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Sophie Adams- Final Year Costume Blog
Ok.... So I guess this is the beginning of my online blog. So far in my final year I have almost completed my design project as of Monday 2nd of February. I chose to be a construction student so from now to May I have two more projects to complete. The first is my interpretation module which I have chosen to make an evening dress in a painting of Empress Alexandra of Russia and the second is for my historical module which is a 1920s ladies evening outfit.
For this interpretation project I am mainly working towards creating a costume which will feel like it has actually walked out of the painting, a dress which has soft brush stroked textures and an almost distorted floral pattern which could represent the soft textures of the painting. However before I start overthinking the idea of the costume I need to start researching into the construction of an early 1900s gown, and send off for fabric samples in order to start the dress. For this week I hope to mainly focus on general research of this project, so that I will have a good understanding of the era before I start making.
Historical construction
For this week I have mainly been focusing on my historical construction module, for this project I have decided to make a 1920s dress and coat but before I actually start the main pieces I need to make the foundation of the costume. For the underwear I have started researching the era and I have bought a few books to help me have a better understanding of the time.
For the underwear I have decided to make a pair of shorts and a Bralet, earlier this week I bought 2 metres of double georgette form whaleys which I have already dyed in a powder blue colour. I had already made my patterns a few weeks ago so I was ready to cut out my fabric last Tuesday. At the moment I have only got as far as the image shows, I have pin tucked the sides panels of the shorts and added a dark cream lace insert for decoration. I have french seamed the short together and now I need to hem them, add a waist band and finish the fastenings. I hope to have the shorts finished in a few days. However I haven't got round to starting the Bralet yet as I have only cut it out, so I hope to start it this week
For the underwear I have also started making a girdle which I have nearly completed ready for a fitting. I only need to add bones and put eyelets down the back. I have just added a few images of the girdle toile, I used an image I found of a french 1920s girdle form the brand Lily of France which was on an ebay page which I thought was really pretty and just what I wanted so I decided to draft a pattern fom the image.
Hopefully by next week I will be a bit further on with the Bralet and will have at least the underwear ready for a fitting soon, so that I can start thinking about the dress and coat I will be making. I have already been sending off for the fabrics for the coat mainly as I think I will be able to buy the fabrics for the dress form whaleys and dye the fabrics myself. The coat will be a little trickier to find the fabrics for as it has to be a colour match of fur and velvet and I would rather not dye this.
By next week I hope to have recieved the samples I have sent off for and narrowed down my choices so that I will be able to decide on the fabrics I will be using, I also want to work out a basic pattern for both the coat and the dress so that I will be able to work out the metrege of the fabric I will need.
So I've got a lot to get on with.
On Monday 2nd feb I had my costume formative for my design project, I decided to treat this formative as a summative hand in in order for me to try and complete the costume and all my files, designs and book work.
I got my model in for hair and makeup so that I could see the whole costume as a complete piece. I am happy with the fit of the costume, I was worried that the bodice might not fit right as I had had to take it in by 3 inches before Christmas, but I was very satisfied with the fit. I also took the oppertunity to assemble all elements of the costume together on the model so that I could see how they worked as a conceptual piece.
The feedback I recieved was positive from both tutors, only a few suggestions for the straps of the bodice and how they were visable under the neck/shoulder piece, along with maybe adding hook and bar fastenings to better connect the neck/shoulder piece. This I agree was a slight issue, however I had not tried the complete costume on the model until my formative so I wasn't sure how it would fit, but I think with a little tweeking and rearranging of the bodice on the model I will be able to correct this.
On the whole I agreed with most of the comments made however some points made I didn't agree with. In particular the sleeves and how they attached to the bodice, I had designed them in order for the sleeve to be not visably attached at the back and this is clear throughtout my fittings. Also the way that I chose to fasten the cuffs was questioned such as where the opening was meant to be, I anything I have made before the cuff opening has always been on the outside as I think this is practical and aesthetically pleasing, I just followed my own previous experience. Overall after receiving my written feedback I am really pleased with what has been said and my estimated grade. I loved makings this costume and I am really happy with then result.
Photos from the location shoot in Scarborough of the Persephone dress, shot by Polly Robinson.
This week I have been focusing on my 1920s coat toile, I wanted to work out all my patterns before I start cutting anything as I want it to be as accurate as possible. I have also bought the fabrics for the coat, which is a pale green cotton velvet and the faux fur for the collar. I decided to do a full toile of the coat in calico including all the decoration on the sleeve in order to make sure I have enough fabric, especially the cotton velvet as the was only a limited amounts when i ordered it. I bought 3.70 metres and I am hoping that this will be enough.
I have just started doing the toile which I definately made too being and far to long but I am happy with this as a idea of the amount of fabric needed.
So these images show my first attempt at the coat toile and this is just way to long and the shoulder seam is completely wrong with the way it doesn't fit around then shoulders.
I have altered this toile on the maniquin, by changing the shape of the shoulders allowing them to fit better. I also took about 5 iches off of the bottom and took about 2 iches of the shorter back panel. I also altered the shaping in the seam of the front panel by 1 inch tapering it up under the arm hole. I am going to redraft my patterns from this toile and then possibly toile it again and then I can cut out my cotton velvet.
Today I have been working on my edwardian bodice, on Wednesday I started doing a toile of the bodice using and image of an Edwardian gown from a Janet Arnold book which I used as the basis of the toile idea for the bodice. However when I got home I wasn't really happy with the shape of the bodice and I still wasn't sure what I want to create.
I also didn't feel confident enough to start making the costume as I still wasn't sure what I was looking at in the portrait of empress Alexandra. The image is quite hard to figure out and every time I looked at it I seemed to see something else. Initially I thought that I would make a sheer pearl edged bolero and a caped sleeve gown in the same sheer fabric, however when I had previous researched the era there didn't seem to be anything like this idea, especially with the bolero jacket.
I went back into my research in order to make sure I was on the right track, I started looking further into the images and photographs of the empress on Pinterest. I found photographs showing the empress wearing very long pearl necklaces, as well as other paintings of her wearing the long string of pearls. I then saw the costume in the portrait in a completely differnent way. Now I see that there is simply a gown with lots of sheer fabrics, mid length sleeves and a very long train, accessorized with a fox stole and a long sting of pearls. I am happy with this idea of the costume and feel that I have the research to fully back this up with images I'm my research file and on Pinterest.
After I felt like I understood the costume much better I worked out what I basic shape of the dress would be so that I could feel confident in the bodice toile. I re-toile the bodice at home, as I hadn't figure out the sleeves of the dress when I did the first toile. Now with a better understanding of the costume and of edwardian gowns I feel can progress.
