The problem with mock up dresses is: Once they’re done I no longer have any desire nor energy do to it again. It’s no longer new and exciting. And what’s gonna happen with a mock up dress anyways? It’s identity is totally twisted. It’s not even a real dress. It’s mock up.
@@missrobinhoodie To be perfectly honest I'm the same way with the creativity fatigue after making a mockup, I really only do them for very important projects. When i do make them I pick them apart to reuse the fabric for another mockup later.
@@missrobinhoodie I get that every time I make one. Whenever I can, I will break down the mockup I created and use it as lining for the finished project so that all that work doesn't go to "waste". It's not like anyone but myself will see/wear the lining, right?
I love the dress and I love Lizzie Bennett but sadly, I’m far more like Mr. Darcy. I, too, just want to throw up and cry whenever I’m out in public and accidentally insult my crush whenever she’s near me. Love the dress!
I finally found out what Rachel’s tattoo says. “There is some good in this world Mr Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for!” Sam Gamgee. Honestly my favorite quote from The Lord of The Rings! ❤️
A few weeks ago I thrifted a green silk robe because I had the sudden realization: I have dreamed about wearing a beautiful green silky robe for 15 years. I have a silky green garment I've meant to alter for a freaking decade. Do I need more clothes? REALLY NO. But $7 to fulfill a dream I've had for half my life was so easy. We all have some small or easier dreams, make them happen! BE the sexy, silky, green lady of your dreams!
i just got a vintage hand mirror and hairbrush set from an estate sale the other day. I've literally wanted a set since I was a child. It's the little, seemingly meaningless to other people, kind of dream items that make the largest impact i think.
@@perpetuallylydia1241 I've always really wanted one too, and found a beautiful silver set from an antique shop last week! We're all achieving dreams around here 😂
"How do you like that Mr. Darcy?!" Elizabeth said as she waggled her eyebrows and waved around her soiled pit stain. Mr Darcy looked at her with unaffected astonishment. For he was both intrigued and utterly bewitched.
this video was food for my soul, I swear I've seen that movie probably fifty times and just last night my face lit up when I saw it on Netflix even though I HAVE THE FILE SAVED TO MY COMPUTER..... anyway this dress is beautiful and you did an amazing job!!
@Annabelle I'm going to have to disagree with you here. Not that I think the 2005 one is better, but I think they both have different goals because of the mediums they're on. It's not a fair comparison because they're very different beasts.
Its the best way to do it sometimes! I taught myself to sew, but haven't worked up to larger projects like this yet... she's one of my inspirations! Bernadette is too :D
Yes! 💝Dig Rachel's "can do" spirit when it comes to sewing. ✂️She just plunges in, 📏creates a few adjustments to suit her vision as needed, & makes it work in the end. ☆Brilliant☆. Admire her creativity & commitment. 🐥Such a chicken myself, but one day hoping Rachel might help me work up the courage to try something simple like swapping out buttons. 👭 Those Canadian "Sorry Girls" are equally excellent @ risk taking when it comes to their thrift flips. Their refashion projects seem slightly more attainable than starting from scratch. 🏆Super seamstresses like Bernadette & Aussie Evelyn Wood are also lovely, but I don't aspire to their seriously advanced skill level. Way above my humble aspirations. 😉
Keira and Natalie were in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace together. George Lucas couldn't tell them apart, and even Natalie's mom had trouble differentiating the two when they were both dressed as Amidala and Naboo handmaidens.
Have you ever thought about doing a patreon where people can get the patterns for the clothes you make? Like I would definitely pay 5 dollars a month for the ability to get the patterns for this dress, a vest you made, or some of your Halloween costumes. You could even include a chart to explain what size a pattern should be for plus size people as well like if you're a size 14 times this number by whatever and this will be your size, or just how to calculate that for people to let them do it on their own. Love your channel and it always brightens my day!
julia s. ferdinand speaking as a home seamstress that drafts and modifies my own patterns: that is a very time intensive process, you cannot assume that Rachel would want to do that.
Haven't even watched it yet, but had to upvote for old fashioned cat talk and the content checking out :D *must mention how my cats are actually lovely not to feel guilty*
Just like my sister's new kitten. I had to house sit last week and that was her behavior if she wasn't napping or eating. Absolute sweetheart and cute as a button otherwise.
Her cat may want to play, more specifically than violence (sort of the same difference, really). It's hard to tell what exactly they want--especially when you don't have them on an eat, sleep, play, repeat schedule, lol 😅.
Corpus Hermeticum let me guess you’re probably of the opinion that Selena Gomez from wizards of waverly place is superior to Hannah Montana, and other such politically profound insights
This is weird but I love how you pretty much mention being sweaty in just about every video. I love your aesthetic but i'm a sweaty person and for the longest time i was just really uncomfortable with looking like I was sweaty and i thought it was really embarrassing even though its a completely natural response to the environment???
My mother was of that generation that thought, "All girls should be taught to be ladies", so I was forced to go to private school and take etiquette & deportment classes, that taught, "A true lady never sweats!" To see you exhibiting your sweat stained armpit, with pride, was truly hilarious! How free and delightful is this generation! Rachel you are so bold and brash and simply wonderful! I was a tom boy of the first water and school was an agony. My teachers disdained me for my attitude and lack of elegance. I didn't care and remained a free spirit, rebelling to the last. Only one thing I took away from that school, a love for sewing. My advice to all: Be yourself, be yourself, don't let them put you on a shelf. Take your scissors and your skills and make whatever gives you thrills. If it be a dress or bonnet, let it ever be your sonnet. Be yourself! Be yourself! Be yourself! I simply adore Pride and Prejudice and loved this project. Thanks for all the joy Rachel!
The final look is so perfect from the back, it honestly looks like a scene from the movie. Then she turned around and it felt like one of those gifs where they photoshop someone else's head into a movie scene. I love it!
