“Bridgerton” is my guilty pleasure. After I’ve watched the two seasons on Netflix, something started to move in my mind. To be honest, I never appreciated this specific costume period, the Regency. However, after several researches and an accurate study of the lines and patterns, I’ve been fascinated. During the entire process, I was listening …
Portia
In my “To-do list” is still missing to have attended a “festa” during the Carnevale di Venezia. Every year I promise my self that I’m going to make a proper costume and pack in my luggage. Of course it didn’t happened, yet. In the meantime, I’m making different style of Italian Renaissance ensemble, for when …
Contessina De’ Bardi – Master of Florence
When I bought this purple brocade from Craft Road, my trusted fabric supplier, I still didn’t have a clear idea in my mind. At the beginning, I thought something for Maleficent. However, as soon as I watched “I Medici” tv series, I fell in love with the character of Contessina de Bardi. It was love …
Jacquette – The Lady of the River
Everytime I’m designing a new project I think about the kind of costume I want to make, the era and the character. I found very interesting the historical character of Jacquette de Luxembourg, mother of Elizabeth of York, grandmother of Elizabeth Woodville, great-grandmother of Henry VIII, great-great-grandmother of Elizabeth I. According to Philippa Gregory’s saga, …
Flora – Italian Renaissance Ensemble
Some projects are already in my mind, ready to be realized.Some others simply pop up in moment of madness.Florentia is one of those.Maybe was the self-isolation during the lockdown for the Covid (we are gonna talk about these events for a long time, I guess), the fact is that one day, I went to a …
Anne Boleyn – Greensleeves
This project was in my mind for years. I’ve been a “Tudor addicted” since I’ve read “The other Boleyn Girl” by P. Gregory. Despite her novel it’s a bit unfair to Anne Boleyn, it was the main reason why I decided to study her life, searching and reading as much as I could find.Anne is …