Striped Dresses

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Someone mentioned how hard it is to find striped dresses. So, here we go.
1877:

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I love stripes!

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1870s stripes

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Striped Dress cabinet card

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Museum Piece

[Nellie Blue]

Ohh! The second one on the left!!! Would this pattern work for that? Of course you would have to cut down the neckline...

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

If I remember correctly, GG liked this one.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I love Tissot

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Authentic striped dress

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Wow!! 1881 striped dress

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1888, by the sea

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1888 day dresses

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1888 dress with striped trim

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1889 (Dress to the far right)

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Daniel Deronda

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Top Right Corner

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Ohh! The second one on the left!!! Would this pattern work for that? Of course you would have to cut down the neckline...
Yes, with a little tweaking it sure would.

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Nellie yes you would use the tea gown and an underskirt, I do believe there is a NF one that has a trin already? just cut the neck on a v and stop the buttons part way down thats all I would do, use the watteu (sp?) pleated back and then pull up a few artistic places in the back, this will give it more a day dress look and pull the front open so that the underskirt shows nicely.

Fannie I found that dress for some fabric that MIL bought (a reproduction) that is that exact color way and pattern...so yes you will be seeing that dress one day on Miss Scarlett Starr

[Allie Mo]

Thanks Fannie,

I love it when you do that. :kiss Now, to find nice fabric. That's even harder.


Regards,

Allie Mo
who thinks Fannie should be sewing and Allie should be cleaning house :go

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Mo, I've been sewing, just taking a break. Here are some more striped dresses. :sewing

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

1874 German Day Dress (right)

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1880s (Fabulous)

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1883 Day Dress

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1886. Look at that awesome flower pot hat, too.

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1888 with another flower pot hat.

[Clancy]

I went through some old pictures and finally found a good pic of this dress. This is my striped dress i made for our Nationals in 2003. This was the first bustle dress i ever made...I love stripes.... and yes i cut my own head off.....dont ask why.... :18

[Wallaby Jack]

And she is very pretty in it too ! (also, and as well)

:fm

[Nellie Blue]

Gorgeous! What patterns did you use?

[Clancy]

Nellie

The overskirt is TV362 1884 Wash Overskirt and the bodice is TV416 Ball gown bodice. The underskirt is not a TV pattern but the bottom of a Past Patterns(i think) ball gown. The skirt is in heavy weight taffeta with a black satin overlay band around the hem that came up to a point in the front . You really cant see it in the picture.

[Tornado Alli]

Here's one of my striped dresses. Simple but still pretty.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I forgot that I have a striped dress until I saw Alli's picture. This is a shadow stripe, which is a neat variation on stripes.

[Nellie Blue]

Allie,

That is one of my favorites...I know you posted the pattern numbers before, but that was on the old Alley....could you tell us again?

[Vessangel]

Oh I love that one, Fannie. Do you have a picture of the side or back? I love when the bodice pieces are different colors.

[Lady LaSalle]

Hey, guess what?! I have some striped dress pictures, too! LOL!!! Let's see if I can get them up here for you all!

[Lady LaSalle]

Ok, that worked! Let me post a few more views of this dress!

[Lady LaSalle]

Here is another one

[Allie Mo]

Clancy, Alli, Fannie

Beautiful dresses. They are all in my Ideas folder.

Thanks for sharing,

AM

[Coffee Em]

I love that scarlet dress from Daniel Deronda...but every time I see that scene I yell, "Dang it, girl, get your gloves on!" Honestly, dancing without gloves... Her mother raised her way better than that.

Thanks, Fannie--you just added a whole bunch of goodies to my ideas folder!

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Coffee Em]

Oh, and I love this one--so simple and sensible, but handsome.

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Vessangel, that dress is still one of my favorites. Here is the back.

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1874 Polonaise. Look closely, it is a stripe.

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Front of polonaise

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1880's French fashion plate

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1886 wide stripe

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1888 pin stripe corsetted dress

[Jessie Lyn]

Hey GG, I thought you were going to post the pixs I sent you of the beautiful stipped dress you made me. :bow :bow However, I must admit I picked out the fabric. I know that someone else here bought it too. Who was it?

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Oh crap...see?? I told you cold medicin!! I thought there was someting I was suposed to do ...

Greeneyed (jus' a sec!) Gypsy :re

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

ok lets see if I can do this...the over skirt is too long we are going to take it up.

[Allie Mo]

Wow Jessie and GG,

:bow That is beautiful!

Allie Mo

[Jessie Lyn]

The back is to die for. I know that I don't need to say it but GG did a super job on it.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

The back is to die for. I know that I don't need to say it but GG did a super job on it.
Uhhhhhhhhhhh...........Picture!!!! :ss

[Jessie Lyn]

I'll work on it! I sent GG a pix of the back but she didn't post it. I know she has her mind on other things right now.

[Lily Orleans]

I just stumbled across this & thought you ladies might like it for the "Striped" collection.
http://www.rubylane.com/ni/shops/contentmentfarmantiques/iteml/1479#pic8

Also Jessie I think that there are a couple pictures of your dress in GG's photo gallery over on the TV board.

[Kitty Phann]

Love the scalloped edge of the bustle.

[Jessie Lyn]

Thanks Lily - I missed them.

I will try to post a pix with me in it or maybe GG can when she gets back.

[Mark Flint]

ran across this link with an entire site on striped dresses, enjoy.

http://groups.msn.com/LawDogsNLadies/theinfamousstripeddressdebate.msnw?pgmarket=en-us

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Mark who sent you all my bookmarks?!?!?! :w2 ...LOL another fave of mine!!

[Allie Mo]

Hello,

I've decided what to make for the EOT striped dress. May I call dibs on this design? Is it okay to make this request? :fb If not, let's hope we don't pick the same fabric too.

