The Costume Institute at the Met

I forgot to mention how excited I was to visit the Costume Institute at the Met yesterday! That was my main focus for the day (shhh! Don't tell my professor for my Northern European Ren art history class!). However, to my great disappointment, it is closed until May. I had wanted to see so many gowns I look at often on the Met online collection such as THESE.

So who wants to do a trip to NYC to see the Met's costume collection in June when my semester is over?

18th century riding jacket progress

Well, it's coming along slowly but surely. I've skipped some steps to save time, like I didn't hand tack the lining to the skirt inside and I didn't hand tack the collar where you don't see it underneath on the outside. These are things I can do later.

I'm having problems with some finishing details. I need improvements on my ability in this area. The ends of the piping on the collar show. Opps. I got it right for the pocket flaps, but I screwed it up for the collar. I'll hide it somehow. Also, when the collar was finished, it was about a half inch shorter than it should have been, so didn't match up around the neckline. I had to fudge that.

So here it is so far: