A a former teen/young adult plus size goth, and now a super sized plus woman this chanel makes me so happy because I couldn't find size inclusive goth clothes that fit and flattered my shape. Now that I own a sewing machine, and work in the fashion district (access to fabric and sewing machine supply stores), this has inspired me to start making clothes for my goth self and my cottage core child. I might even be able to make her a pouffy pretty pink dress with puffy sleeves like she wants. Thank you for the size inclusive videos/patterns.
Love your channel Amy. It's so refreshing to see a fellow Aussie on the 'Tube and I love your inclusivity. Thanks for educating me too. I had never heard of Whimsy Goth; you made me feel old when you mentioned the '90s for flared pants - my mind went straight to the '70s.🤣
Thanks for watching! I think 70s if it's flared jeans but flared stretch pants are post 80s for me. Though, the platforms of the 70s definitely made the flares more practical. I remember my hems always got ruined when I was a teenager
Hell yeah you can!!!! But I agree, until you can see people like yourself in a certain style, it's hard to imagine yourself being part of it. Exactly why representation matters so much! Thanks for watching ❤️❤️❤️
I'd also recommend a few Muna & Broad patterns: the Whitlam Skirt (knit column skirt), the Nullarbor Cami and Dress (which can be cut straight or bias), and the Alistra Dress (knit column dress with either a scoop or turtle neck), all up to 71.5"/182 cm hip. Style Arc also has some good patterns, most of their items go up to a 61"/154 cm hip, and they have extended sizes up to a 70.125"/178 cm hip.
I love Muna and Broad! I have a few style arc patterns but haven't made any yet, though I do hear that their instructions can be a little minimal. Thanks for the great suggestions!
Amy!!! I am so obsessed with your channel! I pretty much just binge watched everything lol! I am also a plus size content creator! It is very hard to find plus size sewing videos! I’ve been on the look out for plus size patterns (the struggle is real) thanks so much for your content and please keep making these videos! This was very helpful and is so so needed on UA-cam! I can’t wait to see what other aesthetics videos you post! 🎉❤
I will only watch your videos for patterns now. Black clothes? Check. Plus Size? Check. Capsule wardrobe ideas? Super Check! Goth and style breakdowns? Hella check!
Yes!!!!! I'm in Australia so it's starting to heat up, I think that whimsy goth is going to be my go to for the hot weather. So interesting it can work so well for such opposing seasons!
Thanks for this video! I’ve been looking for sources similar to the ones you’ve pointed out. When I was living in Toronto back in the 1990s, there was a boutique clothing store named “Pam Chorley’s Fashion Crimes.” The bulk of the garments would have qualified as the modern equivalent of WhimsiGoth and it’s always coloured my own view of goth fashion- lots of texture, lace, velvet in cuts inspired from all over history. Very early historybounding, I guess. Wish I’d taken more photos of the storefront back then! 😃
My combo would be the Ellie and Mac dress in a crushed velvet in midnight blue as an underdress. Then lawrence dress in black lace, maybe different patterns on each tier with longer flutter sleeves. Finishing off with the gertie "belt". 😊
Interesting... goth with a twist... lol... all your patterns were very helpful n quite a few I have... hmmmm... have you seen the patterns by George&Ginger ??? They have many silhouettes than could be included by just your choice of fabrics also they have a group that they have labeled goth... have you seen Greenstyle's ultra crop top ??? It is for stretch fabric n could be done in mesh or crushed velvet n has to die for bishop sleeves n could also be hemmed n left loose... 1 view comes over the bust n a couple of others very cropped... checked the Miami wrap top by Ellie&Mac it has the sleeve ecstatic too... thank you for a new look into a very cool style...
I didn't know they have extended their size range, that is such a great suggestion! the leggings pattern would be so perfect for a Whimsigoth look! Thanks for all of your suggestions and for watching too!
I love the style of dress, and I tend to dress this way naturally. I think the way that you can make it more masculine would be to do a Howls moving castle style. If you made it more wizard like rather than 90s witch focused I feel like it could be really good for gender nonconforming or masculine people.
