#bresse

Tada! It’s finally done! :) I'm pleased with the result!

A while ago, a few people drew the Doll in the traditional clothing of their respective regions.

My friend asked me the other day if i did it already or not. Like i explained in the post below, I didn’t had the chance yet. But now its finally done!

Also funny anecdote on the drawing process: I made the sketch of the body on paper and the rest on procreate. I lost my ruler so I had to buy another one just to be able to draw accurately and to respect the proportions of each body parts XD

Here’s a few other references i used:

I really tried to made a mixt between those types of clothes and the clothes the doll have. (I didn't put the black headdress= a brelot because 1: it would be hell to draw XD and 2: only married women wear that anyway. I think I did a great job designing it?

What's even funnier is that both the doll's clothes and a lot of those French traditional clothes are from the same era! (1800s, and the doll's are more particularly from the 1840s)

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So my « region » is what was called a long time ago « La Bresse » in France. This region in red here that is separated between 2 departments now. I come from the southern part. The department NUMBER ONE, L’AIN! (sorry xD our departments each have a number and they are classified in alphabetic order. So… #01!)

France is divided in big administrative regions (left) and smaller ones, the departments (right). (It’s missing the ones from Outre-mer too=Not on the main continent.) To simplify a lot, it’s for a few administratives things like budget for schools, culture, constructions, workroad etc

Each regions and even departments, especially in small villages can have very different traditions and different cultures: different expressions/ words and a long time ago even different languages. Different traditional clothes, different food, different architectures, and they all had their specialities and produced different types of products. (I simplified a lot here for the ones who really aren’t familiar).

All those differences are way less common now in this contemporary times, especially in big cities. But regions are still specialized in particular activities and products. And there’s traces of all of those thanks to many old buildings or even traditions kept by their inhabitants.