I love fridays because Fridays are when we all get to hang with friend Rachel for 15ish minutes and in these times, pretending to have friends is almost like having real friends.
Troubleshooting tip: regarding the bust issue where the darts went in. I’ve noticed sometimes with clothes the “problem area” isn’t really where the problem is. Looking at some movie stills, since Keira is uh less busty (what’s the nice way to say flat chested?) I think the way to get your dress bodice to match hers would be to add fullness at the princess seam below the bust, rather than above at the edge. Idk, I’m NO expert, but I have seen that help in my own makes. Love the video, and I’m quite tempted to make me one too, one of these days 😁 that skirt is amazingly awesome and swooshy
When I was a camp counselor the teens borrowed by Pride and Prejudice DVD for movie night and I had to hunt it down before camp ended. I love this movie so much.
I’m always amazed how you end up looking like the characters in the end! 😱 About gaping necklines: mock ups are the worst but super helpful in this situation! If you notice the gap early enough you can add and close the dart on the pattern, this way you’ll “reduce” the length of your neckline and prevent it from gaping in your final garment! And since you’re taking the excess away before cutting your fabric is going to be invisible on the final garment 💖 About joining bodice and skirt: Don’t think there’s really a good or bad way of doing it... what you did with this project is just fine. Sometimes we forget that we have to join our pieces together and we just make the bodice close on the front and the skirt on the back (opsss not that I’m talking from experience, I won’t admit that I did this SEVERAL times 👀) So we have to keep that in mind when we’re planning our final garment and change the placements of things beforehand if the style of the dress allows for it of course! For this dress I can’t really think of a better way to join them, I think this style (with the buttoned front bodice) works better with really petite figures that can get away just with slipping it on from the front opening 🤔 Otherwise you would need to change the design a little bit and add an overlapping seam on the front, to mimic what you did on the bodice, and let a couple of inches near the waist unstitched, add hook and eyes to close it (so it won’t flap around) to create a slit in the front that will help you get in the garment I hope I explained myself well,m enough, English it’s not my first language sorry 😅
When the thunderstorm hit I really hoped you'd say "Now she'll have to stay the night exactly as I predicted..." But you're Lizzie, of course, so I said it for you 😂😂😂
Rachel, you are a breath of fresh air in the sewing community. Not afraid to be seen to not know things and to try something new. It has helped me to be less afraid of just giving more complicated sewing a whirl.
This awesome dress aside - kneepads while scrabbling on the floor cutting out patterns are a freaking revelation! (But also the dress is pretty and I'm feeling all inspired and now I wanna sew stuff again - first time in literally 2 years).
Just saw this for the first time and after several weeks of binge-watching past Rachels, I am more impressed than ever that this fresh-faced and adorable woman can change herself into any number of our favorite heroes, including this very convincing and exotic Keira lookalike. Rachel, I truly admire you and your ability to futz around until a costume makes sense.
I don't have any seasons here but summer sucks. It's even hotter than it usually is here, and it's gross, humid, sticky, and overall a bad season. Love the ice cream and the swimming though.
I hate summer sooo much. Just the thought of sitting perfectly still, not moving a muscle.... and still sweating profusely and looking like you just stepped out of the shower. Cringe!!!
@serendipidus1 Sure the dresses all din't look the same, and fashion was not always followed by the poor- they'd reuse and refashion the dresses from previous fashions, but making a new dress so far from any fashion of the time probably wouldn't happen. And in addition to that the Bennets were not poor- despite what the 2005 will have you believe. They were part of the landed gentry, and though they might have been poor in the eyes of people like the Darcys and Bingleys they were by no means poor as to the standard meaning of the word. So odds are, they'd have fairly fashionable clothes.
@serendipidus1 Yeah, the 2005 movie overall isn't great for historical accuracy or literary accuracy, but people who don't care about that really like it! Empire waists was all the rage, so it doesn't sit quite right in time even though admittedly it is a pretty dress
"And so none of the Hertfordshire ladies could please you, Mr. Darcy? Not even the famous Miss Bennets?" I prefer the BBC series to the film. Great work on the dress though. :)
110% here for this. The 2005 can be an absolute masterpiece AND the 1995 can also be incredibly good. You don't have to choose, you can have it all! You did an amazing job and I would LOVE to see more Austen outfits/styles in the future.
One tip for the bust dart fix (if you use the same pattern again). It's a little hard to describe in words, but here we go. -On the pattern, draw a straight line from the area on the neckline that's popping out to the edge of the princess seam (doesn't matter too much where it lands). -Next, cut on that line from the neckline until the seam line, leaving just a tiny bit attached like a hinge. -Overlap the edges at the top by however much you need. For instance, if you pinch the excess together so it fits well and there's 1 inch of extra fabric, overlap the pattern by an inch. This technique usually works best in smaller amounts, like less than 1.5 inches, but there's no harm in trying to do more! And if you have the time and patience, whipping up a quick mockup to test out if it fits is super helpful. Hope this made sense!
I just want you to know I'm quite obsessed with you. I feel at home here in a way I have never found on UA-cam. Thank you for sparking my confidence to actually start dressing vintage after so many years of thinking about it but being too nervous and concerned. Feel inspired 😍
Rachel: *Has Sweaty Armpits Also Rachel: "How do you like that... Mr. Darcy?" Me: *Spits out my coffee... onto my cat... and now she won't speak to me.
@@creationsbylizzylou8589 Update: It has been 20 hours since the incident, and my cat is still plotting my demise. If I die today, let it be known that Rachel's sweaty armpits were the CATalyst.
I've loved seeing more of your cat lately. Also, Cat's Costumery recently did a more historical version of this dress and showed an interesting method of joining the bodice and the skirt.
