INSPIRATION
While researching clothing for my upcoming historical interpretation for 1901 to 1908, I found some lovely fur capes and muffs.
Finding this fashion plate from December 1902 of a glorious full length cape with three tiers and three graduated collars, I decided to replicate the intriguing set of three collars!
FABRIC
Since I had some faux fur in my fabric stash left over from sewing my Medieval Burgundian gown, I decided to use that to recreate representations of some that I found.
Due to the amount of yardage I had, I decided to create a matching capelet and muff.
PATTERN
Pulling out a Butterick cloak pattern that I don’t plan to use, I pinned that to my dress form and cut away the parts I did not want, until I achieved the look I wanted, to create my 1902 pattern.
TRIPLE COLLAR
After pinning that pattern onto the fabric, I placed extra pins outside the neck edge to remind me to cut extra fabric to create the stand-up collar. Using scrap paper, I drafted collars in graduated sizes.
Layering them one by one, I sewed them down and finished the capelet.
The inner most layer pulled up…
The larger middle layer pulled up over the inner most layer…
The largest, outmost layer, pulled up over the inner and middle layers…
Now they are all sort of fluffed, kinda standing…
MUFF
And then I sewed faux muff to coordinate, similar to many I’ve found at museums.
EARLY 1900s STYLING
I styled the muff and capelet with my recently sewn 1912 white batiste blouse and my 1901-1908 creamy yellow skirt.
Trying to capture the snowfall outdoors, I set everything near the windows and French doors to get in the mood.
