Victorian Bloomer
Saludos querida comunidad, el día de hoy quiero compartirles un proyecto muy especial que hice el ayer inmediatamente después de enterarme del Historical Fashion Challenge propuesto por @cassidydawn , el cual consiste en hacer un post referente a una prenda anterior a 1965, antes de comenzar mi post me gustaría invitar a participar a @tesmoforia @lauramica @kiutvariedades @tere.alv @hildajtua
Greetings dear community, today I want to share with you a very special project that I did yesterday immediately after learning about the Historical Fashion Challenge proposed by @cassidydawn, which consists of making a post referring to a garment prior to 1960, before starting my post I would like to invite to participate @tesmoforia @lauramica @kiutvariedades @ tere.alv @hildajtua
Origen de los Bloomers / Origin of the Bloomers
Bloomers are pants with a ruffled boot, these can be long to the ankles or reach the knee, this garment was created in the middle of the 19th century by Elizabeth Smit Miller, influenced by the Pantalettes, which is an underwear that It was already used under the underskirts of dresses, combining it with the harem or Lebanese pants of the Middle East, the idea with the Bloomers is that women could use a more comfortable garment under the skirt that allowed them to carry out different activities, in few words western women began to wear pants, which was very frowned upon by the society of that time.
Until that moment they were not called Bloomers, this name became popular after Amelia Bloomer wrote an article in her newspaper where she talked about this garment, presenting it as a garment that women with common sense used, we are talking about the time when women began to fight for their rights including suffrage, that is why people began to call him Bloomers after the last name of the writer of that newspaper, who was an activist for women's rights.
The Bloomers were used by many women, however, it was little accepted by many others, in some contexts such as sports, it was allowed for women to wear pants of that style, as well as for bathing suits, however they had limited use . I think most of us will have seen some of the first photographs that were taken at that time, where children used Bloomers and little girls were also allowed to see the Bloomer or pants under their skirt, but little by little unfortunately this garment began to be seen as underwear like its predecessor garment, that is, the Pantalette, whose boot was wide and not wrinkled.
When the pants for women began to be used again but with more acceptance, the Bloomer continued to be used under the pants and under the skirts, but the skirts began to be shorter and shorter so the purpose of the Bloomer no longer had the same sense. My mother says that her grandfather wore briefs that reached to the ankles, my mother was born in 1965, so I imagine that her grandfather still continued with the custom of the beginning of the century and that is why her underwear was like a Bloomer, that is, it was a pair of pants wrinkled at the ankle. On the other hand, this type of fashion is still preserved in the clothes for girls and also in the clothes of the old-fashioned dolls, at this moment the character of Chilindrina from the Mexican series El Chavo comes to mind. who always wore a short dress that showed her Bloomers in the old style.
Fuentes consultadas: 1 2
Marie Tual wearing bloomers (French racing cyclist). Fuente
Mi experiencia con los Bloomers / My experience with the Bloomers
People who know me know that I am a fan of old style clothing, especially from the Victorian era and also artistic styles such as Rococo, it is something in common that I have with my friend @yetsimar who I hope can also join the challenge, for this many years ago I was attracted among many other things by Lolita fashion, which is a Japanese fashion influenced by ancient clothing to which I made reference, although I have never had the money to buy a garment of any kind. Original Lolita style brand I have always managed to acquire certain clothes that retain a bit of that style, also a few years ago I had the happiness of meeting a seamstress whom I entrusted to make a dress and skirts, said dress is Obviously with a wide skirt, puffed sleeves and under this a petticoat and a bloomer with lace are used, this was the first Bloomer that I had about 11 years ago if I am not mistaken.
Mi primer Bloomer hecho a mano por mi amiga costurera
My first Bloomer handmade by my seamstress friend
Vestido que lleva el Bloomer y la enagua por debajo
Dress that wears the Bloomer and the petticoat underneath
Many years later I got a slightly shorter Bloomer in a store, made of a softer material and with flowers, this resembles a bit the aesthetics of underwear and Cabaret from the 20s, so on one occasion I did a session of photos more or less wanting to evoke that style.
