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Iddle wild illustree: fairytale and historical garments... oh and Sleepy Hollow replicas!!

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Iddle wild illustree is a store that makes high quality historic costumes and clothing. Research and historical accuracy  is very important to the designer that also likes to make vintage drawings and stamps with historical costume work though with a whimsical twist. When having a bit more freedom and an item item has a fantasy not so historicall bent or is made of modern materials is pointed out.

 

Time after Time Designs: From Renaissance Fairytale to Marie Antoinette Rococo dresses

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Time after Time designs is a delicious store with over two decades of experience featuring historical and fairytale garments.  It is not a costume, it's a piece of art -they claim in the heading of their official site In their official site  you can see a gallery  of the gowns and bodices available and they also have samples of all their fabrics available just in case you want to make a custom order, and they encourage to contact if you have any idea or want your dream gown to become a reality. Of the greatest quality all materials and embellishments for the gowns are hand selected. And they have indeed some shots and garments directly out of a fairytale...!!!

 
victorian green gold ball gown

Liquiwork: Event and theatrical costume and wedding, punk and Lolita...

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Liquiwork is an ebay store that  has bit of everything, much of its stuff doesn´t fit particularly in fantasy garments and fall directly into standard modern  fashion, but among the collection you can find some outstanding one of a kind item mostly Vintage, or Hollywood or even victorian. I was surfing ebay and I ended up in this listing, is a green and gold Ball costume... and it's just OUTSTANDING... judge yourself... look at that trail!!  It´s really expensive... but it does really show. They also feature some Hollywood-vintage-styled gowns that worth a look even if only for ideas.... But this green and gold... ooh it´s mossy and I love it! They have also other garments closer to the Rococo and Marie Antoinette look like the following:

 
grand marie antoinette dress

Marie Antoinette and other Rococo fantasies

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  There is just SO MUCH about this period and style that this is the first of quite a few articles around this topic... Still we had to start some point and here we are. Recently, Sophia Coppola's aproachment to this character (performed in the movie by Kirsten Dunst) in  Marie Antoinette drew new attention to it and The Rococo period (late 18th century) rendered really the most flamboyant, colorful and beautiful dresses in fashion history. A tight bodice right with a front stomacher to enhance women's sihouettes and ahem!... generous sexy generous breasts, along with a wide skirt with the proper side panniers and petticoat.   Above: Rococo Marie Antoinette dress made by "Time after Time designs" Hats, artificial flowers, ribbons... More and more ornaments almost sinfully. If you want a custom made  "Marie Antoinette" corset  you can order it in Bibian Blue's shop. Based in Barcelona, we previously covered this designer in an article, aside of the collection that you can find on her website, she can also make a custom order for you. I have a rococo black corset for my performances that I certainly love (pics coming soon ;-) I will highlight this lovely dress called "Grand Marie" in "The twilight parlour" website. In ivory and cream color with flat fronted bodice and yards and yards of fabrid in the skirt! Looking here and there you can find dresses to make to bring your character to life! An affordable option is this one, the seller offers it in different colours at around 300$