Dress Mocks

I've finished up the last modifications to my vest and jacket for my eventual steampunk dress. (Shown here with my cheap hoop just for shape)

Aside from the measurements/planning for the hoop and bustle I'm going to make for it, this is probably the most complex piece. It'll be lined and embroidered. I'm hoping the draped skirts, which will look pretty and take up a lot of room, won't actually take much time/energy to whip up. (Except that I plan to have lots of pockets in them.. I guess I need to rethink how long the skirts will take..)

These are the colors I'll be doing it all in. The brown is a little darker and warmer than I wanted, but I can't find or dye the perfect color, so I'm just going with it as is. It'll still look good.

Steven was nice enough to take up and evening duct taping me so I could keep working on this. I'd reached a standstill where I really couldn't do more without a dressform to tweak the fitting. Cheap dressforms are easy to break, and expensive ones are expensive, and this one is just the right shape of me in my corset. :D