) - and the shoes. I would totally wear oxfords instead. Can't say much regarding your fabric dilemma, as I don't really plan to recreate anything past the 16th c., but I'm interested in making historybounding outfits. But I know that if I was as passionate about the modern period as I am about the medieval I would be all in for maximum historical accuracy.
I really like your capsules, I think there are a lot of other places we can get perfectly historicaly accurate creations but I haven't found anyone doing what you are doing here! For that reason I think you should continue with the "feel" of historical accuracy, it makes you unique. I also love how you keep the shift and stays in your capsules. :)
I definitely suggest going for the "historical feel" with your print design. You also do have to factor in that even if you scan in a copy of the print that you painted is going to look weird when it's printed on fabric. Because you're printing a textured surface with a false texture of the print scan. If you do the illustrated version with it's mostly one-dimensional colors in the vector design printing it on fabric will give it the fabric texture and look better. You also have to remember that the fabric print that you have are hundreds of years old and don't look 100% like they used to. Offering your recreated prints on custom fabric printing sites where people can print fabric on demand for their projects will be a great thing. I suggest you make multiple color ways besides the original as people like options. There's also options to have bulk fabric that is printed, they still offer that in the US. Where you could crowdfund the yardage and print enough fabric for multiple ensembles. Obviously this is very time-consuming, button option.
I like what you did so far. Very versatile which is what you want in a capsule wardrobe. However, I might do it a bit differently in your shoes: I'd have three sets of different capsule wardrobes that all can mix and match together or worn on its own. One set would be the "very 18th century style" one with the patterns and colors more associated with that time period like the floral set that you have there, second one would be, let's say, of the "1940ies style" variety with all the colors and patterns of that time period and the last set would be the "modern style" set that really has a lot of those modern patterns and colors. Of course all those sets require that you build in "bridge pieces" to help tie that all together. That's how I would want it. In fact, that's what I am trying to work towards. Still in the middle of it, but it excites me! I still drool at the thought of tons of possible outfit combinations....
My interest is mainly understanding the How's and why for's of how people dressed in other time periods and how those methods can be adapted to making practical clothing without plastic fibres and fast fashion awfulness. My favourites (including Bernadette Banner) discuss how layering keeps a person cool and brush-fringe (not sure if that's the right name) that is attached to skirts so it saves wear on the actual skirt make me very happy... plus, pretty... and who doesn't need more beauty in their lives?
Hello! I just want to start by saying that I loved your ideas in this capsule, I adore the fact that you can go from a very historical "costumey" version BUT also turning 250+ year old fashion into a more modern approach! Definitely rethinking some of my own wardrobe ! Regarding the question about fabrics : 100% historical reproductions can be greatly done and it must be done at some point because we need the knowledge -- however I enjoy being inspired by them rather than sticking only to them slightly more. It allows creativity to play its part. When done right, the delicate balance between accuracy and artistic preference gives off the same vibe as history, without disconnecting from the 18th century we know as modern-day people. I don't know if any one gets what I'm saying...? I overall am for knowing what has been done before and sort of make it your own! ^^
There's actually a lot of reproduction cottons online! Colonial Williamsburg makes reproductions fabric from garments in their collections, and it's fantastic. I have some of their (now discontinued) styles, and they're great! There's even a blue very similar to this carnation fabric you used in the video. I also think some people have reproduced fabric designs on Spoonflower, but those are printed designs rather than woven.
Yass queen! Finally! Thank you so much for this, I got buckets and buckets of inspo from it. I own an actual genuine antique 18th century silk floral embroidered petticoat but it's half-damaged so I think I'll just reuse all the fabric I can salvage to make a shorter and less poofy skirt and voilá - one item in the bag (it will look a little bit like your chintz one) :) I also have some antique 18th century damask which I want to turn into and 18th century jacket - something to wear over a white t-shirt with jeans. I wish you kept the bed jacket...I'm currently looking at robe volante and men's banyan as inspo for a coat/duster/long jacket. I feel like it has a lot of potential for versatility. Anyway, thank you for this. I'm super excited to get started now :)