This week I have been focusing on the edwardian gown, I have already bought a silk satin fabric which I dyed to create a pale peach fabric, I have cut the bodice and the skirt out and sewn them together ready for a fitting. The next stage that I extremely important is to create the print which will go all over the fabric of the dress. In the painting there is a dot fabric which is used that I have tried to find samples for but I have had no look. My only other option for this fabric is hat I create the dots my self. I have already created a screen print of this dot pattern ready for sampling by the end of this week. My plan is try and sample with pearlescent binder and flock to see whether I can mix these to together to create the almost shiny dot effect that is in the painting. This print I plan to do on a sheer fabric so have bought 1 metre of silk chiffon and 1 metre of georgette which I hope will create the effect I want. Once I have done my samples and if they are successful I will be able to buy my fabrics next week so that I can get on with the costume.
Today I have cut out the cotton velvet for my 1920s coat and began making it up, it has been really difficult trying to figure out the pattern of the coat. I had previously done two toiles of the coat in calico in order to make sure I was on the right track before cutting out my actual fabric. The main aspect that I am struggling with when trying to understand the shape of the coat is that I am working form a photograph of a garment which I believe to be made out of velvet that is nearly 100 years old and over time the fabric has dropped which makes it more difficult for me to cut a pattern, when I am not sure whether to create the pattern based on how it would have looked before the fabric dropped or how it look's now.
I have cut the pattern as close as I can get it to the image in the photograph and I am happy with my progress, I hope to have a fitting in the next few weeks with the coat so that I can progress further.
- for today I am going to be working on my 1920s dress pattern and making up a toile.
- I intend to plan a fitting as soon as possible for this project, as I need to make sure that I am keeping to my plan.
- for Mondays class I am going to be living in the textiles room sampling with the dot screen print I exposed earlier last week, so that I can hopefully finalise what is going on my Edwardian gown in order for me to purchase my top fabric by the end of the week as this is extremely essential in my progression as it is a main aspect of the gown- I basically need to get a move on!!
For my historical 1920s costume I am having a fitting this week because with the underwear my dress toile and the coat. I dicided to make the dress up as a toile because I wasn't sure what grain I was going to cut the dress on, I have toiled both straight and cross but I feel the straight grain gives my the best appearance and looks closest to the dress in the image. I also dicided to have a fitting with just the toile as I would feel a lot more confident cutting my main fabric out when I have a much more informed idea of what I'm actually making.
The main section I am having trouble with is the panelled section around the hips of the dress, it is not meant to hug the body so I feel that if I cut it on the bias (which is in this image) then it will hug the figure, whereas if I cut it on the straight grain then it will hopefully hang better as it is a loose fitting dress which is meant to skim the body.
So yesterday I did some sampling for my edwardian gown in textiles for the dot print that I need to create that would be all over my dress. I used a pearlescent binder in a pink peach colour (which is not the actual colour I need) and I printed on chiffon which I had previously dyed in a pale peach colour. The print seemed to be going really well at first but when I dried the binder it seemed to warped the weave of the fabric so the dots were slightly distorted and they pulled the fabric so that it was slightly bumpy which was a problem. I thought that I might have it too much binder on the fabric and that it was a bit too heavy. I tried to iron the fabric to press out the bubbled sections of chiffon but it didn't really seem to help. I then i hung up the fabric so that I could steam it as I thought that this would allow the fabric to relax and give a much smoother finish. I am happy with the look of the printing now and I will be suing this technique all over my dress.
However when I start properly printing my dress fabric I need to make sure not to stretch the fabric to much when I fix it to the table before I print so that I don't distort the weave, which I think was the main reason I had trouble with the fabric in my sample.
I have began printing my actual fabric for the empress dress, i was happy with the sample printing I did last week, I just had to make sure that I didn't over stretch the weave of the fabric. I hope that by the end of the week I'll have all my fabric printed. I plan that for the weekend I will be cutting out the skirt and he bodice and be able to possibly have a fitting with the costume next week. I also have figured out what I am going to be using for the floral lace section of the bottom of the dress. I have sourced an embriodered tulle which I will use at the bottom of the skirt. I am going to use a plain tulle for the top of the skirt and I will attach the embriodered lace with a running stitch to attach the pieces together as a whole skirt length. This will hopefully save me a lot of time because I was planning on print this floral pattern as well but I felt that printing a much larger and denser pattern on to chiffon would cause the fabric to be rippled and it wouldn't lay well at all.
I have had a fitting for my 1920s project and I happy with my progress, the underwear fit will and don't need to alter the short and bra, I just need to finish binding the girdle and add the suspenders.
For the dress I did a toile first out of this grey fabric which is similar to the fabric I will be using for the actual dress. I wanted to see how it would hang and what was the best grain to cut the dress on. I cut this dress on the straight and I think I hangs really nicely on the body, it is not meant to be fitted to the body it is just meant to skim over the hips. I will be altering the pattern as some sections seem to be abit to long, mainly the panelled sections on the front which need reshaping to create a deeper curve from just under the waist line, the whole front section needs taking up and inch so that is in better proportion. The panelled section is slightly ruppled so I will take much more care when sewing this section. The dress length was also quite long as I just want the longer section on the side of the dress to just touch the floor.
I think the curved panels at the back of the dress seem to lay really nicely and work being cut on the straight grain. Although the line which connects the top with the skirt at the back needs to be moved up an inch again much like the front. I also didn't toile the flowing sections which drape from the back of the shoulders but I'm sure at these are cut on the straight grain as well.
Overall I think the fitting of the dress went well and I am happy with choosing to cut on the straight as I think he dress hangs well, I only have to do a few pattern alterations, so I am confident with cutting out my main fabric, I also know now that I need to make a slip dress to fit underneath the main one, and just fix it around the neckline so that I is just lined as the fabric is completely see through. I am confident about cutting the tiered sections of draped fabric which are on the front of the dress and I have figure out the pattern that I will use. I only had enough fabric to toile one section, but I think it lays really well.
For the coat I also think the fitting of this garment went will, I struggled with trying to figure out the pattern piece for this coat as I am working from a photograph of a 1920s coat. The coat seemed to fit well, I think that it does need to be as big as I can get it, and I did cut the coat with a 2 inch seam allowance just in case it was too small, and I need to make use of this to make it a lot bigger.
I'm happy with the sleeves, the width it right and the pin tucked section works really well, however the sleeve was too long so I will need to take it up by 2-3 inches, so I will need to do the gathered section again which sits at the top of the sleeve.
Now I have all the alterations to do on this costume I think that I will be able to progress much faster and I don't really think I'll be needing another fitting for this costume, possible the dress, but I just hope that all the elements of the costume will come together quickly and I can allow myself enough time to finish it.
Photos from the studio shoot in Westwood of the 1920s underwear shot by Polly Robinson
Today I had my fitting for the empress dress, I am very pleased with the way the dotted fabric has turned out, it just seemed to work a lot better than I was expecting... any mistakes that I had made with the printing just blended in with the silk satin behind. I had the fitting only with the silk satin layer skirt and the chiffon and the silk satin bodice, I still need to buy the fabric for the skirt that will sit between the two layers with the floral embroidery on. I also ran out of the dot chiffon in order to cover the bodice so I will have to make more this Monday when my fabric arrives.
