The Picture Library

After months of research (mostly looking at pictures of the dress lol), I've gathered together a library of photos to help me with the construction of the dress. We all know what the front of the dress looks like, the extensive beading and the cut of the angled overlay. There are numbers of pictures out there and 90% of them are of the front. We don't see a lot of pictures of the detail in the beading, or the back of the dress. And a lot of the pictures out there are the same.

Here you can see the right side of the dress where the back  is pinned and the  beading on the layers.

Promotion shot of the dress.





Flat sequins in silver and black faceted beads were used. 

Recently in 2010 there was an exhibit in Oklahoma where the dress was displayed. The pictures taken below couldn't be more helpful to anyone who wished to reproduce their own copy of the dress.






Here you can see the beading on the bodice. Look at that detail!



You can see the angle of the layers and how they fall.

A rare shot of the left side of the dress and the beading.

Close up of the front of the dress, and we can see the train as well. The detail on this dress is just exquisite.



The picture I have been searching for months! A very rare treat! Here we can see how the angles from the front flow towards the back.



Another shot of the back. see how the middle two layers of the dress flow into the train?

 With finding these pictures it better helped me understand the construction of the back and how the angles are cut. We can see where the top angle from the front stops and how the left side of the dress is pinned to the back and flows downward. The middle two layers of the dress make up the train, while the very last angled layer rounds out the bottom. Now to study these pictures some more. Stay tuned!!

A Blog About a Dress

So, you've happened upon my blog page... congratulations. As the title reads this blog is about Rose's Dinner Dress. Yes, the dress from the beloved film "Titanic".. you know, with Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio? That one.  Anyway back to the point, with the 100th anniversary of the ships sinking coming up in April, I've decided to recreate one of the famous dresses that Kate wore from the film. The dinner dress. I absolutely fell in love with this dress. I even made my mom make me one for my junior prom, and since then I always had it in mind to one day make another one. This blog will follow the construction of the dress and the details that I've spent in researching it. So far I have spent months researching and looking at other dresses people have created. Which are absolutely beautiful... I've put together an extensive library of photos of the original dress, including pictures that are rare in finding of the back. I've study picture after picture, drew up sketches and i finally feel confident enough to finally start the construction phase. So stay tuned as more about this beautiful dress is posted. ;)