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hizgeorgiapeach -> RE: Kinda proud of myself (10/16/2008 5:35:03 PM)
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That doesn't at all surprise me, actually, Step. Even doing the work myself - for the pair of Tudors, a heavy wool cloak (it's comin on winter and gets Cold at night while drinking damnit), 4 skirts, 3 chemise tops, 3 vest/overskirt combinations.......I've spent about $800 on material, trim, and notions (thread, etc.) That is JUST on construction materials - it doesn't begin to touch the number of hours I've spent hunched over the sewing machine, doing at least basic research into what a woman from my time period would wear, or agonizing over which fabric/trim combinations are going to look good vs hideous. If I'd gone ahead and hired a seamstress to do the work for me, I would probably have been looking at anywhere from $80 to $300 - per dress - to get the work done.
If I do the dress I Want to do between now and March when I'll "need" it, it'll probably cost me almost $600 just in materials - velvet isn't cheap. But I Seriously want to do a specific dress that I've had in mind for almost 2 decades now. Elizabethan high court, black velvet trimmed in silver and gold threads in the heraldic design of my "Household" that I'm part of, and with hand beading covering the bodice. When it's finished (if I get both stupid and ambitious lol) - it'll be worth easily $1500. And that is for One Dress. When you think about what some women pay for a dress that they'll only wear for one day of their entire life, and not even all day at that, it becomes cheap in comparison. At the very least these are outfits (no matter how expensive) that get worn multiple times each.
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