Leia Lima

Leia made this gorgeous Elizabethan outfit by combining the Simplicity pattern with her own research into historically accurate styles. She writes, "I didn't want to copy a painting, because that dress already existed at one point in time. Instead, I wanted to design a dress as if I lived in those times with the materials available to me. It's the "other" dress of the girl in the portraits: the one she went to a faire in, not the one she posed in." I think she did a fantastic job of accomplishing that goal! Her dress is unique from everything I've seen before, but it fits in perfectly with the styles of the period. You can see another beautiful close-up view of her gown here, and you can contact Leia at jubilima(at)yahoo(dot)com.