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Awwwwwwww, Shard, you flatterer.
Also, woohoo, ballroom dancing! At this juncture, I really must thank
corpsefairy for her advice, not only with keeping the costumes more or less period accurate (1880's, for the interested) but with making the dancing look real. She dances, I don't, all errors in the dance stuff are mine and anything done right is certainly a credit to her patience. Also, if you want a Victorian ballgown, talk to her, it's what she does.
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Also, woohoo, ballroom dancing! At this juncture, I really must thank
corpsefairy for her advice, not only with keeping the costumes more or less period accurate (1880's, for the interested) but with making the dancing look real. She dances, I don't, all errors in the dance stuff are mine and anything done right is certainly a credit to her patience. Also, if you want a Victorian ballgown, talk to her, it's what she does.<<< PREV | FIRST | NEXT >>>
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Comics
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File Size 213.1 kB
I'm so glad you're liking it! *wag*
aha, you caught me out in my vulnerable spot. How DO you accomodate a tail in a Victorian ballgown? The real answer is, uh, you really don't. It's all done with mirrors. ;)
However, I think Danielle's works thusly: There is a slit in the back of her underskirt to accomodate the tail, or it ties above the tail with a ribbon. Her overskirt is made so that it flows in two basic pieces over and to both sides of her tail, allowing it some movement. Mind you, her corset is forcing it down at the base. Since we're in 1880s, the natural-form era (I love that term, this form is anything but natural), Danielle does not have a bustle to contend with. However, when bustle gowns are involved (which they were before and after this period), the tail needs to either fit above the bustle (making it unnaturally elevated and somewhat uncomfortable, but highly stylish) or inside its structure and thus hidden from view (this would be considered very frumpy).
The felines who have longer, thinner tails probably have it easier. Teffy's just comes out between her overskirt and underskirt.
aha, you caught me out in my vulnerable spot. How DO you accomodate a tail in a Victorian ballgown? The real answer is, uh, you really don't. It's all done with mirrors. ;)
However, I think Danielle's works thusly: There is a slit in the back of her underskirt to accomodate the tail, or it ties above the tail with a ribbon. Her overskirt is made so that it flows in two basic pieces over and to both sides of her tail, allowing it some movement. Mind you, her corset is forcing it down at the base. Since we're in 1880s, the natural-form era (I love that term, this form is anything but natural), Danielle does not have a bustle to contend with. However, when bustle gowns are involved (which they were before and after this period), the tail needs to either fit above the bustle (making it unnaturally elevated and somewhat uncomfortable, but highly stylish) or inside its structure and thus hidden from view (this would be considered very frumpy).
The felines who have longer, thinner tails probably have it easier. Teffy's just comes out between her overskirt and underskirt.
Geez, the pain women go through in the name of fashion.
So, species with very full tails, like skunks and squirrels, would have an especially hard time of it. Particularly with the corset. I wonder if they would trim the fur at the base of the tail to help accomodate the volume.
Yeah, I know. Details, details. But, hey, it's what I draw.
So, species with very full tails, like skunks and squirrels, would have an especially hard time of it. Particularly with the corset. I wonder if they would trim the fur at the base of the tail to help accomodate the volume.
Yeah, I know. Details, details. But, hey, it's what I draw.
Folks with particularly long fur probably trim it in the name of fashion, yeah. I shudder to think of what a corset does to fur. Folks with extra-floofy tails probably have their outfits tailored to accomodate them.
Danielle's gown, btw, is loosely modeled on mine (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1081890/, http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1081911/) but the overskirt is quite different.
Danielle's gown, btw, is loosely modeled on mine (http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1081890/, http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1081911/) but the overskirt is quite different.
I'm playing with some sketches right now. I'm trying Rikki with a victorian corset and skirts.
It almost seems that you'd have to don the underskirt(s) first before the corset, considering the tie above the tail would have to be underneath the edge of the corset. Then the overskirt would go over the whole shebang and either side of the tail.
Do the corsets lace in the back?
It almost seems that you'd have to don the underskirt(s) first before the corset, considering the tie above the tail would have to be underneath the edge of the corset. Then the overskirt would go over the whole shebang and either side of the tail.
Do the corsets lace in the back?
well, nothing can go under the corset, because it defines the shape of the outfit. The clothes are measured to your corseted body, not your natural body. So the tail would go under the corset and probably out through a slit in the underskirt...forget about moving it!!!
Corsets are laced in the back. Most (including mine) have a busk in the front for easier getting it on and off, but the lacing's done behind you, for the shape.
Corsets are laced in the back. Most (including mine) have a busk in the front for easier getting it on and off, but the lacing's done behind you, for the shape.
Heh! Yeah, all those figurative and literal contortions to make such clothing work. A bit of a plug for folks who are interested: 
baroncoon, 
smudge, 
rindis, and I host panels at every Further Confusion on various topics in world-building and art, and we always try to have hand-outs for the audience. One of ’em covered just this sort of topic.
baroncoon, 
smudge, 
rindis, and I host panels at every Further Confusion on various topics in world-building and art, and we always try to have hand-outs for the audience. One of ’em covered just this sort of topic. 
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