Mi Bloomer de flores
My flower bloomer
Con mi Bloomer al estilo cabaret
With my Bloomer cabaret style
Proceso de elaboración del Bloomer / Bloomer making process
In June of this year I bought a wide gray skirt that has a slightly old style, but I still did not dare to use it because I needed something to wear underneath it, this already has a sewn petticoat or sewn lining , but it is not enough for me, I think it is very translucent, so when I found out about the challenge I thought it was the perfect time to try to make a Bloomer for the first time, I was very happy to get a piece of gray fabric at home.
The first thing I did was make the pattern on paper, I folded it on paper to make the pattern of the front and the back at the same time, on the side of the fold vertically I marked the distance of the pants, in my case it is 24 cm, then In a parallel horizontal way I marked the fourth part of the hip contour plus 1 cm for width, in my case it is 24.5, this same measurement I used for the parallel horizontal waist contour.---
For the front pattern, from the waist line I subtracted 1 cm and went down 1 cm and at that point I drew the waist line again. At the hip contour line, I increased 4.5 cm for the front pull exit and with a curved ruler I made the line.
For the back pattern, from the waist line I subtracted 2 cm and went up 3 cm, at that point I drew the waist line, at the hip line I increased 3 cm more to the previous shot output to obtain the pattern shot output rear, with the curved ruler I drew the line and joined the points. The length of the boot is 15 cm from the point of the throw line down, the boot is straight because it will shrink with the elastic. I made the waistband together, so on the front and rear waistline I drew a parallel line of 4 cm that is twice the width of my elastic.
I cut the top paper along the front pattern line and the bottom paper along the back pattern line to get the side seamless pattern.
I measured and cut two equal parts of the pattern on the gray fabric, leaving 1 cm from the sides for the seam edge.
I pinned the sides of the fabric together, made a straight seam, and then a zigzag seam. I parted the fabric and joined the crotch first with a straight seam and then with a zigzag seam.
I cut elastic and seam it together, pinned the elastic to the fabric, zigzag seam the entire edge, then fold the elastic into the pants and sew with a straight seam.
The next step was to obtain the lace, since the only one I had was a lace that they sell sewn to a ribbon, so I had to unstitch it first, and then continue the process.
I cut two strips of fabric, 5 x 64 cm, I also counted two strips of lace of 64 cm.
I joined the strips with seams at the corners, then in each boot of the pants I made like a sandwich on the edge, first the lace with decorated edge down and then the gray fabric strip on top, I secured with pins the three layers (fabric, lace , fabric), made a straight seam, then turned the fabric over and sewed with a straight seam again.
On the reverse side, I folded the edges of the fabric inward to create space for the elastic, secured the fabric with pins, made a straight seam, and left a small unstitched space to insert the elastic, after I attached the elastic I sewed the space left
Resultado / Result
Doing this project for me has been therapeutic, I have several days of emotional downturn in which I thought that I could not go on with so many problems to solve at home, with my son's health and with some other problems, sometimes at least them. We hope a little thing can make a difference in the emotional state, I am very happy with the result and you can see it in the photographs. Thanks so much for reading.
Imágenes tomadas con cámara Casio QV-R100 y teléfono Krip 4, editadas en Adobe Photoshop Cs6
Images taken with Casio QV-R100 camera and Krip 4 and edited in Adobe Photoshop Cs6
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Espero les haya gustado. Les invito a leer mis próximas publicaciones y siempre estaré dispuesta a responder sus preguntas y comentarios, también pueden seguirme y contactarme en cualquiera de mis redes sociales. ¡Muchas gracias!
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Holi Irene, entre las ropas que mi abuela saca de vez en cuando para arreglar o botar siempre hay fondos de vestidos, pero nunca he visto que ella usase estos, bueno ella tambien se adapto a la moda de los pantalones bastante rapido, hasta el punto que para ella es ahora impensable usar falda, pero si recuerdo que esta prenda era muy comun en las muñecas que tenia de pequeña, pensaba que solo era para cubrir las costuras de la unión de la tela, ahora lo entiendo mejor, gracia irene por el recorrido por la historia.
