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My first serious attempts came my first year in grad school, when I joined the SCA. Although my first garment was something I now refer to as the "Ostrogothic prom dress" (green taffeta bog-style gown), I "got better" fairly quickly, since being a history grad student did make me start glomming on to what was a good source and what wasn't fairly quickly. (The design of that first dress wasn't the issue--I just had no clue about fabric at the time....)
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Susan
Oh, I love this description-----can I steal it? My first SCA dress was made of stretch panne velvet, in a fitted coathardie style. Again, the design wasn't half bad, I just didn't have the fabric sense I quickly gained. Strangely enough, that first dress, made 30 years ago, bore a strange resemblance to some of the costumes seen in the Lord of the Rings movies.
Melusine
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