Instead of a pleated skirt, I plan to make a round skirt. The round skirt was very popular in sporting outfits during the 1890s. I think it would be cooler than pleats.

Regards,

Allie Mo

Reference
Blum, Stella (ed.), Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar 1867-1898, New York: Dover Publications, 1974, p.231.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Mo, you call Dibs if you like! That is just fine! BTW, I love your choice!!

[Lizzie Marie]

Mo that is a great looking outfit....

[Clancy]

OK, i think i have decided (well at the moment i have the fabric also for this sitting there and its telling me this is the dress) and i would like to call dibs on this dress if no one else already has for EOT 2006.

Im working on the fact that to limit my excess baggage dress will be from the one era, that way i only have to worry about one set of petticoats and not one for different eras of dresses....

[Allie Mo]

Hi Clancy,

I like it!

Do you have stripes or are you piecing fabric to make stripes?

BTW, I think :Nellie asked and no one answered, is the stripe thing at EOT for day or evening? Oh the shame, if I have to make two dresses :lool.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Ohhhhh pretty ! That will be just beautiful on you Clancy!!

2006?!?!??!2006 ?!?!?!? you people are out of your ever lovin' minds!!! :18 I am just doing good to be getting Jersey Lily dress and convention stuff accomplished... :noe :bow :re

Greeneyed ( that crazy LL is plannin' a year or two out already too!) Gypsy

Whats not mentioning that a got a whole room and a fat folder full of someday plans just waiting for this event or that :re :re :w2

[Clancy]

I have pinstriped fabric, i will also piece the larger panels into it.....that fabric i have is a linen, not sure if i should use a line or a contrast fabric like velvet or silk

[Miss Ruby]

When are we wearing the striped dresses?

If it's day time I will have to make a striped B-Western outfit to shoot in!!!

Course, it would help if I could find red and black striped material too!!! :re

[Tornado Alli]

Did we ever decide? Personally, I think daytime and on a day we don't shoot, (which for me may be every day - why shoot when there is so much SHOPPING to do???) That way we get to be seen the maximum amount of time by the maximum number of people!!!!

(you have to think like a Belle! :lool :lool :lool :lool )

[Nellie Blue]

The only problem with the daytime is that the ladies that are planning to shoot might not all be "off" at the same time. My understanding is that they do the stages similar to Winter Range where there are several start times each day...Kid, you shot last year...is that how they did it?

[Miss Ruby]

Yes that's how they did it this year and last year Nellie.

This year they had the warm-up match Monday and Tuesday, side events Wednesday, three days main match at staggered times Thu/Fri/Sat then the Top Gun shoot off and posse shoots on the Sunday.

So it's a full week of shooting really!!! :gf

[Nellie Blue]

I already know I won't be there until Wednesday night.

[Kid Sopris]

Nellie, What are we talking about, EOT?

[Nellie Blue]

Yes, but Miss Ruby has already answered the question. You're too slow!! :whip :lool

[Allie Mo]

Yes that's how they did it this year and last year Nellie.

This year they had the warm-up match Monday and Tuesday, side events Wednesday, three days main match at staggered times Thu/Fri/Sat then the Top Gun shoot off and posse shoots on the Sunday.

So it's a full week of shooting really!!! :gf
Whew!

That's a lot of outfits. I don't really like my summer shooting clothes either. If you don't hear from me for a while, I'll be :sewing

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Kid Sopris]

I just got home from Lake las Vegas, and dinner... I didn't know I was to answer a question. Okay next time I will eat faster. :chug

[Nellie Blue]

:whip :whip You just need one of those mobile notebooks that have cell service to hook up to the internet!! Then you can keep up! :rofl :rofl

Lake Las Vegas!!?? Was it yummy?

[Kid Sopris]

Filet Mignon, Fresh Green Beans, Garlic Mashed(whipped) potato's, Ice tea, Soft Music....No Lady to share it with. I know I didn't ask. :goofy :hmr

[Nellie Blue]

:rolleyes: I think it's great that you can eat out on your own. I never can.

[Kitty Phann]

Nellie, I know what you mean about eating out on your own. When hubbie was on deployed for 6 mos(Navy). That was one of my goals to eat out on my own(by myself). It was hard but I did it. I would play a game with myself every week " is this the week I'll do it?" Finally, just did with the help of a book. The other goal was to go to a movie by myself. Still haven't done that.

[Miss Ruby]

I used to work shift work and love going to the movies so would go by myself during the day when hubby at work. Going to the movies was easy, walk in, sit down in the dark! I'm too chicken to try eating out by myself though!

[Allie Mo]

Hello,

I used to drive two hours go snow skiing by myself. I loved the solitude and doing everything at my own pace. I was terribly afraid of heights when I started. At first I closed my eyes on the lift and practiced deep breathing. Finally, it didn't bother me. Unfortunately, I have only been skiing once since 1999, when I started shooting.

I'm very nervous about going to the convention by myself. The flying, hotel,.... all make me a little. :18

I'm hoping it will be like skiing. The first time, I went with someone. The second time, I managed it on my own.

So, if you see a lost look in my eyes, you'll know why.

I do know several couples who are going.

Regards,

Allie

[Garnet Rose]

Last time I went out to lunch by myself, a couple of people were seated at a table near me. One of them was on his cell phone the entire meal and totally ignored the other person he was lunching with. I thought to myself, "I may be here by myself, but at least I'm not eating with someone sitting there being rude to me." It's more fun dining with others to converse with, but don't let being alone prevent you from sitting down to an enjoyable meal and a bit of people watching.

[Nellie Blue]

I've never had a problem going to the movies alone, traveling alone, doing most anything alone...but I still hate going to a restaurant alone. :rofl I'm mean....I even started Cowboy Shooting alone... :rofl Don't know what the difference is going to a restaurant!

[Clancy]

Nellie, i started shooting on my own also. Im one of few woman down here that shoot without a partner.