I don't have to do many alterations of the dress, as the bodice fit really well I only have to take it in about an inch at the most. The skirt waist band seemed to fit well and I only really worked on the hem in the fitting. I'm confident that I can progress with all the other elements of the costume. I need to do a lot of layering over the bodice so this silk satin layer is a base for all the decoration, I hope to be able to start this process as soon as I have made the alterations to the bodice.
The fitting of the tulle sleeve wasn't perfect it was slightly to large and I have decided to only use one layer of tulle instead of two, as it will sit under a layer of the dotted chiffon and I want it to be completely see through and with two layers of tulle it was too covered and also too pink.
Overall the fitting went well and I'm glad that I can start putting the dress together now as nearly all the printing id cone, I mainly now just need to work of getting all the elements of the dress together as I have a lot of beading decoration to do on the bodice and the skirt and I need to make sure I leave myself enough time.
Photos from the studio shoot and Westwood of the Edwardian underwear shot by Polly Robinson.
Today I have been working on the empress bodice, doing al the alterations, finishing the seams and putting the bone channels in, I decided that I was going to put the bones down the centre of each seam, as when I first started putting the bodice together I had an issue with the bone channels being seen through the fabric, I had put the bones down either side of the seam but it just didn't sit right. I had seen on another dress from the period that bones were sometime put down a seam and I thought that would work much better.
also the silk satin I had bought was quite see through and you could see the grey of the spiral steels through even the drill layer so I decided to interface the silk satin to give it more strength, I feel that this has worked really well and given the fabric structure.
I have finished the seams inside the bodice, herringboned and mitred the waist line. I need to finish all the seams before I start attaching the bone channels as I want lay the bone channels over the seams so that the boning is much more discrete in the construction of the bodice. I slip stitched down the sides of the bone channels so that they are securely attached to the bodice and I feel this has worked well as it give the bodice structure as well as completely flattening the seams out, so the bodice much looks smoother.
Today in have been working on my empress gown, I had my fitting earlier last week so my first job was to finish the hem of the silk satin layer, I did a rolled hem which I think worked really nicely, the skirt is meant to look very delicate so I am happy with the look. Now that I have done the hem of the silk satin the next part of my costume I need to work out is the embroidered lace section that will sit over the silk satin, but under the dot chiffon layer. I have bought 3 metre of a embroidered white tulle which I will dye a nude colour and I also bought 4 metres of nude plain tulle for the top of this embroidered layer. my plan is to make up the skirt pattern in the plain tulle, but much shorter than the original pattern and then cut the bottom of the skirt panels out in the embroidered tulle. I plan to French seam both the pieces as two separate sections and then attach the embroidery with a running stitch in order to make the piece look like one whole skirt.
I have cut both the sections out and I feel that this will hopefully work well if I get all my measurements right, I know that this process will take a long time but this is the best way I can think of for this section of my costume.
For this next week I am planning on working on my 1920s coat, I have all the pattern pieces cut out and I don't need to make too many alteration to the pattern.From the fitting I had a few weeks ago I found that I had to let out both the side seams of the coat by an 1inch and a half , and I also need to take up the sleeve by 2-3 inches so I have to re-position the gathering at the top of the sleeve. The first section of the coat I need to work on is canvasing the collar, then working on the short back piece. Once I have these two sections completed then I can start fully putting the coat together.
I had already done the gathered section and the pin tucked section on the sleeves, and as I said earlier I had to take the gathered section about2-3 inches further down the sleeve as it was too long, however I didn't have to take the pin tucking out which was a relief as I would have marked the fabric and I don't think I would have been able to get rid of the marks. So I have now re-gathered the sleeve and made sure the measurement was right in order for the sleeve to fit in the arm hole of the coat. I then seamed up the sleeve and I have herringboned and finished the seam ready to attach to the coat.
I have also been working out the gathered section the back of the coat, I can't really see any other way of creating this look if I am going to be beading the trim on the back panel than using the velvet as the trim and creating a band which I would attach everything to. so I made a curved pattern for this band rather than using a bias band as I feel this would work much better. I cut out the pattern and tacked it on to the back panel after I had machine gathered the velvet. Once I was happy with the placement I machine sewed the band down and cut away the seam allowance and mitred around the curves. I then foulded the band down to just over an inch wide and then tacked and slip stitiched it in place. I think this is the best way to achieve the look on the back of the coat and with the beading decoration that I will do I hope that it will all evertually work well ad look like the actual coat in the photograph.
today I've been working on the short back piece for the coat, I have finished the band which sits along the bottom of the piece, I herringboned this section down, and I feel that this is hopefully the right way to go in creating this section in order for it to be decorated to look like the trim in the photograph of the original coat. Once I had finished sewing the velvet I then lined this piece as this is the only way I can start putting the larger pieces of the coat together. I dyed up my own fabric in the colour I can see in the image, which I think turned out really well. I flat tacked the lining to this pattern piece and then slip stitched along the edge. Now I am ready for the next step.
Now that I have finished lining the short back panel I tacked both the back panels together and machine stitched them in place, I then tacked and machine stitch the front to the back of the coat, and finished the seams in side with a herringbone and mitred the seam so that everything sat flat. I then started fixing the sleeves to the arm holes of the coat, I firstly tacked the sleeves in place securely to make sure everything sat in the right place before I started finishing by machine stitching. I had to re-tack and place the sleeves differently a lot as it was really hard to get in the right place, the gathering at the top of the sleeve also didn't help the coat seams set will, it was just so bulky, so I had to set the sleeve a bit further back under the arm so that the gathering disappeared which eventually allowed the seams to be much more relaxed. Once I was happy with the placement I machine stitched and cut down the seams inside and herringboned them flat.
Over the last few days I have been working on getting the coat together as a whole piece, I've finished the seams inside the coast, and I have been trying to attach the sleeves this has been quite difficult as I have never put in such a thick sleeve before, and the gathering only seamed to add to it.
I finished the seams in the coat and I have fitted the sleeves in the coat. Now that I have canvased the front lapels not I can also work on the pattern for the collar. I worked out the pattern by creating the calico toile, which helped my make sure there was enough room around the shoulders.
Once I was happy with the size and shape of the calico collar toile I cut a paper pattern and then cut the collar out in one layer of cotton, one layer of velvet and one layer of canvas, I flat tacked the velvet to the cotton and then I attached the canvas to the back of the collar. I then pad stitched the canvas so that the collar would curve well with the coat. I then seamed to two pieces together and herringboned and cut down the seams.
I have been working on the embroidered skirt for the empress gown, earlier last week I cut out and seamed the plain and embriodered tulle layers separately, I need to attach the top and the bottom of the skirt together so that it is one skirt. I dyed the embroidered tulle so that I two fabrics were the same colour.