P.S. Amo esa Falda Dios mio es hermosaaaaa! y te ha combinado excelente con tu bloomer el cual tambien ha quedado estupendo, felicidades Irene!
Muchas gracias @yetsimar las faldas las compré en la tienda con T jeje
Mi mamá dice que mi abuela usaba tambien fondos debajo de la falda, desaría haber conocido a mi abuela, pero ella murió cuando yo tenia 2 años y no tengo ningun recuerdo
Me encantó el resultado final. Te quedaron muy bonitos los bloomer irene. Te felicito porque este articulo tiene historia, historia personal, el tutorial y el resultado. Todo en un quedó perfecto. Un abrazo y mucho éxito en el concurso.
Muchas gracias @tere.alv me alegra que disfrutaras mi publicación. Abrazos!
Waoo Irene, no dejas de sorprenderme, no sabía que también cosías. Que bello te quedó el bloomer, te felicito.
Me encantó todo el post ya que soy fan de la época victoriana, me encanta el estilo y la moda de esos tiempos, fue muy agradable leerte, espero pronto se solventen tus problemas con el favor de Dios. Saludos!
Muchas gracias @kattycrochet que alegría que te guste esa eéoca, me imagino que las películas de ese estilo tambien te gustan, esos trajes son demasiado hermosos.
Tampoco es que cosa mucho, antes lo hacía a mano pero desde hace unos meses que mandé a reparar mi máquina ahí ando cosiendo cositas a veces. Abrazos!
Naaaawara eso te quedó espectacular! Resumes muy bien la historia de la pieza y sus pequeños grandes detalles, está es una sorpresa realmente agradable y me alegro especialmente de que hicieras algo para ti, de algo que te gusta y te identifica 🥺💕 ojalá nos hubiéramos conocido antes, habría cuadrado para coincidir en CCS para una ComicCon, no se si llegaste a ver a las chicas del Palacio de las Orquídeas, ellas tenían sets completos de varios estilos Lolita y te vestían así por un día, con fotitos lindas incluidas. Te imagino totalmente allí 🥲🌹 me fascina cómo te quedó! Y mil gracias por acordarte de mí y etiquetarme, por cuestiones de tiempo no creo me de chance participar, pero muchísimas gracias Irene linda 🥰
Muchas gracias @tesmoforia no tuve la dicha de conocerles pero me imagino que era muy divertida la actividad, que pena que no tienes tiempo para unirte al reto pero igualmente siempre coses cosas muy hermosas ❤️
Maye no dejas de sorprenderme con todas tus cualidades y habilidades en cuanto al arte y creaciones se refiere, por tu sangre corre la vena artística de tu padre, pero tu te has encargado de ser una persona integral capaz de logar todo lo que se propone en la vida, te felicito por la creación de esta pieza y este excelente post; estoy seguro que tienes mucho mas que seguir haciendo y compartiendo con la comunidad. Eres una persona excelente y te mereces lo mejor. Felicidades por los éxitos obtenidos, son parte de lo que has venido cosechando durante muchos años. Un abrazo
Muchas gracias tío por tus bonitas palabras, un abrazo!
Hola @irenenavarroart
Simplemente espectacular, estoy gratamente impresionada, no sabía que cosías, eres toda una artista, te luce el resultado, en juego perfecto con la falda.
¿Qué le ocurre a tu hijito?
Saludos
Muchas gracias @jicrochet bueno ayer eché parte del cuento en un post en la comunidad madres, pero en resumen tiene problemas con su nariz, cornetes y adenoides que no lo dean respirar bien y está en tratamiento, en la proxima colsulta espero que la doctora me pueda decir si es necesaria la cirugía o no
Esperemos no sea de cirugía y se recupere muy pronto. Dale mis cariños. Saludos
Thank you so much for entering my contest!! I too am fond of Victorian era clothing, and your bloomers look great!
Thank you ❤️
Wow this short is so cute thanks for sharing @irenenavarroart
Thank you very much 😊
Ya welcome