I really need to get the patterns for the knitted and felted clothing! I really hope the knitwear designer comes out with a book! You have such an eye for detail that each piece works beautifully with all the others. I’m so glad you love the books too!
Thank you!
I doubt the designer even knows their piece is on our show.But there are a lot of these kinds of pieces out there at Craft fairs, on Etsy in small shops.
Finding and using the knits made the costumes come together and become a whole. I did not originally plan on that, but it just shows up as one of those organic, magical things I always look out for.
Actually, I’ve found the designer. She has an etsy shop and is actually showing the pieces as being used in the show. I can forward you the link when I get home from work.
This is the person who is selling things that look similar to the show’s. On her page, it says her things were used on Outlander. I see that she is in Scotland. Is it possible that this is one of the artisans you bought from? I was planning on ordering, but I want to know that I am getting it from the right source. https://www.etsy.com/shop/InnerWild
I love all of the costumes that I have seen so far. The show is truly a piece of art.
I have purchased a few things from Inner Wild, as well as other artisans on ETSY. Claire’s knit cowl is made by someone else. If you shop around there are lots of amazing knits and felted pieces to be found.
How does the bodice attach to the stomacher on this? On some there is lacing across the front but not here. Are there hooks or buttons on the back of the bodice to the front of the stomacher?
The dress is unbelievably beautiful. I can’t imagine Claire in the clothes she wore (in my mind) for the last 15 years anymore. I can honestly say that it hadn’t occurred to me that the colors would be different, so I’ve now scrapped the colors she wore too. All of this makes the ‘new clothes’ Claire is wearing all the more fascinating. You have got a gift for taking us on a by simply dressing a person.
Terry I love your eye with the costuming.
The first picture i saw was one of Jamie in kilt, belts and full fighting regalia.
The colours and authenticity just struck me as being so right.
I have seen shows where the linen is snowy white after a fighting scene and the outfits seem as new. I really love it that these clothes look like what these people could have afforded and used and lived in. Thanks for bringing outlander all to life for me.
Yes, EllenSpins, I’ve found her, too. I’ve already purchased several pieces from her collection, since I’m sure she’ll be swamped with orders after Outlander airs.
Terry, I have a question for you: how different is it to design for someone like Caitriona, who has the perfect model’s figure, from cast members who may not be gifted with flawless figures for clothes? Are you so concerned with fabrics, accoutrements, schedules, and authenticity that there’s no time to worry about minimizing figure flaws? I always thought actors were fussy (and somewhat vain) about their costumes.
Actors are almost always vain and fussy, no matter what. Bless them. But their body, their voice, their being, is their instrument, and without a lot of self contemplation they usually are not very good.Focusing on self is their job.
Some more than others, and Outlander, we are BLESSED. No divas, no prima donnas. Lovely, lovely people.
But let me say one thing that I think is very important. I have worked with so many beautiful, famous, actors who are on your screens, the red carpets and in the fashion magazines. I have seen them all practically and sometimes all the way, naked. Not one of them has ever had a flawless figure. Not one.
Every single one has had a flaw, sometimes many. The actor without insecurity about their flaws is rare, just like all the rest of us. They are out there, they tend to be character actors, often theater people. If they are insecure, we usually work to hide it, so they can feel comfortable and get on with being someone else. If they are secure we just get on with it.
Everything you mentioned is my job. Anthropologist, sociologist, historian, PSYCHOLOGIST.
I should add accountant, publicist, advertising exec, teacher, mother, and if it wasn’t so late about 20 more job descriptions.
Terry is the knitted piece a scarf? Shawl? Typical for this period? At first glance, I thought of the scarfs – wrapped around their necks – young or trendy women wear now. The bold open knit is really lovely. Caitriona really wears it beautifully.
I have a question about the skirt – the width at the hips. It looks like there might be a frame over which the skirt is draped. How is that look created? Is there a functionally reason for the width, or is it purely aesthetics? (Which brings to mind the pointy bras worn in the late 50s and 60s. What a look! )
Skirts were worn over bum rolls, or panniers, and it was purely for aesthetic reasons.
There was an amazing show done years ago at the Met, on women’s underwear. An amazing timeline tracking what was going on in the world socially and politically, alongside one tracking underwear/lingerie.
Said a lot. Very profound.
Might you share the source of Claire’s cowl, the ‘someone else’? I’d be much obliged. Etsy has many ‘inspired’ cowls, but I’ve yet to find a pattern or source for one that is very like Claire’s. Thanks, in advance.
I really need to get the patterns for the knitted and felted clothing! I really hope the knitwear designer comes out with a book! You have such an eye for detail that each piece works beautifully with all the others. I’m so glad you love the books too!
Thank you!
I doubt the designer even knows their piece is on our show.But there are a lot of these kinds of pieces out there at Craft fairs, on Etsy in small shops.
