As this dress was made not for the re-enactment but for larp, the "correctness" was not so vital. I think proper undergarments are important for the dress to have right "shape", so I still try to make them but I am not so worried how they look and usually I am quite sloppy when I make them. They have to be easy as the main costume will take most of my effort anyway.
So, for this dress the undergarments I needed were the pannier, petticoat, shirt and corset.
For the a knee length shirt I had piece of really fine cotton and nice cotton lace for the sides. It was sloppy without a pattern shirt I made. Took hour at maximum.
I opted the easy choice with corset - I ordered one very cheap pure white corset online. I was looking at more authentic ones but I had put already so much money into this project that I was just trying to do rest of it as cheap as possible. I was ready to receive some horrible "made in china" corset but to my surprise, it was really nice. The fabric was not as reflective as I thought. It wasn't cotton but it was matte.
For the pannier, also, a cheap way around. I have that kind of very simple and quite cheap modern wedding dress pannier that I bought like 10 years ago and never really used. It has been sitting in the closet but it was perfect. It is little bit too weak as the main fabric for the dress is very heavy but it was fine. It hold the dress perfectly and saved me the trouble of making the pannier.
As the pannier had three rings that were very visible without petticoat, I decided to make extra large petticoat. So It has a lot of ruffles, lot of fluffiness. I got really nice black cotton fabric for amazing price for it. Again - main effort went to working with the edges.. but I could use this petticoat with other dresses and I think it was time well invested.
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So, for this dress the undergarments I needed were the pannier, petticoat, shirt and corset.
For the a knee length shirt I had piece of really fine cotton and nice cotton lace for the sides. It was sloppy without a pattern shirt I made. Took hour at maximum.
For the pannier, also, a cheap way around. I have that kind of very simple and quite cheap modern wedding dress pannier that I bought like 10 years ago and never really used. It has been sitting in the closet but it was perfect. It is little bit too weak as the main fabric for the dress is very heavy but it was fine. It hold the dress perfectly and saved me the trouble of making the pannier.
As the pannier had three rings that were very visible without petticoat, I decided to make extra large petticoat. So It has a lot of ruffles, lot of fluffiness. I got really nice black cotton fabric for amazing price for it. Again - main effort went to working with the edges.. but I could use this petticoat with other dresses and I think it was time well invested.
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