You could always take a book or a magazine to read while your eating, that way your not just eating all your food in a hurry to get out of there. Take a study book, make it a time to learn something you didnt know or use it as creative time to dream up knew dresses and costumes.

Allie Mo, i can relate, the first time i travelled internationally on my own i was a little afraid as i had always travelled with someone. In a way it was a good thing, it brings you out of your shell a lot more, you step past boundaries on keeping your conversation with people you know. Travelling on your own you have to start conversations with people you dont know.....

Meeting Lizzie,Shawn,Gyps & Ima and some of the other girls for the first time last year was fun, as we had all only talked on here. Meeting them in person was even better, they really are a bunch of fun, wonderful ladies.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Mo, don't fret, you will not be the only woman there "sans partner". Alli and I are going "sans partner" this year also. We ladies will just stick together and have a great time!!! I figure it will leave more time for shopping, anyway. :lool

[Ida Hands]

I went to the movies alone once. Wasn't as much fun as I thought it would be. http://members.cox.net/mtn-lioness/Sigh.gif I like having a partner. http://members.cox.net/mtn-lioness/Batting%20Eyes.gif I haven't gone out to dinner alone. I'll have to think about that one...http://members.cox.net/mtn-lioness/Thinking2.gif

[Lizzie Marie]

I go out and eat by myself quite frequently....Cookie is a fireman and not always home.....it is more fun with someone else but I don't like to cook....so....

[Kid Sopris]

Well , Like that man said, "You gonna bait or fish?", I rather eat then starve, so Off I go.. But I have been told I 'm a little off anyway, so it don't matter much. (What? What you mean this is not about food! "Striped Dress", What did I post wrong again, sheesh) Kid (who hears voices) Sopris
:rofl :lool

[Nellie Blue]

:rofl :rofl :rofl

[Allie Mo]

Yee Haw!:yp

UPS delivered my stripes today! Now I need to find a solid to go with it.

I wanted a blue and ivory. (Yes, :Nellie, I'm a big fan of blue too.) However, I could only find that with 65% polyester. Hancock had a lovely pink. I'm not sure what the true color was. It was 100% cotton. Unfortunately, it did not like my complexion.

I looked on line and found the same line of fabric (Martha Pullen Old Paris) at Hancock's Website in a lovely coffee-with-cream brown with ivory color. (Yes, :coffee em ...) It is approx. 1/4 inch stripes.

Now it's back to Hancock for the matching plain ivory, which I know they have. So, I've got it together to start my stripe EOT shooting costume. I still need to know if the plan to stripe includes a dressy dress. I do so love stripes!

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Nellie...Lizzie's niece Jen and I are also sans menfolk this year!! YOu will just fit right in girl!
When Matt met me he was amazed that I would go to movies and out to eat each payday alone! He thought my confidience and independant spirit were very attractive :re I am often the one who comes up with a crazy plan or idea and just goes for it! Only difference now is a I have great partner what likes to join me, and he also have a girlfriend to tag along with him too!

Greeneyed ( what likes bering the girlfriend even though I am also the wife!) Gypsy

[Coffee Em]

Allie Mo, you found coffee-with-cream stripes? Ooooh, oooh, lucky girl! I keep hoping I'll stumble on some snazzy brown-and-black striped taffeta or satin or some such--I think that would make such a great gown for a dark roast kinda gal like me. Haven't found any such yet, but luckily EoT is later in the year next year!

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Drydock]

Ahem, ah, ladies, I am a professional, trained United States Navy escort. 'Course, I do most of my escortin' with a 36 foot patrol boat an' 2 .50 caliber machine guns, but I can improvise as needed.
:sailor

[Coffee Em]

Drydock, honey, if you want to escort me with that patrol boat and machine guns, I have NO objections! (Talk about ways to make a girl feel special...!)

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Clancy]

Em,

You mean like this?... I have 6.2 metres (approx 6.8 yards) but it is in two pieces of approx 3 metres each and it is satin. It is black and a taupe colour the stripes are 1/2" wide. The fabric is 46" wide, the stripes run lengthwise not down the width..if that makes sense.

If it is what you want, i could be persueded to part with it...or i can send you a sample to see the actual colour....

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Ohhhhhh man CLancy you have such a GREAT eye for fabric!!
That stuff is absolutly YUMMY

Greeneyed ( what dont even like coffee...but is highly impressed by fast boats with big guns...its a Navy thing:sailor ) Gypsy

Drydock I have a feeling that you will not lack for a partner on both arms!:w2

[Ida Hands]

WOW! Miss Clancy, that is SO wonderful and SO hard to find. Lucky lady that gets that.

[Lady LaSalle]

PMS was kind enough to send me a copy of the dress templates, so I played around today with my striped dress design. This is what I came up with. It's hard to see them, but I have quilted squares that are black with gold stitching that are around the bottom of the skirt and on the one tail of the back of the bodice. I got them from the junk lady on e-bay. They're pretty neat! The figure 8 design on the back of the dress is a vintage hand beaded applique. I don't think I got the length of the polonaise right (it's a little short), but you get the idea.

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

I love it.:007 :007 :007 ..now if I can just learn how to draw!:18

[Lady LaSalle]

Here is a picture of the applique. I think it's beautiful!

[Allie Mo]

WOW!

I love that stripe satin and LL's design for a stripe dress.

I think 1/2 to 1" is the perfect size for stripes and I love the way LL mitered the stripes at the seams!

Woo hoo, you go girls.

Regards,

Allie Mo
who thinks Clancy:kbutt must have lost her mind:18 if she parts with that fabric when she could be making her own striped dress for EOT with it

[Coffee Em]

Clancy, I hate to say it, but I have to echo Allie: You sure you want to consider letting that out of your hands, or would you rather be swanking elegantly through EoT wearing it? I think it's deee-licious, but honesty compels me to admit I can just see you in those colors. (Okay, yes, I could see me in those colors, too, but hey.) (Besides, if we don't get paid for something pretty soon I'm going to be attending EoT as a character from a fairy tale--said fairy tale being "The Emperor's New Clothes"!)

