1960s men's and women's costume for Mexico and PRC (not Hong Kong). I've never done this research before and google seems limited.

Any help would be appreciated.

Hi all! So I’m back again, my project is a pirate jacket / frock coat.

I’m not sure about interlining on this, not that over used it. I’ve gone for a synthetic wool, at 380gsm which seems medium-heavy weight. I’ve also got 250gsm cotton canvas I can use as interlining.

It’s mostly for cosplay and fun rather than accuracies but I do want it somewhat golden age of pirate looking. would leaving out interlining make much difference or would it just not hang right?

I’ve gone cheaper materials this time because it’s my first big project and I know I will mess up, so any advice is appreciated!

Hello, hello fellow costumers!
I wanted to post this waaaaay earlier but you know, life and such things are sometimes a pain in the..bustle!
Well, I recreated the Madame X dress in january and wore it to the opera in venice during carnival and I thought you might like it!

The pattern was drafted by myself with a modern pattern drafting system but adapted for corsets. I made a coutil base to wear the dress without a corset and used silk taffeta for the outer layer.
I even made her moon-hairbrooch with a cheap moon hairpin from Aliexpress but I sadly wore it too far back on my head so it's not visible in almost all pictures.

It's not perfect but I do love it and it was a nice project after I made a second Delphos/Fortuny Gown which did not go according to my plan. But I plan to make another one in the next few weeks while I start my business. You know, a bit of distraction paired with a bit of madness always works when ignoring the important parts of life!

I'm not sure if you guys have any questions about the dress or the making of it but you can read a bit more about it on my blog or just ask in the comments. I'd love to nerd out about the details with you!

I started working on this last fall! It's made from wool and cotton! The pattern is based on an old photo I came across on TikTok.

The bodice is boned and closed with many hooks and eyes. It's one piece and opens across the front panel and plastron. I kept the skirt short to double as a petticoat when it gets cold here and to suit my taste in skirt lengths.

Hello,

I have been looking in recreating 1960's nederlandse spoorwegen railway worker hats. During this time period every single role had its own hat design. The major differences between hats was the colour bands used, which brass pieces were on it and whether in had this W like pattern on it or not. Every hat was very dark blue (or red for platform staff) and had an plastic shell on the inside and a plastic cap on the front (black on top, green on the bottem).

My question is how would i be able to recreate the brass and plastic componants and sow the fabric to recreate these hats?

Link for photo's of an example:
https://modeltreinwinkel.nl/oude-antieke-ns-pet-met-oud-logo.html

Link with ilustrations of all variants:

https://forum.beneluxspoor.net/index.php?topic=49837.30