To line up both pieces I firstly pinned the French seams together to line up the pattern, I then pinned each panel so that the two fabrics fitted well together, I then tacked the embroidered fabric in place. I checked the whole skirt on the mannequin once I had finished tacking, and everything seemed to line up and hang well. I then started to properly attach the embroidered tulle to the skirt, I did and running and whip stitch around the embroidery so that the fabric looked like one continuous fabric.
Once I had finished hand sewing around the embroidered pattern on the tulle, I then made sure that stitching was secure before I cut away the plain tulle. I'm happy with the result of this layer of the skirt, it to a long time to work out, and had a very limited amount of embroidered tulle, so I had to do a lot of piecing of the fabric to create the pattern pieces, which involved trying to match up the floral pattern of the embroidery. There was a lot of hand sewing involved which took up to most time, but overall I feel that this layer has worked and is very effective when I my interpretation of the original painting.
Once the skirt was together I had to focus next on making sure all the hems where the right length, I had already hemmed the silk satin layer but when I laid the embroidered layer over the silk satin the hems didn't fit together, the silk layer was far to long on one of the panels and I had to re-hem the train of this layer. I then finely hemmed the embroidered layer with a zig-zag stitch to fit with the other skirt. I feel that I am close to finishing the basic construction of the dress so that it's wearable, I just really need to focus on the getting the dress to a completed standard so that I can start decorating which will hopefully make the dress.
I have started to decorate the empress dress bodice, by creating the draped effect that is in the painting, I am using the dot tulle that I printed on the bodice as well as the skirt, I feel that this is what I think I see in the painting. I started by using a large strip of the chiffon, I didn't cut a pattern piece as I think that its best if I just start draping and pinning to get the effect that I want. I used a layer of nude tulle which i used in the skirt so that all the colours and tones link in well together and the dress looks like one contiuos dress. I tried to line the dots up so the bodice looked as symmetrical as possible. I wanted to make sure the draping was mainly at the front of the bodice, but not too much as I don't think I see that in the painting.
Now that the collar of the coat is on, and the canvasing finished I need to bulk up the look of the collar, by adding wadding to make it look more padded, so that when the fur is put on it will look much fuller. I have stitched the wadding onto the collar with a lose whip stitch, I shaped the wadding around the neckline so that the collar shape would appear much more natural.
I have also started cutting out the fur for the collar and seaming it together ready to layer on to the wadding and finish this section of the coat.
I have been working on finishing the bodice now that I'm happy with the amount of gathering in the bodice I need to finish the biding, I have used the silk satin viscose that I use on the skirt and the bodice of this dress. I tacked the bias satin down and then machine stitched it in place, I cut down the seam and then turned in the binding and slip stitched, the next part I need to work on is the fastenings of the bodice and then the decoration.
For the sleeves of the empress dress I used one layer of the dotted chiffon and one layer of the nude tulle I used in the bodice, I cut a slightly different pattern out in the tulle and French seamed it together. I then made up a different pattern piece for the chiffon that would have no seams but was the same shape as the tulle sleeve. the tulle sleeve will sit under the chiffon so that it is sheer but not completely, as this I what I have seen on an Edwardian dress from the Janet Arnold books. I feel that this will work as long as I get all the measurements right in order for one to fit over the other.
I have finished French seaming both the chiffon and the tulle, I need to fix both the sections together so that I can see in my next fitting how they will fit.
I have started decorating the bodice as this is one of the main parts of the dress I need to make sure I leave enough time for it, as in my fitting it is clear that the decoration will hopefully bring this costume to life and make it look much more like the dress in the painting. I need to create a pattern with the beads that would replicate the bodice seen in the painting, such as the beaded section under the bust and the three tiered shape in the centre of the bodice. Once I had started building a pattern with the beads the rest of the decorate came together quite naturally. There is still so much to do on this dress, such as beading the skirt, attaching the skirt to the bodice, attaching the sleeves and working out all the fastening, but I feel I am on track and if I just keep going I will hopefully finish it on time.
I have also started prepping for the sash decoration and the cuff decoration as well as the neckline decoration of the bodice, I want to make sure that all the decoration ties in together and that nothing looks out of place and make sure that I haven't left anything too plain so that the whole dress works as a garment.
I haven't really been showing the progress I have been making on the dress throughout this Tackk, as It has been one of the most challenging garments I have ever made. and to be honest I have had the dress in pieces for about a month now. It has been particularly hard as I have been trying to work out all the pattern pieces and doing a lot of maths and working out the measurements of the handkerchief section which has really taken me a lot of time to get my head round it. I am so glad that I decided to cut this dress on the straight in stead of the bias, as it has made this whole process slightly easier. Earlier in my diary there is images only of the toile of the dress in a similar fabric to the fabric I have actually made the dress out of, this was really helpful to the construction of this dress and I don't think I wold have had a good understanding of the cut of this dress if I had not made it.
These images show the panelled section around the hips, this took a lot of working out and further shaping from the fitting in order to get them right , I straight stitched on the seam allowance around each pattern piece in order to keep all the pieces in shape. throughout making I kept checking with the paper pattern to make sure that I hadn't distorted any of the pieces as this would have changed the shape of the dress. I was very careful when making this section of the dress is it I one of the most decorative parts of the dress and you would definitely notice if it was misshaped. Once I had stitched around each piece a stitched the pieces together (constantly checking with the paper patterns) Once I was happy with the placement I mitred the seam and then began French seaming to finish this section. I tried to make the seam as fine as possibly which took a lot of time but I think I am happy with the result.
Creating the larger pieces of the dress was much simpler than the smaller panels, there is still a section of panelling around the arm holes of the back panel but overall this as much easier to make. Again I straight stitched around the pattern pieces on the seam allowance line, which helped me make sure that I can keep the pieces the same as the paper patterns. I also hemmed this piece separately as the hems for the front handkerchief sections area all different. Hemming everything separately would just make the construction process much easier. I French seamed the panelled sections around the arms as fine as I could as the georgette fabric is so sheer a wanted to make this seams a design detail., so I had to make sure that the seams were perfect and decorative looking.
I also have just cut out all the handkerchief pieces I worked out all the measurements, the pattern pieces do look quite simple as they are just rectangle shapes. I seamed all the pieces together, and finished the seams (French seams) as I moved through the pieces. Once I had seamed all the patterns together I then had the handkerchief sections as a full pieces, I then began pinning the pattern into the smaller panelled hip section so that the dress was completely together. I then finished the seams.
I recently had a final fitting of my costume, so I was able to see how the dress fit, I am happy with they way the dress looks, it seems like the right length and everything was in the right place. The next step in finishing this dress is to work on the lining. I haven't yet created the pattern for the lining or bought my fabric, but I think I will probably buy a silk satin viscose and dye it my self the same colour I dyed the georgette. But overall I'm happy with the progress and hope that he dress will be finished soon.
