This was the first project I had to undertake whilst on my Costume Construction Degree course. As a class we were each producing a famous king or queen's costume out of calico, taking inspiration from a painting of him or her. This project was a challenge that enabled us to explore pattern cutting so as to achieve a historically accurate costume.
My queen was Queen Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach, wife to George II of England.
I based my costume upon this painting of her by Charles Jervas in 1727:
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