Modern Marie Antoinette: Adapting a Late 18th Century Chemise à la Reine

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Video on designing this dress: https://youtu.be/HW2WF5Lx3YI

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MATERIALS USED:
Cotton lawn: Fabrics Garden, NYC (8yd)
Cotton sateen: H&M Fabrics, NYC (2yd)
1/4” cotton tape: Mokuba (approx. 27 yd)
Machine thread was polyester
Hand sewing thread was 2-ply fine linen: Burnley & Trowbridge (https://www.burnleyandtrowbridge.com/linenthread.aspx)

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For business enquiries, please contact my representation at:
bernadette@helmtalentgroup.com
Requests for personal dressmaking commissions are not considered at this time.

MUSIC CREDITS:
“An Afternoon at the Versailles” by Cercles Nouvelles, epidemicsound.com
“Little Chaffinch” by Brightarm Orchestra, epidemicsound.com
“Alabaster” by Arden Forest, epidemicsound.com

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