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Coffee Em]

Oh, and crikey, I forgot--LL, that's a splendid design! I love the chevron effect from the bias, and can't wait to see those neat skirt insets. That's going to look all kinds of good.

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Pretty Mean Shawme]

Looks great LL! Aren't those templates just too much fun!?!?!

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

They are very cool... Beth sent me one too... too bad I can draw to save me life! But they are very very cool!:ty

[Allie Mo]

Uh Oh,

Allie Mo is back at it again. Sorry Em, if I talked her out of selling it to you.:fm

[Coffee Em]

Allie, are you kidding? If Clancy makes that up into something, I'll have the pleasure of ooooh-ing and ahhhh-ing over it. Never a bad outcome!

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Allie Mo]

Hi Em,

Thanks for your understanding. I am known far-and-wide for my ability to :fm

If anyone is interested, here's the color of my stripes. They still have some at www.hancockfabrics.com.

Notice the color similarity to my new avatar, who represents my tastes better than the previous Billie Jo the bombshell avatar. Although I have some, I shy away from bright colors.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Coffee Em]

That's going to look all crisp and fetching--good find!

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Wallaby Jack]

I liked Billie Jo ........ too... :wallaby


:fm

[Clancy]

You girls are bad..... now you got me all undecided and thinking about what i can make with that stripe fabric.....Satin is more evening wear not day dress....

Sorry Em, you can have first drooling rights if you like....Thats of course if i can come up with something.

LL... LOVE the design, that will be very YOU undertated at its best... i got a set of those templates too, Fannie was good enough to share She's so kind, :ty

Im working on all my ideas for next year and then just have to get them to materialise into real costumes..

[Nellie Blue]

As much as I love blue, I've been in search of brown/pink or brown/cream or brown and blue...I have a really neat brown/cream hat that I want to wear. I need to really get serious about finding something, huh!?!

[Lady LaSalle]

Here's some stripe fabric that may "get you in the mood"!

http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/catalog_itemdetail.aspx?ItmID=K439

http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/catalog_itemdetail.aspx?ItmID=D211

[Black Hills Barb]

Boy, did I ever see some pretty red and white striped fabric at JoAnn's. It was satin and the stripes were about one inch wide. I think it was costume satin, so it wasn't too expensive to begin with, but on top of that it was 70% off because it was the big sale the week before Halloween. They had 2 bolts of it on the shelf - more than enough for a ballgown.

Unfortunately, I had to pass. :( It would be a year or more before I could make myself something from it. But boy, were the ideas ever running through my mind!

[Coffee Em]

LL, I'd seen that brown and copper stripe and coveted it mightily, but $22 a yard--yikes! But I know if I wait, open to the possibilities, someday my stripe will come.

Clancy, thank you for drooling rights, 'cause you know I was gonna do it anyway. Now I can show my permit if the drool police pull me over!

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Pretty Mean Shawme]

I have been eyeing this yummy sage green tone on tone stripe an Denver Fabrics Annex for months now, but alas it is around $20 a yard, discounted. Well..... I am so excited, I just got an email, the end of this week, they are having a sale, all of the fabric in the store is $1.98 a yard!!! guess where I'll be bright and early on the 29th? :tban

[Coffee Em]

Now, see, the only thing better than great fabric is great fabric on sale for so cheap that no one will believe it when you tell them. (I believe you, though.) At that price, you can make a designer bustle gown for less than it would have cost someone...in 1880.

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Pretty Mean Shawme]

Now, see, the only thing better than great fabric is great fabric on sale for so cheap that no one will believe it when you tell them. (I believe you, though.) At that price, you can make a designer bustle gown for less than it would have cost someone...in 1880.

Cheers,
Coffee Em

Or three or four, or Natural form or 1890's, or or... Oh, maybe I should use up the stash I already have.

I need to go :sewing

[Coffee Em]

Oh, maybe I should use up the stash I already have.

Aww, c'mon, that's just silly.

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Pretty Mean Shawme]

True oh so true, what was I thinking!

[Lady LaSalle]

But if you use your stash, then you won't have a stash anymore! Oh the irony of the situation!

[Clancy]

Shawn, that is mean knowing that.... After being to the annex i know what a treat your going to have, you will definately need iron feather to help you with all your buys!

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I have been eyeing this yummy sage green tone on tone stripe an Denver Fabrics Annex for months now, but alas it is around $20 a yard, discounted. Well..... I am so excited, I just got an email, the end of this week, they are having a sale, all of the fabric in the store is $1.98 a yard!!! guess where I'll be bright and early on the 29th? :tban
PMS, remember who your friends are while you are shopping. :)

[Black Hills Barb]

Sounds like the makings of a riot there! :scared

[Lady LaSalle]

HEY!!! Look what I found! OHHHH, PRETTTTY!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/High-End-100-Silk-Burgundy-Striped-Fabric-54-10-yds_W0QQitemZ8227742618QQcategoryZ28158QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

[Lady LaSalle]

Here's another!

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-yds-Robert-Allen-Striped-moire-gold_W0QQitemZ8227113686QQcategoryZ71206QQrdZ1QQcm dZViewItem

[Allie Mo]

Gotta have it! The khaki and burgundy.

LL, are you bidding?

:fb

I have never bid on fabric. Is $50 reasonable for this type of yardage? Or, will I need to go to $100 and then <all is quiet while Allie looks for the crossed fingers smilie> <we need that smilie or maybe praying hands> just hope I get it?

