Showing posts with label 1790's Striped Pierrot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1790's Striped Pierrot. Show all posts

Sunday, September 25, 2011

A Striped Pierrot


I love the little jackets of the 1790s, especially this stripy pierrot from the Kyoto Costume institute. A few notes on the original, from the KCI website:

Material: green and yellow striped silk taffeta and satin with fringe.

The "pierrot", a short fitted jacket with short tails, was popular from the mid-1780s through the 1790s.
Just prior to the French Revolution, in contrast to extravagant court fashions clothing tended to be simple and comfortable, and stylish jackets began making their appearance. These jackets were worn with skirt of lightweight, white "linon", a woven cloth with a high linen-like quality made of thin and delicate cotton.

A good picture of the original fabric, from the KCI website.

Here is a front view. I'm 99% sure this is the same piece.
I mean, logically, how many striped, befringed, 18th century jackets are
still out there? And it looks soooo similar. The color is a little
off, but that might just be the photo. I only question it because
I found this on google images and I have no idea where
the original photo comes from.
To recreate this jacket, I found a striped upholstery fabric from Hancock Fabrics - and I actually went to the store, so unfortunately there is no link. A spot on copy of the fabric I couldn't find, so I chose a light blue/dark blue stripe that gives the same vibe. The fringe trim I used was found at Joann. It was too long (1 3/4") so I cut the fringe down to an inch. I used a white linen for the lining.