Cat’s Costumery here on UA-cam also recreated this dress and she solved the closure with a sort of asymmetrical dogleg thing. The skirt and bodice are attached across the back and half of the front, and the other half of the skirt buttons at the side. I’m doing a pretty poor job of explaining this so just check out her video
"I must tell you that I love, I love (pauses as if to sneeze) I love you." Homie same, when I first watched this on DVD when I was younger I was so instantly obsessed that I immediately re-started it as soon as the credits rolled. This was just the video I needed today, thank u
Thank you for making my day. I gave up sewing 15 years ago, but your videos have brought me to life again. So real and refreshing you are my new favorite.
I told my mom this week how this was my favorite dress in the whole movie. I've been researching and mentally making a pattern for this all week. This is Amazing, Thank You!
Cat's Costumery did a 2 part video on this dress about a month ago too, she had a neat solution for the waist fit. I'm not very good at articulating sewing, but basically part of her skirt was loose while the rest was connected to the bodice, and that way she could have a front and side close.
I think I about cried when the music started playing and the screen went into “cinema mode”. I’ve seen this movie so many times I could quote the entire thing in my sleep 😍 you looks so beautiful as Lizzy. That wig was SPOT ON. I MUST know where you got it. Something something my poor nerves!
AMAZING! I too love the 2005 version. The music is so wonderful. I used to watch it multiple times a week when I was in college to fall asleep to. While I love your gorgeous red hair, I do have to say that that shade of brown really suits you as well!
Your outfit turned out great and it looks amazing! I think the separates are a wonderful idea! There is a way to do that closure for a dress. I have seen in a video called "Making Elizabeth Bennet's dress from Pride & Prejudice, part II" by Cat's Costumery. The closure is at the 16:30 mark (if you're interested). Great work, Rachel!
Sorry if someone has said this already! There is a side opening on the skirt of the original dress, like a placket at the back, but instead to the left front at the beginning of the pleating (where it would be hidden and not easily spotted.) So essentially the front wasn't attached to the skirt so she can unbutton bodice, and skirt front to get in and out easy. There is an image I saw where she's talking Mr. Wickham where I spotted it. Love this film too and really enjoyed your video!
I'm always impressed by her ability to figure out how to mimic other's facial shadows when her own face, like all other faces, also makes it's own shadows. I struggle even getting illustrations I do to look like the people they're supposed to be.
Watching you crawl about on the floor, makes my lower back hurt! Love the knee pads!! Good idea. It never fails, whenever you place cloth and pattern on the floor, Frodo stomps across it or lies down on it. I have a similar problem, as my cat likes to do the same thing. Fur babies love to see what we are doing, and get involved! I was delighted to see that your dress came out well! The frolicking in the field was lovely! I always enjoy the out takes, too! Thank you for sharing your projects with us!! Stay safe! ~Janet in Canada
This particular version of Pride and Prejudice opened a new world to me: the world of period dramas and of the books they are based on. So, even if it isn't the most accurate version I love it and will always enjoy it. There, I said it.
I recently determined that I wanted to make the dress from that movie when Lizzie visits the Pemberley. I want it to be my prom dress; however, that may not happen based on the current circumstances. I still want to make the dress though :)
Don't let current circumstances get you down. Maybe you can't afford it??? But you can always plan to make it - find a pattern at a thrift shop or draft up a pattern and make a mock up out an old sheet. You will find an occasion to wear it even if it's not your prom.
holy crap can we just appreciate how good her make up skills are? Her face looked so much more like Keira Knightley's. When she put on the wig my jaw just dropped :o
Rachel! I'm constantly blown away by your ability to transform your facial features with what certainly seems like a minimal amount of makeup (plus maybe a wig when necessary) and never failing to achieve an incredible resemblance to the person whose features you've set out to recreate! Long story short (too late!) You totally nailed your transformation into Keira Knightly as Lizzie Bennet! Now, THAT, my friends, is true artistry!
22:13 "What costumes you guys are making..." Me, at 3 am, who has never picked up a sewing needle nor walked into any kind of crafting/textile store but for some reason has been binge watching your videos for hours: "Ah"
Just for the record, I just walked into my apartment having forgotten I had restarted my computer. It was dark, all the lights were all off, I opened my front door to you whispering something and it scared the living daylights outa me! Congrats on being unintentionally spooky. You're a natural.
I was literally yelling at the screen that you should keep the two pieces separate, so I’m glad you heard me through the gulf of space and time that separates us and took my advice. Combining separate pieces to look like a single dress is a very period strategy and one I wish modern clothing used more often. Makes pieces more versatile and easy to alter.
Yyyyeeessssss. Another person on the 2005 P&P train. I love the movie.. It may be my favorite movie even if it's not as acuarate as other versions. This dress always stands out as being such a perfect fit for Keira Knightley. You look gorgeous in it. I can live vicariously through you and your videos so I thank you.
About the gaping at the neckline; I believe I had this same issue with a tunic I made for a client years ago. The problem was only apparent when she tried on the finished piece, so it was too late to change the pattern at that point. I believe what I did was pinch the excess away at the shoulder seam - might be worth a try! It would give a weird shoulder line on the flat pattern, but should look okay with everything sewn together.
Me: Personally, I thought the 1995 mini-series version of Pride and Prejudice was bett- * gets kicked in face by Rachel * Also me: Ok, you win. I think the fix to your gape-y neckline problem would be to re-draft the front bodice pattern piece so that the shoulder seam is shifted slightly inward (toward the neck) and making the V-neck edge just slightly more curved inward (toward the side of the neck). The pattern would look like the neckline had a slightly more scooped shape, but once you tried it on, it would have the V-shape you're going for. I don't know if my description made any sense (it would be MUCH easier to show you by drawing it) but I hope it helps! Keep up the sewing! ~Darla
Oh my goodness you absolutely nailed the makeup look! It was so freaky once you'd finished the eyes to have sudden flashes of Keira Knightley and the little lip tricks really sealed the deal! I actually also really enjoy that you kept them as separates because now they're just wardrobe staples and you can keep a little bit of Lizzie with you in everyday life.
