Gibson Girl Hair

So, I want to reproduce the Gibson hairstyle. I went around and find out what it all entails. I found out that a lot of it is all about hair products. So, I'm looking at my hair and wonders, if it's worth struggling with my hair to do this. But, I'm doing it, struggle or not.

So, this hair rat thing is what I'm suppose to put underneath my hair to get the gravity defying poof the Gibson Girl requires. It clicks into itself and comes in several sizes and you can even add two together. This is the same thing that is put under freedom curls, I presume.

So, once this is gotten, then you're suppose to tease your hair using some products. First, you have to use some kind of root spray while your head is upside down and then you have to brush out almost all of it out. The root spray gives you the necessary oomphs so the hair to stand up at the roots. If you don't have healthy hair or thick hair, it's not recommended to use a root spray since it tends to lift the hair roots, too.

Then after all that, you brush your hair to evenly distribute where it falls. Put on your hair ring that you made from the foamy hair rat. Then, you lift your hair to form a pony tail. You should have the roundness of the most of the hairstyle. Evenly distribute the hair around the rat ring again to make sure all the hair covers the rat. Then, you bun the pony tail. The whole time you are lifting the hair you should spray some products to keep the hair in place. After the buns are done, you spray some more products. If you like, you can pull loose some of the hair around the forehead and temple to create a softer silhouette with tendrils with some light spraying of products.

I got some Tresemme 24 hrs body root boosting spray, and Garnier Fructis full body hairspray in ultra hold. I'm going to try it to see how it is on me.

Rushnychok

Rushnychok 1.8 color keys: red, black. green, and yellow

This one was a little more complicated than the patterns I've done so far. So, only one this time. I missed up on digitizing it three times, but fourth try was the charm and I got the pattern done in about an hour. I just had to find the groove of the pattern.

Rushnychok Part 2

Here are some more patterns from the Rushnychok website. Once again, in the same order that appear in Svetlana Tkachenko's website.


Rushnychok 1.5 color keys: red, black

Rushnychok 1.6 color key: red, black

Rushnychok 1.7 color key: red, light red, and black

These patterns are larger than the previous ones I've done from the site. So, there are only three today. These patterns are here mostly for my own record and ease of use.

Pendant to Brooch

These are two pendants I got from Jo-Ann's at 40% off. I brought it home and snapped the loop on top off, file it down so it's smooth. I, then, glue some pin backs to it, and voila, a pair of new brooches for steampunk outfits. I really like the owl because it's jointed. The cameo is adorable, too. These two pendants belong to the Lost and Found line by Blue Moons. I might make another owl one for Wayne Maximus, as he likes these sort of things. I think it would go well with the ascot I'm making him.

Mini Hat

This is my first mini-hat. I got the straw hat base from the doll making section and the soft tulle from the bridal section of Michael's. The flowers came from Michael Levine's in the fashion district in downtown LA. Michael Levine's has great stuff for Victorian costuming. They even carry two Victorian costume reproduction pattern lines. Their vintage reproduction button lines are to die for as with their fabric flowers.

This hat is made actually for my steampunk costume for Alicia's wedding. It took me over an hour to find the right tulle, because I didn't want so much of it. So, I decided to grab the smallest of the gift wrapping tulle they offer in the softness I liked. It was just right. I have another full yard that I can use on another hat for a veil. It's simple yet elegant. I figure that my outfit really don't need that much elegance, as I'm going somewhat Victorian casual. The walking skirt that I finally settle on the pattern is considered as such. The pattern I'm using for the walking dress is actually part of a wedding gown. I decided on a light creme gold dust dupioni silk to match my bustier that I'm repurposing for the costume. So, the color scheme on this hat is made to match the color scheme on the bustier.

Rushnychok Part 1

I discovered Svetlana Tkachenko's rushnychok website (http://rushnychok.org.ua/u-1.html) years ago. I love the site and had stitched some patterns myself. But, when you try to print the pattern straight off from the site, for some reason the pattern just gets borked. So, some times earlier this year I had this great idea to digitize the pattern to a more readable and more downloadable format. So, here it is, the first four patterns. It is sequential in the same order as the original website itself. Clicky to get the full size pattern.



Rushnychok 1.1 color key: red, black


Rushnychok 1.2 color key: red, black


Rushnychok 1.3 color key: blue, black


Rushnychok 1.4 color key: blue, light blue, black

Further Along the Project

This pattern here is for the skirt I need to go with the East meets West steampunk dress I'm making. It's based on the photo below. The fabric swatches are going to be for the kanzashi flowers I'm making for the steampunk outfit.

This is actually a Wa-Loli-Aristocrat dress picture I found. I find that lolita is really adaptable to steampunk.


Here is gi pants again, but now it's been slashed and marked. I am keep the waist band on for now, so I can tell which side is the front. I'm going to take apart the band later and add a new band to it.