I am in the process of gearing up for Wild Wild West Con IV (www.wildwestcon.com), coming up the first full weekend in March. This is the outfit I plan on wearing on Saturday night. I am planning on wearing a utility belt, head gear and black lace gloves to finish the look. This outfit is using petticoats and a 4 Gore skirt that I had made almost two years ago. The new pieces are the front apron/bustle and the peasant shirt. The corset is one I bought online a while ago.
For the shirt I used the Simplicity Pirates of the Caribbean pattern number 3677 as the base. I found the fabric for the shirt in the remnant section at a local fabric store. Unfortunately, I ran out of material to do the long sleeves, so I altered it to make puffy sleeves and added a gold trimmed white lace around the neck line. For having to work with the scraps of fabric to make the sleeves I am super happy for how it came out.
For the over-skirt, I asked for help from my friend Dalbeth (Diary of a Wandering Costumer). I had never made a bustle on my own without a pattern and she was a great help! The front apron has 3 bunched areas down the middle, which ended up creating unexpected pockets to store stuff in! To decorate the back of the skirt I added black bows and some cool copper buttons, to where the fabric was bunched.
Here is the whole outfit together:
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