Today I have been focusing on the cross beaded trim on the cuff and the back of the coat, at first I was really daunted by the idea of this decoration being fully beaded however once I started beading I realised that I got the effect much quicker than I thought I would. I firstly tacked the guide lines for the pattern and marked out the size of the pattern I wanted. I then beaded the out side lines of pattern in order to get the shape. I then started beading the criss-cross pattern making sure that the diamond shapes were as equal as possible. I wanted to work as a process and order that I would get this diamond beaded band finished on both cuffs before I start with the circular beading pattern that sits above it, as well as the diamond band acros the back as I didn't want to rush into anything in order for everything to be semetricla and equal.
Overall I think the progress I have made on the beading has definitely helped ease my mind about it, I was quite scared to start doing it as I thought it would just take such along time, but once I mapped out everything and tacked a grid of the pattern I would be creating it helped me see clearly how I would get this section done. I still have to start the circle beading section but I'm confident that it will come together quickly.
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I have just had a fitting of my 1920s coat, which went well, everything seems to fit well, the next section I need to work on is the fur section that sits across the bottom of the coat, I'm not sure what to make this like, my first thought was to do a double sided fur piece and is stuffed with a layer of wadding but I feel that this which is what the fur piece is in the photograph above is just to larger and distorts the shape of the coat, so have decided that the fur section is going to be one sided and just the one layer of fur, I will slip stitch the bottom side on the coat, and then I will create the wadding, I also need to make sure the wadding has enough movement in it so I will probably make is longer than it needs to be so it will ease around the coat much better. I then will fold in the fur over the top of the wadding and slip stitch down the seam line.
I have just had a fitting for the Edwardian bodice, which went okay, there were a few issues in the construction of the bodice, it seemed a little to small but I think the main issue was that the bodice is so delicate and the fastening I had put on just weren't strong enough or I just hadn't caught all the layers of fabric to make is sure enough to pull the bodice around the model. so once I replace the fastenings for something a little more heavy duty and possibly remove the chiffon from the placket I will be able to fix the bodice much easier. I realise mainly that this bodice due to the chiffon overlay is just so delicate it makes it difficult to pull and adjust to fit better. I am glad that I had this fitting as I think I would have had much more problems with the fit if I hadn't known that this was already and issue.
I mainly had this fitting so that I could see how to attach the sleeves and where to attach the sleeves to the bodice, the sleeves do fit well, I just need to work out how far down to place it. I want to make sure that my model can move well in the costume and doesn't feel too restricted by the sleeves so I have to leave them slight baggy around the back of the arm hole as due to the nature of tha fabric I am worried that this might rip and I wont be able to fix it.
Other than that I think the fitting of the bodice is working and with these adjustment I will be able to make the bodice and this costume much more wearable, now that I know were the problems are I will hopefully get round them. I definitely need to create a tulle trim to go around the top of the neckline because the dress looks a little too busty that the painting and I want to make sure that it looks modest and feels secure on the model. I think I also need to fix a piece of elastic over the shoulder section of the sleeves so that the sit better over the shoulder and hopefully won't slip of causing the model to feel uncomfortable. I also know now that I need to sit the corset much lower down so that it sits better under the bodice. this fitting has definitely helped me prepare better for my costume parade.
I have been working on finishing the beading detail on the coat, I have been working on the circular pattern which I think has been really successful, it did take quite a lot of working out, but I think the overall effect is as close to the photograph of the coat as I can get it. I firstly beaded the circles with cream pearl coloured beads then once I had finished I painted into the beading, I used mainly brown paint which I just painted around the bead lines of all the decoration in order to create depth. Then once I had finished painting I used a hot fix gem in black diamond and placed one in the centre of the circle and then in the centre of each diamond.
I did a similar design on the back of the coat along the diamond criss-cross embroidery, however when I painted this section I made it much darker and painted the velvet brown as it looks darker on this section in the photograph. I again place the hot fix gem in the centre of each diamond. I am very pleased with this decoration and I think I works well for the coat and I really enjoyed beading it, it is an unusual design that I would have never done if I had not seen this coat.


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The spirited India avanged their humiliating defeat at SSC last week with a convincing 170-run victory here today.
"I am really proud of the way we played in this Test match," elated Kumble said in post match media conference.
"The first Test was one of those games where nothing went right for us, but the way we have come back after four days it's really amazing," he said
"I am really proud of the fact that I have this group of players who have shown so much resilience not just once but time and time again."
Kumble praised man of the match Virender Sehwag who scored an unbeaten 201 and then 50 in the second innings.
"The way Viru (Sehwag) got those runs, scoring 201 out of 329, is something that is really amazing," he said.
"And also taking that forward to the second innings is never easy - it was brilliant batting. Our opening partnerships in both innings were very important for us.
Kumble also paid tribute to off spinner Harbhajan Singh, who took 10 for 153 in the match, and teenage fast bowler Ishant Sharma who captured 3-20 in the second innings.
"For a 19-year-old to crank it up like he (Sharma) did was something special."
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene blamed his batsmen for their inconsistency.
"I thought chasing 307 on a fourth-day pitch was a good score to chase but it's important you get a good start in any run chase," said Jayawardene.
"We didn't get that and being 10 for three was obviously not ideal - we're very disappointed with those last two sessions."
"The bowling unit fought really well throughout the game but we failed to capitalise on our first innings where we needed to get a lead and put India under pressure," he added.

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Whatever Happened to British Jewish Studies?
Edited by: Hannah Ewence, Tony Kushner
This wide-ranging collection of essays investigates the current position and purpose of British Jewish studies in the modern age. Taking the post-1880 period as its focal point, the book adopts an innovative approach that brings together trans-disciplinary, historical, and cultural perspectives viewed through the prism of the local, national, and global. The book's approaches range from literary criticism, cultural studies, oral history, legal studies, history, memory, and heritage research. Using this range of methodologies, the essays open up and drive forward this pertinent area of enquiry. The book is accessible to a wide readership, and, underpinned by an intellectually and theoretically rigorous agenda, it will provide a fruitful area of study for academics.
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Publication Date: 1/1/2012
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Feminine Mystique
Brigitte Bardot was the trailblazing hottie of the mid-20th Century, but she had so much more than sex appeal. As the liberated woman before Women's Lib, Bardot made the unattainable female desirable to heights that had yet to be conceived or understood. Temperamental and alluring, she harnessed the seductive power of feminine mystery like no one else. Sure, she brought the bikini to the mainstream, but that was a mere prop. What mattered was the pull and push of that attitude stirring behind those big eyes, luscious lips, and curvaceous figure. Her native French origins only enhanced her romantic mystery in the sexual awakening of the Baby Boom generation. As part of its Rendez-Vous With French Cinema series, the University of Miami's Bill Cosford Cinema will host a night of obscure Bardot films that feature her in roles that only she could play. In remembrance of her prime days, the Norton Herrick Center for Motion Picture Studies will present Her Bridal Night (1956) and Mademoiselle Striptease (1957).