Thanks for any :fb

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Lady LaSalle]

Nope, not bidding sweetie! I have my striped fabric already! Go for it-----GOOD LUCK!

[Nellie Blue]

Hey, Mo! When I'm bidding on Ebay I think of it this way...what would 100% silk cost in a store...how high am I willing to go for it...how much do I love it...

Go to some of the fabric websites and see what 100% silk is selling for and go from there...

Denver Fabrics (http://www.denverfabrics.com/)

Fashion Fabrics Club (http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/)

[Allie Mo]

Hi Nellie,

Thanks for the links!

I really like that stripe. The seller wouldn't divulge her reserve, sigh.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Nellie Blue]

Personally, if that was a fabric I REALLY wanted, I'd go up to $10-15 a yd...but it's not the perfect color for my hat so you're going to have to buy it! :lool

[Coffee Em]

I so totally don't understand not being willing to tell a prospective buyer what the reserve is. What does that accomplish for the seller? In fact, I don't understand the principle of the reserve. If there's a price below which you won't sell the item, make it the starting bid. What's the use of saying, "I want to sell this, but I won't tell you for how much"?

Cheers (if grumpily),
Coffee Em

[Allie Mo]

Nellie, thanks again for the tips.

Em, as usual, you are so right on.

I have never had a seller refuse to divulge their reserve.

I love the fabric and plan to bid anyway.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Lady LaSalle]

Here's a striped one!

[Lady LaSalle]

and another..................

[Lady LaSalle]

and one more.....................

[Lady LaSalle]

oh yeah...........and one more....................

[Lady LaSalle]

let's not forget this one!

[Lady LaSalle]

ok, I'm almost done!

[Lady LaSalle]

last one for the moment~!

[Clancy]

What beautiful fashion plates LL..... Where did you get those ones? Are they in some of the books that you won off Ebay?

[Lady LaSalle]

Bought a CD from one of the e-bay sellers---------they had taken pictures of the fashion plates in the books before they sold them. Pretty smart!

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I finally found a fashion plate with a striped ballgown. Petersons 1883 December:

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Petersons July 1877

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

1877 Polonaise

[Clancy]

I found another striped evening dress. This is from some pics that LL posted quite some time ago, before the crash, from her Petersens catalogue

[Goldie]

Ooooo I'm in love! That red and black stripe is to die for!

[Goldie]

Here's another ball gown

[Goldie]

one more from 1891

[Allie Mo]

I'm losing track. I don't think anyone has posted this one.

[Nellie Blue]

Nice!!!! :ty

[Lady Fleur]

http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?Uc=7i1fqew.gwoz57o&Uy=-p6d9z5&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&mode=fromshare&conn_speed=1
The last pic is of my teal stripe dress.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

As soon as I get back from Convention, I'll post pictures of me in my new striped dress! :ban

Fleur, I love your teal dress.

[Lady Fleur]

Thank you! a Truly Victorian ballgown bodice re-designed!
Since i am so busty we opted for a lace pannel over the twins
It was done in the hotel the night before the tea party the last day of costume college this year. That is just how easy TV is!
I love that striped material I still have a bit. HMM may be a train or bustle?
We used some old gold material to line the lace at the hem to make it pop! it sure does. I just have to swish and sway in that dress!
Totally sassy yup thats me!

[Allie Mo]

Ooh Fleur...,

I love the colors of your dress. Sometime, could you post a close up. The detail doesn't show.

I love it so much that I bought 23 yards of faille in that shade of teal.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Lady Fleur]

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=7i1fqew.y6d9y1g&Uy=y1wekp&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0
Not a good pic of me but good detail!
I don't have a pic of the back but the bow is the size of texas!
When I do it I do it BIG.

[Allie Mo]

Fleur...,

It's beautiful! I think my teal is more green. Anyway, I love your teal too.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Lady LaSalle]

I just got 2 new books (with more on the way) and the pictures in them are outstanding! I'll have to share a few with you all when I am able to get the pictures taken!

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I guess that this thread really stuck with me....while at Convention I realized that every day dress I had brought with me was striped....
Thursday was red and green shadow stripe
http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2086&stc=1&d=1133795849

Friday was black and white stripe
http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2100&stc=1&d=1133801982

Saturday was winter white shadow stripe
http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2464&stc=1&d=1134479172

Sunday was a linen pinstripe
http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=2536&stc=1&d=1134791350

[Coffee Em]

Just found this early-bustle dress at the University of Texas costume site, and ooooh, gracious! I knew you guys needed to see it, if you hadn't already:

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/19cdress/70s-80s/1871-3daydress.htm

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Lady Fleur]

I have seen that oooh pretty1!

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

That is so pretty. I have some striped organza, blue instead of red, but I don't have enough to do that. Gives me some ideas, though.

[Coffee Em]

Yep, I keep forgetting that translucent fabrics add all kinds of cool design options. Blue and white striped organza--frothy dress goodness!

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Nellie Blue]

OK...I need pattern suggestions to recreate this....

http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/19cdress/dresses/1871-73%20day%20dress%20UCAD.jpeg

[Coffee Em]

Hmmmm... TV 400, 1871 Day Bodice, with the square-neck option. Sleeves from TV 410, 1873 Polonaise. TV 301, Tie Apron Overskirt (make sure the front apron is cut long enough, and add ruffle) with TV 202, Grand Parlor Skirt (add that sloping ruffle)... Or, TV 208, 1870 Trained Skirt Ensemble, again with the added ruffles. (I kind of like the separate overskirt, though, because you can just see something sashy-looking at the back of the skirt, which I think is the back of the overskirt. Either way has the look, though.)

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Flyin' Jenny Dare]

Such great ideas here! I so, so want a striped dress. Today I picked up 10 yards of silk taffeta in a dark gold and black stripe (clearance at Hobby Lobby for $5/yd--I may go back tomorrow and get some more). I have some silk in a taupe and teal stripe, and some silk taffeta in a black/dark red plaid (though it looks very stripey) that's just sitting here waiting to become something lovely.