Bernadette, Angela, Morgan, and Marika: "always make a mock up!"
Rachel: "haha" **snip**
The problem with mock up dresses is: Once they’re done I no longer have any desire nor energy do to it again. It’s no longer new and exciting. And what’s gonna happen with a mock up dress anyways? It’s identity is totally twisted. It’s not even a real dress. It’s mock up.
@@missrobinhoodie To be perfectly honest I'm the same way with the creativity fatigue after making a mockup, I really only do them for very important projects. When i do make them I pick them apart to reuse the fabric for another mockup later.
This is also me.
Mockup?
Nawww.
I only plan on making mockups of corsets and stays. Everything else is taken over by my chaotic ADHD energy and caffeine.
@@missrobinhoodie I get that every time I make one. Whenever I can, I will break down the mockup I created and use it as lining for the finished project so that all that work doesn't go to "waste". It's not like anyone but myself will see/wear the lining, right?
I love the dress and I love Lizzie Bennett but sadly, I’m far more like Mr. Darcy. I, too, just want to throw up and cry whenever I’m out in public and accidentally insult my crush whenever she’s near me. Love the dress!
Hahaha honestly SAME.
What a steaming hot MOOD
Same.
*Insert Lady Gaga's "incredible, showstopping, never be the same" monologue here*
😂😂😂😂❤️❤️❤️❤️
I finally found out what Rachel’s tattoo says. “There is some good in this world Mr Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for!” Sam Gamgee. Honestly my favorite quote from The Lord of The Rings! ❤️
I know Rachel's whole vibe is like planned chaos, but this woman knows how to get her shots on point👏🏻👏🏻
Yeah, it’s awesome. These videos cleanse my soul
A few weeks ago I thrifted a green silk robe because I had the sudden realization: I have dreamed about wearing a beautiful green silky robe for 15 years. I have a silky green garment I've meant to alter for a freaking decade. Do I need more clothes? REALLY NO. But $7 to fulfill a dream I've had for half my life was so easy. We all have some small or easier dreams, make them happen! BE the sexy, silky, green lady of your dreams!
Heehehee YESSS that's the spirit!!!
i just got a vintage hand mirror and hairbrush set from an estate sale the other day. I've literally wanted a set since I was a child. It's the little, seemingly meaningless to other people, kind of dream items that make the largest impact i think.
Omg, I have the same dream!! I’ve never found my dream robe, I think I need to just make it...
@@perpetuallylydia1241 I've always really wanted one too, and found a beautiful silver set from an antique shop last week! We're all achieving dreams around here 😂
aw, amazing! i have always wanted a nice thick and warm chunky cropped cardigan, and i finally have one!
we knew this was coming. she’s gone and done it. we love our gal achieving her dream goals
Heehhee🙈🙈🙈❤️❤️❤️ only took me like 8 years it's FINEEEE
@@rachelmaksy That gives me so much hope, that I will eventually sew the projects I have planned a while ago. :D
@@rachelmaksy more cat videos please 🥺
@@JIKitty okkkyc
@@starlitsky4156 what are you talking about
"How do you like that Mr. Darcy?!" Elizabeth said as she waggled her eyebrows and waved around her soiled pit stain.
Mr Darcy looked at her with unaffected astonishment. For he was both intrigued and utterly bewitched.
Well it's not the weirdest fan-fic ever...
This reminds me of the Hark! A Vagrant! comics
I spit out my morning coffee
🥰✨
Why is this romantic? God, your brain! 😂😍
"No one sees your pockets. I don't think it matters how pretty they are."
**cries in 18th century pockets**
this video was food for my soul, I swear I've seen that movie probably fifty times and just last night my face lit up when I saw it on Netflix even though I HAVE THE FILE SAVED TO MY COMPUTER..... anyway this dress is beautiful and you did an amazing job!!
Same! Even though my sewing skills are few if not none, it made me wanna get up and make it🤣
...do *all* costumer youtubers know each other??
It's one of like 10 movies I actually have on DVD
@Annabelle I'm going to have to disagree with you here. Not that I think the 2005 one is better, but I think they both have different goals because of the mediums they're on. It's not a fair comparison because they're very different beasts.
@Annabelle Annabelle stop with the spamming
Me: -about 7 or 8 mins in-
Fiance: -turns around from his computer- "I always know who you're watching based off of the music."
😂😂😂🙈🙈❤️❤️
I’m so impressed by the fact that she taught herself to sew
“If I LiKe It I aM gOinG tO maKe It” 😂 yess
Words to live by.
Me with legos when i was like 8 years old
Its the best way to do it sometimes! I taught myself to sew, but haven't worked up to larger projects like this yet... she's one of my inspirations! Bernadette is too :D
@@jinxydoll both ladies are indeed inspiration in human form.
Yes! 💝Dig Rachel's "can do" spirit when it comes to sewing. ✂️She just plunges in, 📏creates a few adjustments to suit her vision as needed, & makes it work in the end. ☆Brilliant☆. Admire her creativity & commitment.
🐥Such a chicken myself, but one day hoping Rachel might help me work up the courage to try something simple like swapping out buttons.
👭 Those Canadian "Sorry Girls" are equally excellent @ risk taking when it comes to their thrift flips. Their refashion projects seem slightly more attainable than starting from scratch.
🏆Super seamstresses like Bernadette & Aussie Evelyn Wood are also lovely, but I don't aspire to their seriously advanced skill level. Way above my humble aspirations. 😉
Your take on this dress was SO refreshing -- like a turn about the room!
