Miwackulous Tye Monday

HOW THE DOOSE DOES HE MANAGE IT ?

Merry miwackulous Tye Monday everyone! It is way too early in the Morning, but alas! a Girl gotta work.

MEOWACKULOUS TYE FOOLS DAY!!

finished my new shirt a week or two ago but didn't have an opportunity to take good pictures till just now! (don't mind the modern pants lol)

the design is quite close to the specifications of the same book I used for the last couple (The Workwoman's Guide, published 1838), but for a formal/"gentleman's" shirt instead. the main differences lie in how much fabric is used and, of course, the frills/ruffles. I did leave out the bib or front that the book directs you to let into the chest; I couldn't find any reference examples online of a shirt with both frills and a let-in front, so I just did the frills.

very happy with how this one turned out--I have some quibbles with the collar, which I think could stand to be taller/fuller, but I have other things I wanna get to so I'm leaving it as is. for now I have a fancy shirt suitable for wearing in any situation where I want to look poetic and/or fancy. ideal wear for drowning during an ill-advised Italian boating trip

also depicted in the first image is my new cravat that I made the other night--an 18 x 18 right triangle of red muslin, folded up and tied. I fancy it is rather grand, if you will

next time i might have a waistcoat to show? maybe?

MIWACKULOUS TYE MONDAY

A commission for @clove-pinks

@victoriansecret @clove-pinks wrong era, but the Miwackulous Tye makes me think of Sir Percy Blakeney.

[Image description: two stills taken from a captioned version of the 1934 black and white movie, "The Scarlet Pimpernel".

Actor Leslie Howard plays the lead role, Sir Percy Blakeney. He is acting like a buffoonish dandy to avoid suspicion. His outfit has very wide, triangular lapels that reach to his shoulders, a high stiff collar up to his earlobes, and a prominent cravat. He is toying with a jeweled fob as he says,

“It was at the busiest moment of the day- I was tying my cravat.” End ID. /]

Thank you for the Tip @clove-pinks!!! 🥰💚😘😘😘 HAPPY MIWACKULOUS TYE MONDAY

beautiful gentleman with whiskers, wearing a beautiful patterned tie, 1850s - eBay (wish I could afford this!)

This was sold to my husband as a "Napoleon" but I'm not so sure. What do you think, @isthenapoleoncute ?

Or @clove-pinks is this just a case of miwackulous tye Monday?

Happy Miwackulous Tye Monday to all who observe.

Two unidentified men in an ambrotype photograph c. 1860.

A happy New Year and a most Miwackulous Tye Monday everyone!

A happy new year to all!

New breeches and a new waistcoat I made. The waistcoat I’m particularly proud of as I drafted it from an original 1820s tailoring book. The fabric is a reproduction 1840-1860 print. I’m still tweaking how I construct breeches.

good news! it turns out this Miwackulous Tye Monday happens to fall on National Bow Tie Day! yay!!!

Bonus miwackulous tye for @clove-pinks

Handsome young gentleman from the late 1850s with a large tie, and possibly some eyeglasses dangling from a fob-chain on his waistcoat. Source: eBay (here the dumb seller has tried to increase the value by saying the gentleman is "identified", but clearly the writing only indicates where the picture was made)

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