Question--you ladies all have such great figures. I don't! But I want a striped dress too. Do you think there's a good way to 'make it work' (a la the awesome Tim Gunn on Project Runway)? Or will I look a million times wider and scare everyone out of my path? :eek:

I figured on pairing the stripes with solids, as I don't think I can pull off all stripes. Anyone here have any prior experience with this problem?

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Jenny, vertical stripes will give you the illusion of being taller and thinner.....just don't go horizontal. :eek:

[Coffee Em]

You can also reinforce the vertical lines of the style: hit the up-and-down trims hard and make the horizontal ones in the middle of the body (like the bodice lower edge and the overskirt) unobtrusive, or skip 'em altogether. Go for a longer bodice that doesn't stop at the widest part of you, or cut your bodice with a pointed front, or with two long points, like an elongated vest front.

You can use your stripe or print for the front and back sections of your bodice, and use a coordinating dark solid for the front side and front back pieces. There are lots of fashion plates that show this style, and ooooh, it's all about the slimming!

Make sure your bodice fits. You won't look thinner in a loose bodice; snug that sucker up. If you've got a corset under it, it'll lie smooth over your torso, and you'll look divinely shapely (not skinny, but shapely like a 19th-century gal).

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

440 -208! Wahooo use the Force Em... I was thinkin the SAME thing!!

Lovely effect....great dress!

[Coffee Em]

Hee hee! Or alternately, "Your TV pattern kung-fu is strong, old woman!" (Let's hear it for being able to open web sites in multiple tabs, so you can switch back and forth from the pic on the Alley to the TV early bustle page!)

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Oh yeah!!!!:tban :tban :tban

Greeneyed (old woman? I don't see none o' them!) Gypsy

[Wallaby Jack]

NOT old, .......

"Youthfullness challenged, with experience" ........ perhaps....
.... but, not old....

(old ain't a fourletter werd 'til it's spell'd with a "e" ) ;)


:wallaby

[Nellie Blue]

btt so it's easier to find...

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

Okay, let's post a new one.....

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I found this dress recently and wonder if this is where Heather got her inspiration for TV381?

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

And, the back.

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

One more striped dress.

[Coffee Em]

I love, love, love that orange gown--had that in my folder for a while now, thinking, "One of these days, I'm making that! (Though maybe not in orange.)

Cheers,
Coffee Em

[Clancy]

Me too Em, i have all the patterns worked out in my sketch book, copied the pics and cut them out and stuck them in..

[Lady Fleur]

I found a striped dress!!! in pumpkin!

[Lady Fleur]

bodice detail

[Coffee Em]

Fleur, what a beauty! I love the texture of the hem treatment--can anybody see what's going on there with the gathered-looking "tabs"?

[Sweet Violet]

Those two orangey dresses are WOW!! They make me with I liked something other than the 90s!!!

[Allie Mo]

Hi Folks,

I think it's time this thread got :bump and what better way than with a pretty dress. It's an 1876 French Day Dress. I LOVE IT!

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Kitty Phann]

oooooohhhhhh! Love that dress!

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

OK where is that dress from?!?!? I can see its a book? OMG! Yummy colors and STRIKING! Mo you SO NEED THAT DRESS!

[Allie Mo]

Sorry GG,

I don't remember. I've been doing a lot of searches and only finding one or no dresses on a site.

I'll try to be good and get more info.

Regards,

Allie Mo

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Oh hon don't put yourself out I just thought maybe you had the book at home....it seemsfamiliar but if I start digging out books it turns into an all night "someday" planning fest and I have promised myself I wont sew a thing, or plan a project until Sat.

I am suffering from ok yeah I am tired and burnt out....but I could just cut something out right?!?! LOL!

[Nellie Blue]

:bump This hasn't been to the top lately! Such inspiration!

[Pinto Annie]

Totally enchanting -- and lookin' is almost as good as :sewing . Hmmm, maybe I'll have to just limit myself to looking for great fabric. Oh fabric, here pretty fabric... (kinda like calling the kitty?)

[Lizzie Marie]

Totally enchanting -- and lookin' is almost as good as :sewing . Hmmm, maybe I'll have to just limit myself to looking for great fabric. Oh fabric, here pretty fabric... (kinda like calling the kitty?)

Oh we never call the fabric, it calls us :rofl :lool :rofl

[Ida Hands]

I LOVE striped fabric! The dresses are heavenly. My only problem is FINDING striped fabric! None to be had around my areas! :cry

[Lazy K]

No striped fabric? That's what ebay is for. And Hancocks online. And Fashion fabrics. And.........:faint

[Nellie Blue]

I only find striped fabric that I like....when I've stopped looking for striped fabric! :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

its SOooooo true!

I have a new stripe to share this one is for sale on Ebay....I LOVE the HUGE purple and green of it all! Its time travelers and I went to get a link but I think it has ended now. They had some real beauties this week!! Oh a silk knit chemise...be still my heart!

[Nellie Blue]

Yep...when I had money to buy...this seller had no stripes, now that I'm not buying....stripes galore!

Exclusive Silks - Ebay Store (http://search.stores.ebay.com/exclusive-silks_stripe_W0QQfciZ10QQfclZ4QQfsnZexclusiveQ5fsi lksQQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQftsZ2QQsaselZ7090026QQsofpZ0) ...If I'm not mistaken, this is where LL bought the blue/white striped silk for her nurses outfits...and they 60 more yds of itt! And they also have it in red!

[Fannie Kikinshoot]

I absolutely drool over that seller's fabrics! They have been marked as one of my favorites for a looooooong time.

