Need a child's victorian seaside outfit - where from?

blue_monkey_2

My DD has come home with a letter saying that she needs a child's seaside costume. I have googled and for the life of me cannot find a one piece type thing. Has anyone got any ideas at all?

I've found some bloomers on eBay but what can she wear with it.

Please help.

julie03

http://imagecache.allposters.com/images/pic/FIP/ts-00001-c_b~Greetings-from-the-Seaside-Two-Victorian-Girls-Posters.jpg
found this image. you could use the bloomers and a little white dress on top , with a mob hat, hope that helps

blue_monkey_2

Thanks Julie.

I've found long bloomers - the picture they gave us have long bloomers and some sort of sailer style dress (it's a bit blurred though) and the other child is in a one piece. My daughter (beleive this or not) does not wear dresses, do you know where I'd get something like this as I have not seen anything like it in Asda or Tesco, just summer style dresses. I've tried fancy dress shops but they just sell general outfits.

I get a bit naffed off having to buy things like this for one afternoon school play as she will never wear it again and the bloomers are £9 before I get the dress.

julie03

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PRETTY-cotton-SUNDRESS-white-by-TU-age-6NEW_W0QQitemZ190312735736QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGirl_s_Clothing?hash=item2c4f85e3f8&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1685%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 this might do and one of these http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/White-Lacey-Mob-Cap-Wench-Maid-Fancy-Dress-idea_W0QQitemZ130292584492QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAdult_Fancy_Dress_UK?hash=item1e560b102c&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1683%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 for her head
i know what you mean about the money, it costs a fortune at school these days

sooz

presumably you need it for tomorrow too!
Since it's for your DD not your DS, do you have a large cardboard box?
If so, make her a bathing machine...real ladies never show their bloomers in public

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathing_machine

blue_monkey_2

Thank guys, gives me an idea of what to look for. Surprisingly we have been given a whopping 4 weeks notice..... I hear you gasp...... but it seems daft to have to buy something thot will never be worn again.

It's not like it can be made unless you are very handy with a sewing machine. Seems a real waste more than anything else, that they expect you to buy something to wear just once.

Not like the chicken outfit we had to wear - my son went through a phase of wearing it loads in the garden, I am sure the neighbours (new ones!!) thought we was most strange.

sooz

4 weeks! You're lucky. We get 24 hours notice to grow seedlings & bring them in :mad:. I send it a pot, with a label & pic of what it should look like give a week.
do you have friends at a a nearby school, or in higher years?If you ask around, someone might have had to produce the same thing recently. I once got out of making a hedgehog outfit, by finding a kind friend who'd had to do the same thing only 2 months previously. She was quite glad to get it out of her house.

bonty44

Does she need bloomers? What about a pair of white leggings or pjama bottoms, cut off below the knee and trimmed with a bit of lace. I never buy costumes for the school afternoons; I'm grateful that they have them as I think children learn best through interactive learning but we always manage to cobble something together somehow ... and no, I can't sew, I wundaweb everything! DS1 has to go Victorian next Wednesday too ... cue blue vest, blue pj bottoms, cut off at the knee, a boater and a neatly drawn on curly moustache ... that's the best I can offer!

fernliebee

I would agree with bonty, schools don't want you to go out and spend a fortune! Some white or light coloured PJ bottoms or leggings with a vest and a skirt over the top. Or if she doesn't want a skirt then just the vest and trousers, add a hat, either straw type bonnet thing, or a mop cap thingy n your away! I also second the wondaweb!

blue_monkey_2

Hi everyone. Well, for those of you that have not heard from me before (and my whinging about my DD) she is a bit odd and *possibly* is high functioning autistic. My son is autistic but having told people what her behaviour is like they do think she is a bit, well, odd.

Do not even get me started on shoes, clothes and hair. She will wear 3/4 crop leggings and t-shirts. However, it is not that easy. T-shirts cannot be too... long/short/baggy/tight/loose/riding up, yadda yadda yadda. Leggings cannot sit to high up on the belly or too low down the leg, etc... shoes cannot be too loose and she does them up very, very tight. It means our wardrobe is very, very limited so when it comes to doing things like this there is nothing for me to convert as we do not have anything. They had a 'back to front day' for comic relief... I won't go into that. But if the clothes do not fit exactly right (and ideally without ANY seam rubbing) she has very long and long tantrums. I've a pile of clothes that I bought from Asda last week that she loved but has refused to wear for more than 5 seconds. It really is a complete nightmare.

But, I have found, and bought:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Very-Pretty-Dress-Age-6-years-Blue-White_W0QQitemZ250436104857QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGirl_s_Clothing?hash=item3a4f27b299&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

The lady cancelled my bid and said there was a mark on the collar but I said do not worry I'll still have it as it looks perfect with some bloomer type things (bought some long baggy age 2 bloomers as they'll be tighter on her and so will *fit* her better). Because of the issues with clothes I intend to try it on her, listen to her whinge for a few minutes over how bad it fits her shove it in a bag and let school deal with it on the day..... LOL!!

blue_monkey_2

Just remembered, year before last she was told that she had to be a chicken for the nativity play. It turned out that there was 5 of them and I mentioned I was getting mine from eBay for about £5, there was 10 available so got home about went online, 5 left, excellent, bought them and had a good laugh about how everyone else's kids would be in home made jobbies and our kids would be in their shop bought outfits.

On the day and the afternoon and morning kids all met up for Nativity and the parents there and the 5 kids from the afternoon, who were also chickens, were also wearing identical outfits to the ones we had and had obviously been the other person who who them from the seller on eBay. LOL!! There was one little girl who's mum clearly had no life and had painstakingly stuck on loads of brown feathers to an outfit for her, bless her, she did look better than our kids did though!!