Hahaha THANK YOOOU ❤️❤️❤️
Keira and Natalie were in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace together. George Lucas couldn't tell them apart, and even Natalie's mom had trouble differentiating the two when they were both dressed as Amidala and Naboo handmaidens.
Wait. WHAT??
@@jessawinter1707 Yep! When you see Padme as a handmaiden in the Phantom Menace, Keira is disguised as Queen Amidala.
"If they know we can shapeshift, they'll alert the church!!"
Have you ever thought about doing a patreon where people can get the patterns for the clothes you make? Like I would definitely pay 5 dollars a month for the ability to get the patterns for this dress, a vest you made, or some of your Halloween costumes. You could even include a chart to explain what size a pattern should be for plus size people as well like if you're a size 14 times this number by whatever and this will be your size, or just how to calculate that for people to let them do it on their own. Love your channel and it always brightens my day!
That's a great idea
I would love this.
yess!!!!!
edit: i would love to see the patterns she made for herself, but expecting her to make a commercial pattern is kinda bad
one can learn to grade a pattern.. size it up or down accordingly. it's called paper, pencil, ruler.. scissors. measuring tape and a bit of floor.
julia s. ferdinand speaking as a home seamstress that drafts and modifies my own patterns: that is a very time intensive process, you cannot assume that Rachel would want to do that.
The cat is just like “mother... mother, I crave violence”
Haven't even watched it yet, but had to upvote for old fashioned cat talk and the content checking out :D
*must mention how my cats are actually lovely not to feel guilty*
Just like my sister's new kitten. I had to house sit last week and that was her behavior if she wasn't napping or eating. Absolute sweetheart and cute as a button otherwise.
Her cat may want to play, more specifically than violence (sort of the same difference, really). It's hard to tell what exactly they want--especially when you don't have them on an eat, sleep, play, repeat schedule, lol 😅.
Corpus Hermeticum let me guess you’re probably of the opinion that Selena Gomez from wizards of waverly place is superior to Hannah Montana, and other such politically profound insights
“COMMENCE the FROLICKING!”
I felt this. It’s like a much-needed form of therapy. 😂
Heehehhee❤️❤️❤️❤️
That version of Pride and Predjudice is honestly my absolute favourite. The rain scene. Holy moly
This is weird but I love how you pretty much mention being sweaty in just about every video. I love your aesthetic but i'm a sweaty person and for the longest time i was just really uncomfortable with looking like I was sweaty and i thought it was really embarrassing even though its a completely natural response to the environment???
you need to get a mini split for air conditioning
Same here I sweat a lot but also really easily and sometimes I’m embarrassed even though it’s natural
Same, I have hyperhidrosis
Same!!!
Binx had a taste of the limelight and now she's LIVING FOR IT
Hahaha she CAN'T GET ENOUGH
It’s my favorite thing 😭
I'm just here for the cat
Binx says she needs her own UA-cam channel, just like Maru.....
As a new cat mom, I'm *greatly* enjoying the increasing amount of Binx Content.
Hahahaha she just randomly decided she wanted to be in the spotlight apparently 😂
* sees sweaty armpit * "DoEs ThAt TeMpT yOu Mr. DaRcY?!" Followed by the beautiful montage... just perfection!
You did such an amazing job!
It's my comfort film. Whenever I am feeling sad and anxious, I watch it and I feel safe.
I don't often laugh out loud at things but the armpit "mistah DAHcy" bit has KILLED ME
My mother was of that generation that thought, "All girls should be taught to be ladies", so I was forced to go to private school and take etiquette & deportment classes, that taught, "A true lady never sweats!" To see you exhibiting your sweat stained armpit, with pride, was truly hilarious! How free and delightful is this generation! Rachel you are so bold and brash and simply wonderful! I was a tom boy of the first water and school was an agony. My teachers disdained me for my attitude and lack of elegance. I didn't care and remained a free spirit, rebelling to the last. Only one thing I took away from that school, a love for sewing. My advice to all: Be yourself, be yourself, don't let them put you on a shelf. Take your scissors and your skills and make whatever gives you thrills. If it be a dress or bonnet, let it ever be your sonnet. Be yourself! Be yourself! Be yourself!
I simply adore Pride and Prejudice and loved this project. Thanks for all the joy Rachel!
That was absolutely lovely and needed, Lesa 🤍🙂
What a delightful comment ❤️ Thanks for sharing your story!
are u kidding me i just watched p&p with my wife and were like: that brown dress looks like something rachel maksy would wear
That stripe dress she wears when she visits Darcy’s home is my absolute dream 😭😭😭
Same!! That and the one she wears to the ball at Netherfield are my absolute favorites.
I wish I could own her entire wardrobe to wear on the regular. 😍
I am constantly astounded by how Rachel can legit make herself look like a different human being with makeup
The final look is so perfect from the back, it honestly looks like a scene from the movie. Then she turned around and it felt like one of those gifs where they photoshop someone else's head into a movie scene. I love it!
Once you started the lips i was like “wow, natalie? Knightly? Rachel? Which...who...what magic is this!!!”
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The resemblance is uncanny. You did a great job, of looking like her in a "natural" way, as opposed to looking like a caricature. Well done!
Yup, the lip was the defining feature.
I love fridays because Fridays are when we all get to hang with friend Rachel for 15ish minutes and in these times, pretending to have friends is almost like having real friends.
Troubleshooting tip: regarding the bust issue where the darts went in. I’ve noticed sometimes with clothes the “problem area” isn’t really where the problem is.
Looking at some movie stills, since Keira is uh less busty (what’s the nice way to say flat chested?) I think the way to get your dress bodice to match hers would be to add fullness at the princess seam below the bust, rather than above at the edge. Idk, I’m NO expert, but I have seen that help in my own makes.