[Victoria Rose Hyde]

WOWThat is beautiful. I just love the colors.:tban :ty

[Victoria Rose Hyde]

Fannie
What is the name of the Seller's store or website?
Victoria

[Lazy K]

Click on the link in Nellie's post and it will take you to Exclusive Silks ebay store

[Allie Mo]

If you just have a "little bit" of precious striped fabric, here's an idea how you can use it.

...and that brown and orange (did I see orange again?) number is rather pretty too.

[Sweet Violet]

Yeah!!! The stripes are back!!! Thanks!!!

[Lady Fleur]

HOLY MOLEY LOOKIE HERE!!!
Madame KAT

[Ida Hands]

Here's Kate from LawDogs 'N' Ladies in a striped Saloon outfit.

[Ida Hands]

Have you seen her in her "Infamous" striped dress? No? Well, here it is....

[Black Box Belle]

I must say this is one of my favorite threads....and I felt that I should add this one to all the lovely striped dresses of inspiration. Ifound this on ebay a while back and fell in love with it. I just wish I could have afforded to buy it!

[Black Box Belle]

Ooopppsss...helps when I add the photo!:faint

[Black Box Belle]

I think there are a few more.....

[Lady Leigh]

I love the striped fabric going the other direction for the pleated ruffles!!! Beautiful!

[Nellie Blue]

Oh my goodness! That's one of my most favorite striped dresses!!! That's going on my wish list!!!

[Lazy K]

Yep, I love the combination of the diagonal and horizontal stripes at the hem

[Nellie Blue]

Not that fabric is in my budget until August or September, but how many yds do you think a person would need to re-create that one? 15? 20? or more?

[Lady Leigh]

Use the TV 261 skirt pattern as it does not have a train ... 3 to 4 yards. Bodice .... 3 yards. Ruffles add a couple more yards. I am not sure there is an over skirt. May just be an illussion of one. 15 yards should do it! Especially of you use the 60 wide fabric.

What color are you thinking about using?

[Nellie Blue]

No clue what color...depends on the fabric that talks to me when I go back to LA! :lool I love blue (shocker, I know), plum, lilacs, pinks, well...just about any color would do except yellows or oranges! Don't care to much for those.

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

nooo more like 10. the bodice with sleeves three the skirt is not crazy full, a 261 ish it looks. so 4 there ( and actually if its 60 inches wide you dont need quite that much) So thats 7 than figure three for the pleats...the only fabric eating bit will be the diagonial bits they will chew though yardage!

Ohhh and while I am thinking on it...NO BELLE:tap you need to finish your stuff you already have started!

Greeneyed ( see? learning to say no real well! ) Gypsy:gg

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Oh LMAO!! Diane and I were posting at the same time! :gg

[Nellie Blue]

nooo more like 10. the bodice with sleeves three the skirt is not crazy full, a 261 ish it looks. so 4 there ( and actually if its 60 inches wide you dont need quite that much) So thats 7 than figure three for the pleats...the only fabric eating bit will be the diagonial bits they will chew though yardage!

The diagonal is why I though it would take so much...and the stipes running ACROSS the pleats also...


Greeneyed ( see? learning to say no real well! ) Gypsy:gg
I'm so proud of you!!!


Ohhh and while I am thinking on it...NO BELLE:tap you need to finish your stuff you already have started!
That's why I said Aug/Sept!! I'm not allowing myself to go back to LA until ALL of this fabric is made up! Gives me incentive to :sewing :rofl

[Nellie Blue]

nooo more like 10. the bodice with sleeves three the skirt is not crazy full, a 261 ish it looks. so 4 there ( and actually if its 60 inches wide you dont need quite that much) So thats 7 than figure three for the pleats...the only fabric eating bit will be the diagonial bits they will chew though yardage!

The diagonal is why I though it would take so much...and the stipes running ACROSS the pleats also...


Greeneyed ( see? learning to say no real well! ) Gypsy:gg
I'm so proud of you!!!


Ohhh and while I am thinking on it...NO BELLE:tap you need to finish your stuff you already have started!
That's why I said Aug/Sept!! I'm not allowing myself to go back to LA until ALL of this fabric is made up! Gives me incentive to :sewing :rofl Oh!! you were talking to BBB! :rofl

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Yes that bit will eat up some yardage....but not crazy...its only so wide. If you get fifteen you can face everything and have a hat and reticule and a little room to make a mistake! A pleat no matter the depth is about a 3 to one ratio if the fabric touches edge to edge like this does. So you need to measure the bottom of your 261 patern and multiply be 3 then figure for the total length of each pleat and do some math... Then for the diagional pleat I would figure twice what you need for a normal one.

Greeneyed ( ifin it were me) Gypsy

[Lady Leigh]

Yes that bit will eat up some yardage....but not crazy...its only so wide. If you get fifteen you can face everything and have a hat and reticule and a little room to make a mistake! A pleat no matter the depth is about a 3 to one ratio if the fabric touches edge to edge like this does. So you need to measure the bottom of your 261 patern and multiply be 3 then figure for the total length of each pleat and do some math... Then for the diagional pleat I would figure twice what you need for a normal one.

Greeneyed ( ifin it were me) Gypsy

If you get 15 yards you can probably make the evening/ball gown bodice the pictures show!!! Get some pretty net lace, and .... oh la la!!!

[Black Box Belle]

BTT....should that new skirt be a stripe??????

[Allie Mo]

Hi :Nellie,

On something really special, it's best to err on the excess fabric side. You can always make a ball gown top, things GG mentioned, or add more pleats, ruffles, prairie points, or ruching with the excess.

Also, if you found that you've run short, you could make box instead of knife pleats. It's easier to cheat on the part that folds under with box pleats.

:Nellie :waiting for :ss :rofl

[Nellie Blue]

That one's on my Fall wish list...you know, after my next trip to LA!! :rofl But wait til you see the pleats I did on a plaid skirt! It turned out cool!