Finding and using the knits made the costumes come together and become a whole. I did not originally plan on that, but it just shows up as one of those organic, magical things I always look out for.
Actually, I’ve found the designer. She has an etsy shop and is actually showing the pieces as being used in the show. I can forward you the link when I get home from work.
This is the person who is selling things that look similar to the show’s. On her page, it says her things were used on Outlander. I see that she is in Scotland. Is it possible that this is one of the artisans you bought from? I was planning on ordering, but I want to know that I am getting it from the right source. https://www.etsy.com/shop/InnerWild
I love all of the costumes that I have seen so far. The show is truly a piece of art.
I have purchased a few things from Inner Wild, as well as other artisans on ETSY. Claire’s knit cowl is made by someone else. If you shop around there are lots of amazing knits and felted pieces to be found.
This dress is gorgeous! Who knew brown plaid could be so beautiful.
I hated tartan before I did this show. Now I kind of love it.
I love the depth of these costumes!
How does the bodice attach to the stomacher on this? On some there is lacing across the front but not here. Are there hooks or buttons on the back of the bodice to the front of the stomacher?
We used hooks. there is some research that supports that there were hooks. In court, the women were sewn into their gowns.
The dress is unbelievably beautiful. I can’t imagine Claire in the clothes she wore (in my mind) for the last 15 years anymore. I can honestly say that it hadn’t occurred to me that the colors would be different, so I’ve now scrapped the colors she wore too. All of this makes the ‘new clothes’ Claire is wearing all the more fascinating. You have got a gift for taking us on a by simply dressing a person.
Terry I love your eye with the costuming.
The first picture i saw was one of Jamie in kilt, belts and full fighting regalia.
The colours and authenticity just struck me as being so right.
I have seen shows where the linen is snowy white after a fighting scene and the outfits seem as new. I really love it that these clothes look like what these people could have afforded and used and lived in. Thanks for bringing outlander all to life for me.
Yes, EllenSpins, I’ve found her, too. I’ve already purchased several pieces from her collection, since I’m sure she’ll be swamped with orders after Outlander airs.
Terry, I have a question for you: how different is it to design for someone like Caitriona, who has the perfect model’s figure, from cast members who may not be gifted with flawless figures for clothes? Are you so concerned with fabrics, accoutrements, schedules, and authenticity that there’s no time to worry about minimizing figure flaws? I always thought actors were fussy (and somewhat vain) about their costumes.
Thanks! (I love this blog, too.)
Actors are almost always vain and fussy, no matter what. Bless them. But their body, their voice, their being, is their instrument, and without a lot of self contemplation they usually are not very good.Focusing on self is their job.
Some more than others, and Outlander, we are BLESSED. No divas, no prima donnas. Lovely, lovely people.
But let me say one thing that I think is very important. I have worked with so many beautiful, famous, actors who are on your screens, the red carpets and in the fashion magazines. I have seen them all practically and sometimes all the way, naked. Not one of them has ever had a flawless figure. Not one.
Every single one has had a flaw, sometimes many. The actor without insecurity about their flaws is rare, just like all the rest of us. They are out there, they tend to be character actors, often theater people. If they are insecure, we usually work to hide it, so they can feel comfortable and get on with being someone else. If they are secure we just get on with it.
Everything you mentioned is my job. Anthropologist, sociologist, historian, PSYCHOLOGIST.
I should add accountant, publicist, advertising exec, teacher, mother, and if it wasn’t so late about 20 more job descriptions.
Terry is the knitted piece a scarf? Shawl? Typical for this period? At first glance, I thought of the scarfs – wrapped around their necks – young or trendy women wear now. The bold open knit is really lovely. Caitriona really wears it beautifully.
I have a question about the skirt – the width at the hips. It looks like there might be a frame over which the skirt is draped. How is that look created? Is there a functionally reason for the width, or is it purely aesthetics? (Which brings to mind the pointy bras worn in the late 50s and 60s. What a look! )
Skirts were worn over bum rolls, or panniers, and it was purely for aesthetic reasons.
There was an amazing show done years ago at the Met, on women’s underwear. An amazing timeline tracking what was going on in the world socially and politically, alongside one tracking underwear/lingerie.
Said a lot. Very profound.
Is it Inner Wild? I’ve ordered a couple of items from her, but I’d love to find this cowl! I can pick up my items tomorrow; I will post them!
No it is not. I buy from a LOT of artisans all over Scotland and the UK. No one makes anything for us.
Thank you. That is good to know. How fun it must be to look for those perfect pieces for the show. Challenging, too, I’m sure!
Might you share the source of Claire’s cowl, the ‘someone else’? I’d be much obliged. Etsy has many ‘inspired’ cowls, but I’ve yet to find a pattern or source for one that is very like Claire’s. Thanks, in advance.