Love the video, and I’m quite tempted to make me one too, one of these days 😁 that skirt is amazingly awesome and swooshy
* video ends *
Me: * IMMEDIATELY turns on Pride and Prejudice *
uhh...me too... this will be my .12th time watching it this week...what’s sad is i’m not even exaggerating😅
@@ambercammack3886 I'm happy to know other people do this too
Yuup. Doing the same thing right now :D
Haha I just finished watching the movie!
Has anyone read the book if so how many chapters and pages is it? Also is there an audiobook?
As someone who sews, her rolling about the floor in agony during the cutting process was the single most relatable thing I've seen all week
When I was a camp counselor the teens borrowed by Pride and Prejudice DVD for movie night and I had to hunt it down before camp ended. I love this movie so much.
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The theme from the dvd menu has been my alarm tone for over a decade now 🤣🤣me and my mom watchit allthe time. #darcyisdeliciousandkeiraisaqueen
I’m always amazed how you end up looking like the characters in the end! 😱
About gaping necklines: mock ups are the worst but super helpful in this situation! If you notice the gap early enough you can add and close the dart on the pattern, this way you’ll “reduce” the length of your neckline and prevent it from gaping in your final garment! And since you’re taking the excess away before cutting your fabric is going to be invisible on the final garment 💖
About joining bodice and skirt: Don’t think there’s really a good or bad way of doing it... what you did with this project is just fine. Sometimes we forget that we have to join our pieces together and we just make the bodice close on the front and the skirt on the back (opsss not that I’m talking from experience, I won’t admit that I did this SEVERAL times 👀)
So we have to keep that in mind when we’re planning our final garment and change the placements of things beforehand if the style of the dress allows for it of course!
For this dress I can’t really think of a better way to join them, I think this style (with the buttoned front bodice) works better with really petite figures that can get away just with slipping it on from the front opening 🤔
Otherwise you would need to change the design a little bit and add an overlapping seam on the front, to mimic what you did on the bodice, and let a couple of inches near the waist unstitched, add hook and eyes to close it (so it won’t flap around) to create a slit in the front that will help you get in the garment
I hope I explained myself well,m enough, English it’s not my first language sorry 😅
Well... English is my not my first language either and i would LOVE to speak it as good as you do !! ^ ^
@@elisedasvin170 thank you so much! 😭
Your English is fine, perhaps better than some people who speak English as their first language. No need to apologize😊
When the thunderstorm hit I really hoped you'd say "Now she'll have to stay the night exactly as I predicted..." But you're Lizzie, of course, so I said it for you 😂😂😂
HAHA ohh man missed opportunity 😂😂😂😂
Ikr! I was like you're not going to use the rain opportunity to quote a line from the book? Come on!
Rachel, you are a breath of fresh air in the sewing community. Not afraid to be seen to not know things and to try something new. It has helped me to be less afraid of just giving more complicated sewing a whirl.
This awesome dress aside - kneepads while scrabbling on the floor cutting out patterns are a freaking revelation! (But also the dress is pretty and I'm feeling all inspired and now I wanna sew stuff again - first time in literally 2 years).
She knows about the Frodo compilation and she’s demanding her own.
Hahaha seriously!!! She's like LOOK HELLO I CAN BE HUMOROUS TOO
me too. I don't even know kitties name but I love her and want to see more :P
"Hit me right in the aesthetic" is now my favorite thing you've ever said and it would be so great on your merch.
I initially misread the title as “Lizzie Borden” and I was both delighted and bewildered. This is absolutely delightful c:
But where's the hatchet?
I'm glad I'm not the only one who did this, haha
that would have been more accurate...
Pride and Prejudice and Manslaughter
I want the life she's having, she feels so cozy and she looks like she's genuinely having fun with the things she's doing.
Just saw this for the first time and after several weeks of binge-watching past Rachels, I am more impressed than ever that this fresh-faced and adorable woman can change herself into any number of our favorite heroes, including this very convincing and exotic Keira lookalike. Rachel, I truly admire you and your ability to futz around until a costume makes sense.
"I hATe sUMmEr" is the most relatable content I've ever seen on this channel and there has been sooo much
I'm hardcore autumn and winter... and very early spring. Summer is my enemy.
@@odd-eyes9463 the best people are
I don't have any seasons here but summer sucks. It's even hotter than it usually is here, and it's gross, humid, sticky, and overall a bad season. Love the ice cream and the swimming though.
I hate summer sooo much. Just the thought of sitting perfectly still, not moving a muscle.... and still sweating profusely and looking like you just stepped out of the shower. Cringe!!!
I am a hardcore fall and winter gremlin, I hate spring, and I hate summer. (Except for thunderstorms, thunderstorms are nice)
I love the 2005 Pride and Prejudice!!! I used to watch it so many times I could talk along with all the dialogue haha The final outcome is beautiful!
Heehee yes!!! That's me and Moulin Rouge as well 😂😂
Rachel: Beautiful enough to look like a queen in every video and tempt me away from the middle of Hamilton.
😂😂🙈🙈🙈 I am HONORED
@@rachelmaksy You do such amazing transformations. Thank you!!!
Oh my god same.
Rachel is NOT throwing away her shot.
Omg you got it exactly. Like when you're frolicking at the end, you look SO much like her, just wow
The makeup on this one really did do an eerie transformation. Strong resemblance to the actress.
"don't know how historically accurate that is" pretty much sums up that whole movie tbh😂
You did a good job, dress looks great!!
@serendipidus1 Sure the dresses all din't look the same, and fashion was not always followed by the poor- they'd reuse and refashion the dresses from previous fashions, but making a new dress so far from any fashion of the time probably wouldn't happen. And in addition to that the Bennets were not poor- despite what the 2005 will have you believe. They were part of the landed gentry, and though they might have been poor in the eyes of people like the Darcys and Bingleys they were by no means poor as to the standard meaning of the word. So odds are, they'd have fairly fashionable clothes.