That's a really great suggestion, thank you! Admittedly there is so much overlap between this and Forrest witch and fairy Goth etc that I think I stayed pretty conservative with my choices, I didn't want any aesthetic purists to come at me 😅
you know what would be cool? --make the sleeves a bit larger and longer, then sew in about 3 to 4 lines of that string elastic first just under the deltoid, just under the upper arm...then above the elbow and then above the wrist but leave enough length at the wrist for flutter sleeves, would make the arms look like those renaissance paintings with the white under blouses puffing out of the velvet over jacket...am I making any kind of sense? talk about romance, I wish I could just draw it on here so you could get the whole picture, but it would be pretty I think.....but although I have a dress cut out of a sheet I have yet gathered the courage to sew, I draw way better....hadn't sewn since high school, was very hard, the bullying about how big my pieces were compared to the skinny girls, turned me right off of sewing...want to start again, but my body had fit issues that I don't think I can make a pattern fit well enough, the dress I am wanting to sew now is one of those old mexico dresses, loose with embroidery on the front...
YES! I know exactly what you mean! It's called shirring elastic and it would be brilliant! DM me on Instagram if you want to have a chat about your fit issues and the clothes your wanting to make. I would love to try and help you out. You would be amazed at what you can achieve once you know how to fit a pattern properly. I can highly recommend Jenny Rushmore's book "ahead of the curve" as well as her online classes through Cashmerette.
A a former teen/young adult plus size goth, and now a super sized plus woman this chanel makes me so happy because I couldn't find size inclusive goth clothes that fit and flattered my shape. Now that I own a sewing machine, and work in the fashion district (access to fabric and sewing machine supply stores), this has inspired me to start making clothes for my goth self and my cottage core child. I might even be able to make her a pouffy pretty pink dress with puffy sleeves like she wants. Thank you for the size inclusive videos/patterns.
Yes! That is so fantastic I would absolutely LOVE to see what you make! That dress sounds glorious!
Love your channel Amy. It's so refreshing to see a fellow Aussie on the 'Tube and I love your inclusivity. Thanks for educating me too. I had never heard of Whimsy Goth; you made me feel old when you mentioned the '90s for flared pants - my mind went straight to the '70s.🤣
Thanks for watching! I think 70s if it's flared jeans but flared stretch pants are post 80s for me. Though, the platforms of the 70s definitely made the flares more practical. I remember my hems always got ruined when I was a teenager
wimsigoth has felt so so so unapproachable being plus sized and this just made me so so happy and like i could participate!!!!
Hell yeah you can!!!! But I agree, until you can see people like yourself in a certain style, it's hard to imagine yourself being part of it. Exactly why representation matters so much! Thanks for watching ❤️❤️❤️
I have my old dress patterns from the 70s!
I never thought of using them until now.
Thank you for the inspiration
So cool!!!!
Also, check the standard pattern companies, they're reviving patterns of the 70s, such as Gunne Sax and Laura Ashley, only sized up to plus size!
These roundups are so fun!
Thanks so much for watching!
Loving the new hair colour on you! Great video with lots of patterns for everyone!
Thank you! 😊
I'd also recommend a few Muna & Broad patterns: the Whitlam Skirt (knit column skirt), the Nullarbor Cami and Dress (which can be cut straight or bias), and the Alistra Dress (knit column dress with either a scoop or turtle neck), all up to 71.5"/182 cm hip. Style Arc also has some good patterns, most of their items go up to a 61"/154 cm hip, and they have extended sizes up to a 70.125"/178 cm hip.
I love Muna and Broad! I have a few style arc patterns but haven't made any yet, though I do hear that their instructions can be a little minimal. Thanks for the great suggestions!
Gee I love this channel. Now I want to be all whimsy goth. Thank you so much.
Awe, thanks so much! I think whimsy goth is going to be my spring wardrobe inspiration 😹
Amy!!! I am so obsessed with your channel! I pretty much just binge watched everything lol! I am also a plus size content creator! It is very hard to find plus size sewing videos! I’ve been on the look out for plus size patterns (the struggle is real) thanks so much for your content and please keep making these videos! This was very helpful and is so so needed on UA-cam! I can’t wait to see what other aesthetics videos you post! 🎉❤
Wow thank you so so much! The struggle is incredibly real! I hope that the videos I'm making are at least helpful. Thanks for watching!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@@amyofmelbourne they definitely are, keep up the good work ❤️
I will only watch your videos for patterns now. Black clothes? Check. Plus Size? Check. Capsule wardrobe ideas? Super Check! Goth and style breakdowns? Hella check!
You are officially too sweet, thank you for making my day!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Another interesting pattern capsule wardrobe, never heard of whimsigoth either!! Lol thanks Amy
Thanks so much for coming back to watch my videos!
