Oh my Jack! This is so cute! I think I’ll make something like this in darker colors. <3
~Junko
(Source: lacdsee, via calantheandthenightingale)
~ Lizzy
(Source: dafunq, via rosalarian)
~ Lizzy
(via fishnbacon)
c. 1894
Look at how the bright coral peeks out from the cut outs in the fabric! Each fold is flawless and it’s the attention to detail that always has me coming back to this era. For Victorian women each piece of clothing was a statement. Women did not enjoy the freedom they do today and so in a way fashion became their great escape. They could express what they felt by adorning their bodies.
One of my favourite authors once said that “It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.” The way I look at my collection and the extant pieces I study is that this is not simply a piece of old fabric fashioned into a garment. This is a piece of what we once were, a testament to how far the human race has come.
I study what I study to make sure that in the future someone else will stand in my footsteps and feel the same yearning need to preserve this fragile whisper of history. The urge to cherish what is left of a bygone age.
Love the details on this… Something like this would take a lot of work to create!
~ Lizzy
Welcome!
Yay! First posts! While this will eventually get pushed down, we’re sure, Lizzy and I (Junko! Hi!) would like to welcome everyone to our blog! =D This blog sole purpose will be to keep track of the shop we’re going to be running, Silk Webs! You’ll be seeing a variety of things here in the days, weeks, months to come; things like postings of designs, works-in-progress or finished, if either of us ever open up for custom commissions, or if we reblog something that inspires us.
…Expect a lot of reblogging from me. I like looking at pretty clothes in my free time.
We hope to one day step out of the blog setting and into an actual shop site, and any progress on that will be announced here as well! We’ll always be open for questions, just be sure to leave your name so we can answer them properly!
So, yes! Thank you for stopping by! We’re always happy to have you!
~ Junko and Lizzy