@serendipidus1 Yeah, the 2005 movie overall isn't great for historical accuracy or literary accuracy, but people who don't care about that really like it! Empire waists was all the rage, so it doesn't sit quite right in time even though admittedly it is a pretty dress
"Bob's your uncle. ... Mr. Gardiner's your uncle." 😂
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Now I really want to know where that phrase Bob's your uncle came from
"And so none of the Hertfordshire ladies could please you, Mr. Darcy? Not even the famous Miss Bennets?" I prefer the BBC series to the film. Great work on the dress though. :)
Thank you love!!! It's definitely better in terms of staying truer to the book but 2005 is EYE CANDY ✨✨✨✨
Same
@@rachelmaksy and music candy. Ooph! That soundtrack is a dream!
Rachel Maksy in of the same mind. The bbc is more fulfilling story-wise but oh the cinematography and settings of the 2005 version!
same, but this dress is amazing!
110% here for this. The 2005 can be an absolute masterpiece AND the 1995 can also be incredibly good. You don't have to choose, you can have it all! You did an amazing job and I would LOVE to see more Austen outfits/styles in the future.
One tip for the bust dart fix (if you use the same pattern again). It's a little hard to describe in words, but here we go.
-On the pattern, draw a straight line from the area on the neckline that's popping out to the edge of the princess seam (doesn't matter too much where it lands).
-Next, cut on that line from the neckline until the seam line, leaving just a tiny bit attached like a hinge.
-Overlap the edges at the top by however much you need. For instance, if you pinch the excess together so it fits well and there's 1 inch of extra fabric, overlap the pattern by an inch.
This technique usually works best in smaller amounts, like less than 1.5 inches, but there's no harm in trying to do more! And if you have the time and patience, whipping up a quick mockup to test out if it fits is super helpful.
Hope this made sense!
I just want you to know I'm quite obsessed with you. I feel at home here in a way I have never found on UA-cam. Thank you for sparking my confidence to actually start dressing vintage after so many years of thinking about it but being too nervous and concerned. Feel inspired 😍
Oh my gosh you are so sweet 😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️
Your sewing is really improving! You can definitely see how much you've learned- keep it up!
Thank you so much 😭😭❤️❤️❤️ still a lot to learn but it's funny how you learn how to problem solve the more stuff you make 😂
Rachel: *Has Sweaty Armpits Also Rachel: "How do you like that... Mr. Darcy?" Me: *Spits out my coffee... onto my cat... and now she won't speak to me.
@@creationsbylizzylou8589 Update: It has been 20 hours since the incident, and my cat is still plotting my demise. If I die today, let it be known that Rachel's sweaty armpits were the CATalyst.
The Jade Elf it has been documented. We are ready with the investigation department just incase 🕵🏼
@@thejadeelf6283 u alive still boo?
She dead
I've loved seeing more of your cat lately. Also, Cat's Costumery recently did a more historical version of this dress and showed an interesting method of joining the bodice and the skirt.
I love this version of Pride & Prejudice. I think it's the best one and I watch it all the time too.
does anyone else think she totally looked liked natalie portman after doing that eye makeup trick? thats not make up but wizardry.
But it's supposed to be Keira Knightly 👀
@@darlene3d lmaooooo
I saw it immediately !
But Kiera Knightly was Princess Amadala's (aka Natalie Portman) decoy in Star Wars Phantom Menace so she's no too far off.
@@sunnydoom2726 came here to say that lol
Cat’s Costumery here on UA-cam also recreated this dress and she solved the closure with a sort of asymmetrical dogleg thing. The skirt and bodice are attached across the back and half of the front, and the other half of the skirt buttons at the side. I’m doing a pretty poor job of explaining this so just check out her video
"I must tell you that I love, I love (pauses as if to sneeze) I love you." Homie same, when I first watched this on DVD when I was younger I was so instantly obsessed that I immediately re-started it as soon as the credits rolled. This was just the video I needed today, thank u
Thank you for making my day. I gave up sewing 15 years ago, but your videos have brought me to life again. So real and refreshing you are my new favorite.
ok but the second you put the wig on i could see an extreme resemblance between kiera knightly and you??? you are SO good at makeup holy shit
When I saw that teaser in your stories, I got SO EXCITED when I realized it would be Lizzie Bennet's brown dress! A true dream dress 👗💕
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I told my mom this week how this was my favorite dress in the whole movie. I've been researching and mentally making a pattern for this all week. This is Amazing, Thank You!
Cat's Costumery did a 2 part video on this dress about a month ago too, she had a neat solution for the waist fit. I'm not very good at articulating sewing, but basically part of her skirt was loose while the rest was connected to the bodice, and that way she could have a front and side close.
Rachel: here’s the finished result lemme just show you real quick
Also Rachel: throws in litteral cinematic masterpiece
Also the "film" portion of this video was absolutely beautiful.
Absolutely would buy merch that says get cozy and read a book like it's 1802.
That pattern was the one my mother used to make my prom dress my junior year of high school! 1980
I love it so much!
Rachel Maksy
Me, too!
Rachel's life advice: Make clothes from scratch, read books by candle light, party like it's 1802
Right now we're all partying like its 1918.... so... Edwardian style?
I think I about cried when the music started playing and the screen went into “cinema mode”. I’ve seen this movie so many times I could quote the entire thing in my sleep 😍
you looks so beautiful as Lizzy. That wig was SPOT ON. I MUST know where you got it. Something something my poor nerves!
AMAZING! I too love the 2005 version. The music is so wonderful. I used to watch it multiple times a week when I was in college to fall asleep to. While I love your gorgeous red hair, I do have to say that that shade of brown really suits you as well!
That was the most satisfying skirt twirl I think I've ever witnessed
ya'll know the drill: rachel uploaded so drop whatever you're doing and watch!!