Love the whimsigoth concept. I am sewing for October which I celebrate for the entire month. Perfect timing.
Yes!!!!! I'm in Australia so it's starting to heat up, I think that whimsy goth is going to be my go to for the hot weather. So interesting it can work so well for such opposing seasons!
Thanks for this video! I’ve been looking for sources similar to the ones you’ve pointed out. When I was living in Toronto back in the 1990s, there was a boutique clothing store named “Pam Chorley’s Fashion Crimes.” The bulk of the garments would have qualified as the modern equivalent of WhimsiGoth and it’s always coloured my own view of goth fashion- lots of texture, lace, velvet in cuts inspired from all over history. Very early historybounding, I guess. Wish I’d taken more photos of the storefront back then! 😃
That sounds like heaven! I love historybounding too :)
My combo would be the Ellie and Mac dress in a crushed velvet in midnight blue as an underdress. Then lawrence dress in black lace, maybe different patterns on each tier with longer flutter sleeves.
Finishing off with the gertie "belt".
😊
Ooh I love that! Such a great suggestion, thank you!!!
Hi from Perth Amy,
I've just found your channel. Love it, keep it up.
Thanks so much!!!
So helpful! And inspiring! I'd like to see the Bellamy Blouse with the Dezi skirt.
Great suggestion! maybe with the duster in a mesh or lace over the top?
@@amyofmelbourne Love it!
Interesting... goth with a twist... lol... all your patterns were very helpful n quite a few I have... hmmmm... have you seen the patterns by George&Ginger ??? They have many silhouettes than could be included by just your choice of fabrics also they have a group that they have labeled goth... have you seen Greenstyle's ultra crop top ??? It is for stretch fabric n could be done in mesh or crushed velvet n has to die for bishop sleeves n could also be hemmed n left loose... 1 view comes over the bust n a couple of others very cropped... checked the Miami wrap top by Ellie&Mac it has the sleeve ecstatic too... thank you for a new look into a very cool style...
I didn't know they have extended their size range, that is such a great suggestion! the leggings pattern would be so perfect for a Whimsigoth look!
Thanks for all of your suggestions and for watching too!
I love this video! Will you do other styles? Maybe coastal grandmother? Or anything else…
Thanks for watching! I'm definitely going to make more of these, I've never heard of coastal grandma but I will add it to my list, thanks!
I love the style of dress, and I tend to dress this way naturally. I think the way that you can make it more masculine would be to do a Howls moving castle style. If you made it more wizard like rather than 90s witch focused I feel like it could be really good for gender nonconforming or masculine people.
That's a really great suggestion, thank you! Admittedly there is so much overlap between this and Forrest witch and fairy Goth etc that I think I stayed pretty conservative with my choices, I didn't want any aesthetic purists to come at me 😅
I feel like Stevie Nicks in the 1970s is an example of whimsigoth :)
Iconic Whimsigoth! Also Kate Bush, Julia Styles in 10 things, even Alice Cooper
@@amyofmelbourne yes! I recently took part in the Most Wuthering Heights day Ever and made a "somewhat whimsigoth" red dress lol
@@kckazcoll1 I love that!!!!
❤🧡💛
you know what would be cool? --make the sleeves a bit larger and longer, then sew in about 3 to 4 lines of that string elastic first just under the deltoid, just under the upper arm...then above the elbow and then above the wrist but leave enough length at the wrist for flutter sleeves, would make the arms look like those renaissance paintings with the white under blouses puffing out of the velvet over jacket...am I making any kind of sense? talk about romance, I wish I could just draw it on here so you could get the whole picture, but it would be pretty I think.....but although I have a dress cut out of a sheet I have yet gathered the courage to sew, I draw way better....hadn't sewn since high school, was very hard, the bullying about how big my pieces were compared to the skinny girls, turned me right off of sewing...want to start again, but my body had fit issues that I don't think I can make a pattern fit well enough, the dress I am wanting to sew now is one of those old mexico dresses, loose with embroidery on the front...
YES! I know exactly what you mean! It's called shirring elastic and it would be brilliant!
DM me on Instagram if you want to have a chat about your fit issues and the clothes your wanting to make. I would love to try and help you out. You would be amazed at what you can achieve once you know how to fit a pattern properly.
I can highly recommend Jenny Rushmore's book "ahead of the curve" as well as her online classes through Cashmerette.
@@amyofmelbourne thank you....being an apple, it's hard.