Sorry for the delay, folks! This was such a fun project. Huge thank you to the following friends and fellow creatives:
Julia - Photographer (IG: @juliathefae)
Amanda - Cherub (IG: @hoopsandhorror)
Bean - Old Man (IG: @chameleononcoffeebean)
Ashley - Winter (IG: @imblueboo)
Erin - Spring (IG: @erinmdenenberg)
Ely - Support (IG: @nightshade_tea)
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⚔️ Timestamps ⚔️
00:00 - Intro
02:21 - Sewing Chiton
07:03 - Hand Dyeing Himation
12:09 - Photoshoot
14:29 - Final Product
⚔️ Music Credit ⚔️
Do We Belong - Cercles Nouvelles
When We Meet Again - Howard Harper-Barnes
When Sun Meets Moon - Gavin Luke
Meet Me in the Hills - Howard Harper-Barnes
⚔️ Voiceover Transcript (limited by character count) ⚔️
Hey, it's me, Hannah. Today, we're diving headfirst into the world of art history, specifically into Walter Crane's A Masque for the Four Seasons. This enchanting painting captures the essence of each season, and my friends and I wanted to pay homage to the vibrant colors and the stunning imagery by recreating each of the characters portrayed in the painting for a photoshoot this upcoming weekend, with my love of the season and my Libra status, I am beyond honored to have been tasked with taking on the role of Autumn.
Looking more closely at this character, my eyes are immediately drawn to the deep fall colors in the patterned fabric draped over this sort of dress underneath. I am assuming that the under layer is some version of a chiton, which is a sort of tunic worn by men and women of ancient Greece and Rome. For the outer layer, while I immediately identified it as a toga and had flashbacks to Spirit Week in high school, I did some digging and learned that this is much closer to a garment called a himation.
Him-ashun? Him-ah-tee-yawn? Himation, which is a sort of wrap made of typically heavier drape that played the role of a shawl or cloak and was typically worn over a chiton. So in this video, I am going to attempt to draft and sew a historically inspired chiton. Do not come here for historical accuracy. It's not what I do. I'm also going to be hand dyeing and draping and styling the, and I guess I'll bring you along with me as we attempt to recreate this masterpiece and bring A Masque for the Four Seasons to life.
So for the chiton, I can't even believe my luck that I just happened to have thrifted this perfectly colored fabric like months ago. It's almost like I love this color or something. And from what I understand, making a chiton is simple. You essentially make a tube with your fabric about as wide as you want. I'm going to go elbow to elbow. And as long as you want, I'm going to go shoulder to floor. And then you just. Sew the tube closed. Hem any raw edges, and then either sew or add buttons to the top opening of the tube at the shoulders and kind of along the sleeves and that's it. That's all you got to do. It's going to be easy, right?
So my tube just ended up being the perfect width. I'm just blown away by how easily this is coming together. Pretend I didn't say that. So now I'm just going to figure out where I want to add tacks because I'm going to go ahead and opt for just sewing the pieces together because I don't have buttons and I want this to come together more quickly. So I'm going to bring the back around to the front so I know what the center is and I can keep the center centered. So I know because of the picture, I want the sleeve to be pretty, like off the shoulder. This is really hard to do by yourself. No one's home to help me, okay. I like where we're going with this.
This would be easier if I just measured it and marked it and pinned it and then tried this again. So just hang on a second. I. I mean, simple. Not a problem. I realize I haven't actually hemmed the top, so I have to go back, do that before I can actually sew together right here. But with a belt, like a rope belt to kind of cinch that together, I think that that will be perfect. It's giving ancient Rome. It's giving Hercules. It's giving Meg, and honestly looking at the photo again. Winter's chiton might actually be a little more, like, historically accurate in terms of the number of, like, buttons or connection points along the sleeves. But I'm not going for historical accuracy. I'm going for Autumn.
Once I hem the top neckline, I will go ahead. And so one and a half to two inch sections right here, they're about 12 inches from the center on both sides. Once I wrap that up, we'll have a full-fledged chiton on our hands, and voila, a chiton. That was unbelievably easy to make. Ignore my measuring tape, belt. I don't have rope yet. This came together real nice. Like pretend I'm holding a basket and got my, missing the himation and but I mean, come on. You see it, that's coming together. That's nice. Great. So...
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