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(The Hosting News) – Logicalis, an international provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services, announced today that it has achieved a Customer Satisfaction Excellence Gold Star from Cisco. This designation recognizes Logicalis for delivering outstanding customer service to customers in the United States.
Logicalis is in the enviable position of having earned this distinction multiple times. "Achieving this level of customer satisfaction is a direct reflection on the breadth and depth of our ability both in terms of solution design and Cisco product knowledge and implementation," said Bob Hankins, Vice President, Cisco Solutions, for Logicalis. "It's an honor to have our customers voice their positive opinion of Logicalis, and a distinction that clearly indicates to prospective customers that Logicalis is a best-of-breed Cisco solution partner."
"Customer service is a cornerstone of the Cisco Resale Channel Program. We are pleased to recognize and congratulate Logicalis for achieving outstanding customer satisfaction," said Edison Peres, senior vice president of the worldwide channels go-to-market group at Cisco.
Cisco measures the customer satisfaction levels achieved by its Gold, Silver, and Premier Certified partners based on regional target goals, providing a weighted average of a partner's pre- and post-sales support over a rolling 12-month period. Partners that achieve outstanding customer satisfaction are awarded the Customer Satisfaction Excellence Gold Star and can be found using the advanced search menu in the Cisco Partner Locator.
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Since 2009, New York City-based twentysomething comedian Aman Ali and photographer Bassam Tariq have spent the Islamic holy month of Ramadan visiting mosques around America and documenting Muslim culture in the US. They've also guest-blogged individually and together for Boing Boing in the past. Bassam today sends word that with this year's incarnation of the project, they're trying to "curate some of the best and most powerful user uploaded photos during Ramadan from the world." Check it out: 30daysramadan.com. Read the rest
Founded in 1970, San Diego Comic-Con has since exploded into an astounding pop culture festival, attracting more than 130,000 visitors and the attention of Hollywood studios, publishers and retailers alike, all eager to cater to their most dedicated fans.
"Comic-Con is an incredibly fantastic melting pot and passionate center for people who love cult pop movies and pop culture experience," Hobbit and Lord of the Rings star Andy Serkis told Reuters. "There isn't another place in the world that tops it."
Following is a selection of photos (taken by Heather Beschizza and myself, where not otherwise indicated), which offer just a tiny slice of the costumed revelry--and sheer chaos--that fills the show floor's million-square feet. Read the rest
A previously unknown connection between Czech dissident Vaclav Havel and American psychologist Timothy Leary is revealed by an inscribed copy of Leary's 1977 Neuropolitics.
So, here's a new writing nightmare. What do you do if, after your book is published, and the reviews start to come in, it slowly dawns on you that you've accidentally written the wrong book ... a book which you would not actually agree with?
That's how I felt after interviewing Curtis White, author of The Science Delusion — a book that has been widely reviewed as containing some good points, buried under a lot of angry rants and straw men. According to White, however, those reviews have all completely missed what he was trying to do and trying to say.
All the invective? White thought he was just being funny and satirical, like Jonathan Swift. The over-generalizing about what all scientists believe and what the culture of science is like? He thought it was clear that he just meant the subset of scientists who don't think there's any value other than entertainment in art, that philosophy is dead, and that culture has no affect on how we interpret science or what we do with it. The weird, pseudo-Deism? He thought he was explaining that science is part of culture, that the questions being asked and the way answers are interpreted are culturally bound and and we have to take that into account. The humanities triumphalism and points where he totally dismisses science and acts like he doesn't understand why somebody would find meaning in being curious about how the mind works? Not what he meant at all, apparently. Read the rest
It could just be cultural connections that make us identify one song as happy and another as sad. But, explains Joe Hanson, there's evidence that our emotional connections to music are more universal than that.
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The Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill classic, which is being presented by the Roundabout Theatre Company, will open at Studio 54 in spring 2006. The production will also star Edie Falco as the hard-boiled prostitute Jenny and Nellie McKay as the sweet Polly Peachum.
The Threepenny Opera has had two major New York productions in the last 25 years or so, one at Lincoln Center in 1976 with Raul Julia and a second at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in 1989 starring Sting.
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Sir Dominic John (1802–1880), British pathologist. Corrigan produced more than 100 communications on a great variety of maladies. His more important writings include his identification in 1829 of the peculiar expanding pulsation of an aneurysm of the aortic arch, his description in 1838 of cirrhosis of the lungs, and his 1854 article that reported in cases of chronic copper poisoning the appearance of a purple line along the gums. In 1832 he published a description of aortic regurgitation. Although Corrigan's description was not original, this disease became identified with him when a French physician, Armand Trousseau, termed it "maladie de Corrigan." The pulse associated with aortic regurgitation or Corrigan's disease subsequently became identified with him also. The alternate term, water-hammer pulse, was introduced in 1852 by G. H. Barlow.
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My mother contacted me last night about my grandmother and aunt.
My grandmother suffers from dementia and my aunt lives with her and was never officially diagnosed, but we believe she has had schizophrenia most of her life. My mom travels 40 miles each way to ensure they have groceries, get to their doctor's appointments, etc. and she's burnt out from the responsibility of taking care of them.
Can you please send me any resources that can:
- decrease my grandmother's bills
- provide additional in-home care for them a few days of the week without costing a lot
- a list of charity organizations that can assist my mother with taking care of them
- free counseling support for my mom
We cannot turn my grandmother's home over to Medicaid because eventually we will sell the home and it will help support my aunt.
Thank you so much for your help. They live in Illinois, and I live in California. I would love to help them in any way I can.
Illinois is a state rich in resources for elders. I would start with the Alzheimer's Association office closest to your family and set up a meeting with one of their family counselors. They should know various options for you that can help, including some in-home assistance programs (depending upon finances) that might even pay for some in-home help. Private geriatric care managers also are good at identifying sources of funding and assistance.
Other groups that can provide assistance include your local Area Agency on Aging or perhaps some local group that supports persons like your Aunt who have mental health needs.
You mention a house as an asset and your aunt's ongoing care needs. Check with an elder law attorney about the situation to see if there are ways you can access Medicaid without losing the house and/or if there are other programs that could help.
I assume that you can travel to Illinois for a visit. Set up appointments with some of these resource groups for you and your mom before you go. This will be a great way to provide assistance and discover options.
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- Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) did not any floor time last night as his New Orleans Hornets fell to the Washington Wizards in NBA action. The last game of Foote's 10-day contract is Saturday at the New Jersey Nets.
- Committed Cornell recruit, Braxston Bunce (Kelowna Secondary School) Kelowna, BC, Canada, 6-11, effectively had his high school career come to an end on Thursday night as his #1 ranked Kelowna Owls were eliminated in the Quaterfinals of the AAA British Columbia (Canada) Provincial Tournament in a 78-76 loss to Vancouver College. Bunce finished the game 3/7 from the floor with 12 points and 18 rebounds. See recaps in The Province, The Vancouver Sun, The Windsor Star, and The Kelowna Capital News. See the Langley Times which notes that Bunce had 24 points and 23 rebounds in a first round win over Point Gray. The full opening round game is archived and available online to view as is the quarterfinal game against Vancouver College. Kelowna returns to the court today for a consolation game against WJ Mouat at 3 pm EST.