[Lady Fleur]

http://www.corinthias.net/Victorian.html

[Lazy K]

But wait til you see the pleats I did on a plaid skirt! It turned out cool!

But I don't wanna wait! Show me now!!:tap :tap :tap

[Sweet Violet]

:bump :bump

[Madamekat]

I LOVE striped dresses, but I find it difficult to find stripes I like in a fabric I can afford!! The search is ALWAYS on!

[Dixie McCan]

But wait til you see the pleats I did on a plaid skirt! It turned out cool! , says Nellie Blue

But I don't wanna wait! Show me now!! says Lizzie

I don't want to wait either! Nellie, show us something!:lool :lool

And someone please :ty :ty :ty explain how to match up stripes:lalala

[Nellie Blue]

Here's my striped skirt:

http://www.nellieblue.com/2007_EOT/slides/DSC01249.JPG

http://www.nellieblue.com/2007_EOT/slides/DSC01250.JPG

[Nellie Blue]

Here's how I match stripes, plaids, etc...it may not be perfect or proper, but it works good enough for me. :D

I set my matching notches (for instance, the notch at the side seam) on the edge of a the same line in the fabric...not the edge of the fabric and notch, but where the seamline will be at the notch. Does that make sense?

[Dixie McCan]

OH NELLLLLIE, I LLLLLOOOOVVVVEEEE IT!!!! AND WITH A TEEPEE IN THE BACKGROUND, HOW MARVELOUSLY PERIOD!!!!

Seriously, yes, your skirt is wonderful!!! and I do understand what you're describing and I can do that!!! Oh thank you my Nellie Blue!!!

[Allie Mo]

:tban You look terrrrrrific in that costume :Nellie! The pleats came out perfect. I so love pleated plaids!:tban

[Sarah Bernhardt]

NEllie,
It turned out terrific. I'm going to try pleats on my TV221' haven't done pleats before and am getting nervous about them.:faint

[Madame Olive Yew]

You look beautiful as always Nellie! Great job on the skirt!!:tban :tban :tban

[Hannah K. Gelt]

Hey GG, I thought you were going to post the pixs I sent you of the beautiful stipped dress you made me. :bow :bow However, I must admit I picked out the fabric. I know that someone else here bought it too. Who was it?

I know this is an old subject but it twas me that also bought that same fabric and was for the EOT stripped dresses we were all doing.. Glad to see YOURS got used as mine is still sitting in it's "needs to tell me what it wants to be" tub along with other fabrics that I forgot I even had... :faint


"Hmmm.. Now I wonder what I planned on doing with that piece of fabric..."

But I must say it sure was fun opening all those tubs and seeing all I had "collected"... :lool

[Greeneyed Gypsy]

Did I ever post those pictures? I think I would have had to scan them I just have two little snap shot hard copies...

Hanna the dress she is talking about was a gold and black silk? She sent it to me so I actually have no idea where she found it at.

Jessie it was great to see you Sat at JW!! I think I will come down to JL and say howdey if things dont get to frenzied here before convention!

GG

[Sweet Violet]

Oh Nellie!! I remember that skirt from EOT!! I loooooved/love it!! I especially love the way you used it the do the pleating at the bottome!! So very perfect!! :jp

[Clancy]

This is one i have always liked

Nellie your plaid skirt looks wonderfiul on you, you look like such a lady!:tban

[Bustle Babe]

This is one i have always liked

Nellie your plaid skirt looks wonderfiul on you, you look like such a lady!:tban


Wow! I love that dress! :faint Are you planning to make this Miss Clancy? I would love to take a shot at it.

[Clancy]

Wow! I love that dress! :faint Are you planning to make this Miss Clancy? I would love to take a shot at it.

No at the present time BB, go for it. Im sure your creation will do it justice.. i just think the stripes are so bold and strong ..

[Hannah K. Gelt]

Hanna the dress she is talking about was a gold and black silk? She sent it to me so I actually have no idea where she found it at.

As soon as I saw the picture I thought to myself "Hmmm, that fabric looks awfully familiar" Then I saw her post and knew it was the same material I have... There's a memory of it all rambling around my pea brain just can't seem to stab it with my fork.. :lool

[Clancy]

Whilst looking for tea gowns in my books i came across some more stripe ones. Im note sure if they have already been shown. Sorry of they have

[Clancy]

Gyps i thought of you right away when i saw this yummy green one.

[Clancy]

Here are some, floral stripes

[Clancy]

I love this blue and buttercream one

[Clancy]

And some more. I know they are not all stripes but they were too pretty not to share.

[Madame Olive Yew]

Clancy You have to tell what book these are coming from. They are gorgeous!!!!

[Allie Mo]

Wow! I love that dress! :faint Are you planning to make this Miss Clancy? I would love to take a shot at it.BB, check out post 5 on the first page. It is the front of this dress.

[Bustle Babe]

BB, check out post 5 on the first page. It is the front of this dress.

:ty :ty Miss Allie. I went to 3 fabric stores today and didn't find a single wide stripe in navy blue and gold...zip..nada! I have a feeling it would be hard to find.:tap I did find the long tassel fringe but it was 15.99 a yard!!!

I'll keep looking though.

[Allie Mo]

$15.99 a yard! :faint

[Sweet Violet]

btt :bump:bump

[widowsweeds]

Gyps i thought of you right away when i saw this yummy green one.

Hey - I know that dress !

http://widowsweeds.com/sitebuilder/images/346_3C76597_7Ffp5_3Enu_3D3235_3E664_3E6_3A3_3EWSNR CG_3D3232425694756nu0mrj_1_-227x302.jpghttp://widowsweeds.com/sitebuilder/images/346_3C76597_7Ffp6_3Enu_3D3235_3E664_3E6_3A3_3EWSNR CG_3D3232425694464nu0mrj_1_-213x300.jpg