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Your outfit turned out great and it looks amazing! I think the separates are a wonderful idea! There is a way to do that closure for a dress. I have seen in a video called "Making Elizabeth Bennet's dress from Pride & Prejudice, part II" by Cat's Costumery. The closure is at the 16:30 mark (if you're interested). Great work, Rachel!
Sorry if someone has said this already!
There is a side opening on the skirt of the original dress, like a placket at the back, but instead to the left front at the beginning of the pleating (where it would be hidden and not easily spotted.) So essentially the front wasn't attached to the skirt so she can unbutton bodice, and skirt front to get in and out easy. There is an image I saw where she's talking Mr. Wickham where I spotted it. Love this film too and really enjoyed your video!
Good eye!
I'm always impressed by her ability to figure out how to mimic other's facial shadows when her own face, like all other faces, also makes it's own shadows. I struggle even getting illustrations I do to look like the people they're supposed to be.
Watching you crawl about on the floor, makes my lower back hurt! Love the knee pads!! Good idea. It never fails, whenever you place cloth and pattern on the floor, Frodo stomps across it or lies down on it. I have a similar problem, as my cat likes to do the same thing. Fur babies love to see what we are doing, and get involved!
I was delighted to see that your dress came out well! The frolicking in the field was lovely! I always enjoy the out takes, too! Thank you for sharing your projects with us!! Stay safe! ~Janet in Canada
This particular version of Pride and Prejudice opened a new world to me: the world of period dramas and of the books they are based on. So, even if it isn't the most accurate version I love it and will always enjoy it. There, I said it.
I recently determined that I wanted to make the dress from that movie when Lizzie visits the Pemberley. I want it to be my prom dress; however, that may not happen based on the current circumstances. I still want to make the dress though :)
I love that dress too! Up top ✋
Make the dress!
Don't let current circumstances get you down. Maybe you can't afford it??? But you can always plan to make it - find a pattern at a thrift shop or draft up a pattern and make a mock up out an old sheet. You will find an occasion to wear it even if it's not your prom.
Make the dress make the dress it's glorious
@@helenebennie3961 it's because prom isn't happening due to covid
holy crap can we just appreciate how good her make up skills are? Her face looked so much more like Keira Knightley's. When she put on the wig my jaw just dropped :o
It’s my favorite version too! I’m getting “most ardently”’tattooed on my wrist next week! ❤️
Rachel! I'm constantly blown away by your ability to transform your facial features with what certainly seems like a minimal amount of makeup (plus maybe a wig when necessary) and never failing to achieve an incredible resemblance to the person whose features you've set out to recreate! Long story short (too late!) You totally nailed your transformation into Keira Knightly as Lizzie Bennet! Now, THAT, my friends, is true artistry!
You said the darts were bothering you, might I suggest embroidery pattern of that time period? Some great patterns could work well :)
22:13 "What costumes you guys are making..."
Me, at 3 am, who has never picked up a sewing needle nor walked into any kind of crafting/textile store but for some reason has been binge watching your videos for hours: "Ah"
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Same, except for the fact that I'm a pencil-pen-&-paint artist and wild horses couldn't keep me out of craft stores.
Every time I see a makeup transformation im literally the if the men find out we can shapeshift meme
I feel like I watch that video an unreasonable amount xD "Men don't like nostrils."
They’re going to tell the church.
Just for the record, I just walked into my apartment having forgotten I had restarted my computer. It was dark, all the lights were all off, I opened my front door to you whispering something and it scared the living daylights outa me! Congrats on being unintentionally spooky. You're a natural.
her without the wig looks so funny and cartoony..she puts on a wig and OH MY GOSH ITS SO PERFECT
I was literally yelling at the screen that you should keep the two pieces separate, so I’m glad you heard me through the gulf of space and time that separates us and took my advice. Combining separate pieces to look like a single dress is a very period strategy and one I wish modern clothing used more often. Makes pieces more versatile and easy to alter.
Yyyyeeessssss. Another person on the 2005 P&P train. I love the movie.. It may be my favorite movie even if it's not as acuarate as other versions. This dress always stands out as being such a perfect fit for Keira Knightley. You look gorgeous in it. I can live vicariously through you and your videos so I thank you.
Thank you lovely!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
About the gaping at the neckline; I believe I had this same issue with a tunic I made for a client years ago. The problem was only apparent when she tried on the finished piece, so it was too late to change the pattern at that point. I believe what I did was pinch the excess away at the shoulder seam - might be worth a try! It would give a weird shoulder line on the flat pattern, but should look okay with everything sewn together.
Me: Personally, I thought the 1995 mini-series version of Pride and Prejudice was bett-
* gets kicked in face by Rachel *
Also me: Ok, you win.
I think the fix to your gape-y neckline problem would be to re-draft the front bodice pattern piece so that the shoulder seam is shifted slightly inward (toward the neck) and making the V-neck edge just slightly more curved inward (toward the side of the neck). The pattern would look like the neckline had a slightly more scooped shape, but once you tried it on, it would have the V-shape you're going for. I don't know if my description made any sense (it would be MUCH easier to show you by drawing it) but I hope it helps! Keep up the sewing!
~Darla
The armpit moment literally had me laughing out loud!! I love it!!
Oh my goodness you absolutely nailed the makeup look! It was so freaky once you'd finished the eyes to have sudden flashes of Keira Knightley and the little lip tricks really sealed the deal!
I actually also really enjoy that you kept them as separates because now they're just wardrobe staples and you can keep a little bit of Lizzie with you in everyday life.
I’m watching this while hand stitching face masks. Your sewing videos give me the urge to IMMEDIATELY start a new sewing project.
"If i like it, i am goin to make it"
**6 year old me with Legos, trying to make the car i drew in class**
I love this so much! Side note: “Dawn” was the music I walked down the aisle to so...YAY!
Wow, I love the dress. You really hit it out of the park! You look nice with darker hair.