- The Pittsburgh Post Gazette notes of committed Cornell recruit, Nolan Cressler (Plum HS) Plum, PA, 6-4, G, "The Roundball Classic at Geneva College's Metheny Fieldhouse in Beaver Falls will take place April 21 and there will be four games, two for the boys and two for the girls. Highlands High School's Micah Mason and Plum's Nolan Cressler, the top two leading scorers in he WPIAL this year during the regular season, are expected to play in this all-star affair -- Mason (29.1 points per game) for the Class AAA all-stars and Cressler (25.7 ppg.) for the Class AAAA team -- but they won't being going head-to-head. In a format change, the boys games will have Class AA vs. Class AAA at 6 p.m. with Class A going against Class AAAA at 8 p.m. Although the rosters have not yet been finalized, it looks as if Lincoln Park's 6-foot-10 Devontae Watson and North Catholic's 6-11 Jon LeGrande will be playing for the Class A team and going against Gateway's 6-10 Barnett Harris and North Hills' 6-8 Steve Hearty."
- The South Bend Tribune profiles committed Cornell recruit, Robert Mischler (Mishawaka HS) Marian, IN, 6-2, G. The Tribune writes:
Mental edge drives Mischler, Marian
There's something to be said for the value of a two-sport athlete.
Development in one sport can be an asset in another.
As quarterback for Marian High School's option-oriented football offense, Robert Mischler was constantly challenged to make split-second decisions. Read. React. Live with the consequences.
"Over the past couple years, Robert has developed as a leader," said Knights football coach Reggie Glon. "He became a coach on the field."
The Marian basketball team is reaping the rewards of that development.
Mischler, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound senior, is more than just a long-distance shooter in the scope of the Knights' seven-man rotation. His 13.9-point average is critical, but it's what he does when he's not shooting that makes him even more valuable.
He will be a key component for the seventh-ranked Knights (22-3) when they take on No. 4 Norwell (23-2) Saturday in the Class 3-A Huntington North semistate.
"Demetrius (Jackson) is our leader, but Robert's taken on a more vocal role this year," said Marian basketball coach Robb Berger. "Nobody had to tell him to do it. He just took it on himself."
"Last year, I was just a shooter," said Mischler, the fella fans and teammates call "Bobby Buckets." "This year, my rebounding's better; my defense is better; and, I'm still that shooter."
That shooter was frustrated last year after a four-point sectional loss to Culver Military. The Eagles took the momentum from that win all the way to the Class 3-A state championship game.
"It happened to us twice (St. Joseph's won sectional matchups over Marian the last two years on its way to the state finals) in football, too," Mischler said. "I hate the way that feels.
"We weren't ready to win last year. We needed that extra year to help us mature. We've all grown a lot together over the past two years."
"Last year laid the groundwork for what we're going through this year," said Berger. "I don't know if we were ready a year ago. That experience gave us a lesson that helped the growth."
The added maturity helps the Knights play fearlessly. Season on the line. Game in the balance. No problem, hoist the long one.
"Nobody's afraid to shoot the ball," Mischler said. "That goes back to the coaching staff. 'If you're open, take it.' "
A four-year contributor to the Marian program, Mischler has the credentials to take the shot whenever he sees fit. He's one good game -- 24 points -- away from reaching the 1,000-point milestone.
Mischler is shooting 51 percent (125 of 246) from the field and 42 percent (60 of 143) from 3-point -- along with 4.4 rebounds a game.
He's also smart enough to realize the situation.
With a 4.37 GPA (out of 4.0, ranking sixth in his class), Mischler will continue his basketball career next year at Cornell. With a dream to be a doctor, Mischler is looking for an Ivy League combination of athletics and academics.
"(Cornell's) top three shooters graduated this year," Mischler said. "I might get a look."
But, first things first. All Mischler will be looking for Saturday is enough space between him and the defender to get off his next 3-pointer.
"Being part of Marian history means a lot," Mischler said of the school's first semistate appearance. "We'll have time to think about this later. All year we've taken one step at a time. This isn't any different. We won't look beyond what we have to do Saturday."
Focused leaders make a coach's life much easier.
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SAN MARTINO DI CASTROZZA, Italy (AP) Danilo Di Luca won the fourth stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish Tuesday and dedicated the victory to his native Abruzzo region as it recovers from a deadly earthquake early last month.
Swedish rider Thomas Lovkvist crossed seventh and took the overall leader's pink jersey for Team Columbia-High Road. He holds a two-second lead over Di Luca in the overall standings.
Armstrong crossed 15 seconds after Di Luca and dropped from fifth to sixth overall, 28 seconds behind Lovkvist.
Di Luca, the 2007 Giro winner, twisted his frame as he crossed the line to show the words printed on the side of his jersey — "Forza Abruzzo" or "Go Abruzzo."
"I wanted to win for my territory today," he said.
Nearly 300 people were killed and some 50,000 were made homeless by the earthquake.
Di Luca, who rides for the LPR Brakes team, covered the 162-kilometer (100.67-mile) leg from Padua to San Martino di Castrozza in the Dolomite range in 4 hours, 15 minutes, 4 seconds.
Stefano Garzelli finished second and Franco Pellizotti was third, both in the same time as Di Luca, to complete an all-Italian podium finish.
An even more arduous mountain stage looms Wednesday, from San Martino to Alpe di Siusi.
The race ends May 31 in Rome.
The first significant climb of the race came 111 kilometers (69 miles) into Tuesday's stage — an 8.5-kilometer (5.3 mile) ascent to Croce d'Aune.
The road then began to tilt upward again at the 148-kilometer (92-mile) mark, with the average gradient 5.5% and the maximum 10% along a serpentine road up to San Martino.
Armstrong lost contact with the leaders in the final kilometer (mile), and declined to speak with reporters in the finish area. The seven-time Tour de France winner returned this year after three and a half years of retirement and broke his collarbone in March.
Perspiring profusely and looking exhausted, Armstrong was not pleased after the stage when his team handlers could not immediately provide him with a cold drink.
"Come on guys," the American said.
Armstrong said before the race that he would support Astana teamate Levi Leipheimer in his bid to win the Giro. Leipheimer crossed sixth with the same time as Di Luca, while Armstrong was 32nd.
"Lance looked really good all day. That's really small," another Astana team member, Chris Horner, said of the time lost.
All the other race favorites finished in the lead pack.
Leipheimer is fifth overall, 26 seconds behind Lovkvist, and overall race favorite Ivan Basso is 11th, 53 seconds back.
"Levi looks fantastic as always — real smooth," Horner said. "I don't think you'll see a whole lot of action from our team until you get a little further into the race."
