Sorry again for a post made from a lack of experience, but I was wondering if anyone here has experience with finding clothing that would align, with some margin of error of course, with the style of roughly the turn of the 20th century.
I have extensively searched for specifically, a tailcoat or antique style suit, as well as for the style of knee-pants commonly worn at that time in daily life and in outdoor activity, as the character for which I am looking for this for is photographed as having worn this often. The closest I could find to the latter was various pieces from battlegeartoys.com, especially their "western" section, however, I have no idea if they are a legitimate company, so I decided to wait.
I'm considering trying to draft another pattern, but my sewing proficiency does not extend to such a small scale, and the last attempt was a complete and total disaster, made worse by the fact that I was working with the thick material tweed left over from a recent human-scale project, which was unsuitable for the size required. Though I did consider possibly altering the seam allotment and hand-sewing, but I'll definitely practice that with scraps of a separate thick material such as upholstery to see how it would fall and hold up in general when completed.
Has anyone else here found searching for clothing suitable for a character of this time period to be a challenge as well, if so, what was the solution you found?
I have extensively searched for specifically, a tailcoat or antique style suit, as well as for the style of knee-pants commonly worn at that time in daily life and in outdoor activity, as the character for which I am looking for this for is photographed as having worn this often. The closest I could find to the latter was various pieces from battlegeartoys.com, especially their "western" section, however, I have no idea if they are a legitimate company, so I decided to wait.
I'm considering trying to draft another pattern, but my sewing proficiency does not extend to such a small scale, and the last attempt was a complete and total disaster, made worse by the fact that I was working with the thick material tweed left over from a recent human-scale project, which was unsuitable for the size required. Though I did consider possibly altering the seam allotment and hand-sewing, but I'll definitely practice that with scraps of a separate thick material such as upholstery to see how it would fall and hold up in general when completed.
Has anyone else here found searching for clothing suitable for a character of this time period to be a challenge as well, if so, what was the solution you found?