Di Luca and the other Italian favorites want to take time from Armstrong before the two individual time trials later in the race.
"We're trying to cut him out completely," Di Luca said. "It's tough, but we're going to try again tomorrow. It's going to be a very competitive Giro.
"This first week is very important for me, because the time trial doesn't suit me."
Lovkvist took the pink jersey from Alessandro Petacchi, who was dropped on the first climb. Petacchi, also with the LPR squad, won the past two stages in sprints.
Team Columbia's Mark Cavendish wore the pink jersey after the first two stages.
"I had very good legs," Lovkvist said. "We got the jersey back for the team again and we're not going to give anything away."
Spanish rider Francisco Perez Sanchez of the Caisse d'Epargne team fell 11 kilometers (7 miles) into the stage and was put on a stretcher and taken to a local hospital. Details of his injuries were not immediately available.
Six riders — Francesco Bellotti, Davide Vigano, Ian Stannard, Francesco De Bonis, Jens Voigt and Serafin Martinez Acevedo — broke away from the pack early on and established a seven-minute lead at one point.
Voigt, the last remnant of the breakaway, got caught with 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) to go.
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Five... Reasons to upgrade to a phablet
To see how tried and tested phablets fare, we decided to pit them against each other to see if they match upto each other's prowess.
The V10 wasn't intended to be a flagship phone and we did wonder why, for it out-specs LG's G4 by some margin. LG put its might behind the V10, bringing in features and technologies that other manufacturers would have kept tucked away for a next generation flagship, than a phone that followed one.
For a first, V10 features two front facing cameras of 80 and 120 degrees each, offering the widest clicking angle a phone can give. The two cameras work together to let you click panoramic selfies and massive groupies without bothering about a selfie stick!
The V10 also offers a second always-on display over the primary one and this lets you view battery status, Wi-Fi and network signal strengths and the time without having to switch your phone on all the time, in turn saving battery life.
Apple's phablet leads the charge against dinky handsets
This is also among the best multimedia devices- the first to play 32 bit Hi-Fi DAC high definition music and the Quad Beat 3 earphones that come with it were developed by AKG Acoustics who specialise in high-end audio devices. To add to this, V10 also lets you adjust your video settings like speed, frame rate, ISO and white balance manually.
To add to these features, V10 comes with a removable 3,000 mAh battery, a microSD card slot, a fingerprint sensor, a 5.7-inch Quad HD IPS display, 16MP and 5MP cameras, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. We wonder if LG has really missed out on anything that you would ever want from your dream phablet.
Generally considered to be an upgrade of the excellent Huawei Mate S, Mate 8 is a 6-inch behemoth offering equally gargantuan specs like the latest Kirin 950 next-generation chip, up to 64GB of storage, 4GB of RAM, a large 4,000 mAh battery and a 16MP rear camera with Sony's 16MP IMX298 technology, but is it as rich in features and sensors like the V10?
While the battery can hold fort for up to two days of normal usage, the Mate 8's quick charging technology will let you charge up to a day's worth of power in just 30 minutes. The phone also comes with six-layer thermal mechanics which'll keep your fingers cold even when the phablet turns warm after long use. If you're looking for a phone that you won't need to plug in all the time or won't have to give up on your gaming to keep it cool, the Mate 8 could be perfect for you.
Specs Comparison: iPhone 6s Plus vs Sony Xperia Z5 Premium vs Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus
Huawei's latest also offers a fast fingerprint scanner, real-time encryption of your files and a microSD card lock which protects your storage card with a password even if it isn't inside the phablet. If your work requires you to travel, the Mate 8 will keep you connected to the internet, thanks to 18 4G bands and nine 3G bands.
Scoring five on five in every parameter is usually not expected from a phablet, but the Nexus 6P forces one's hand.
From a design perspective, Huawei took all the creative skills it mastered while designing the Mate S and the P8 and poured it on the Nexus 6P's concept. The phablet is an all-metal one and curves just at the right places to let you hold it with ease. What's most distinctive and unique about the phablet is the black glass band at its top back which protects the rear camera and the dual LED flash.
In terms of features, Nexus 6P stands out among all phablets thanks to the Android 6.0 Marshmallow and the Snapdragon 810 chip with a 2.0 GHz CPU, the phablet is super-smooth to work on and there's no lag in terms of performance.
Nexus 6P sports a 5.7-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, enough for you to view crystal-clear movies and the display doesn't over-saturate, letting you enjoy its beautiful contrasts and colour shades at 518ppi, the same as Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge+!
Spec comparison: Galaxy Note 5 vs iPhone 6 Plus vs Sony Xperia Z5 Premium vs Huawei Mate S
When it comes to hardware, Nexus 6P doesn't disappoint in the least. The 12.3MP rear camera offers great picture quality and lets you choose the resolution at which you want to click your pictures and videos. The phablet also comes with a great battery which works with in-built battery saving features, Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0 technology and a USB Type-C charging port to offer a great battery life and minimal charging time. The phablet also offers up to 128GB of storage, a fingerprint sensor, Cat 6 LTE and NFC compatibility, features you can't do without, if you love staying connected while on the move.
If the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge were stunning pieces of tech that revolutionised the smartphone war, the Galaxy S6 Edge+ is the uncensored master gem, and with a price tag of £649 for the 64GB variant, Samsung has ensured that you do not miss the point.
When Samsung decided to take on the iPhone 6 Plus, they made sure it was as premium, beautiful and feature packed as the competition and thus the Galaxy S6 Edge+ was born.
Apart from a larger Super AMOLED display, the S6 Edge+ doesn't have much in it that would distinguish it from the S6 Edge. However, it seems now the Samsung didn't want it to be too different in the first place. The phablet still features stunning cameras, beautiful edges, the kind of swag that even the Xperia Z5 Premium couldn't match. However, it does come with a stronger metal body than its smaller cousin and features a 4GB RAM instead of 3GB. The battery is also a larger one at 3,000 mAh and comes with wireless charging and battery saving capabilities.
Here's how Huawei Mate 8 compares with Sony Xperia Z5 Premium and Huawei Mate S
The Galaxy S6 Edge+, like most other premium phablets, doesn't fall short in terms of features, top specs or looks and its beauty is so evenly matched by its performance that owning it would be a joy to behold. If looks are what you care for, this definitely should be your device of choice.
Phablets are much in demand in today's world and manufacturers are leaving no stones turned to tempt your heart with stunning looks and superb features and specifications in their phablets. Whether it is about the sleek metal finishing of Galaxy Edge+ or the ruggedized easy-to-hold material of the LG V10, or about the excellent features of the V10 compared with the exceptional battery life of Huawei Mate 8, there'll always be several decisive factors that'll ultimately turn your head in favour of one. While Nexus 6P is set to rule the roost for months to come, thanks to the latest Android features to boot, it willll be interesting to see which phablet will ultimately wins hearts the most.


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