> I love the "Authentic" renaissance costume, which has "curved" bodice seams. > AAACK!
What style? What part of the renaissance? What pattern? I can't see any Simplicity "renaisance" pattern claiming to be authentic. The one under "Historical" 4508? I think they are going for a Jacobean and a Spanish court flavour for those.... Doublet bodices of the late 16thC can have curved seams, it means you can get a bodice to fit right up to the neck without distorting the centre front line. http://sayaespanola.glittersweet.com/extant.htm in there is a link to a jerkin on the Met Muesum site, it has curved front and back seams. Not all curved seams are created equal! The shapes on the Simplicity patterns would need to be tweaked to make them "better" though. Well they'd need to be completely redrafted for me even if I were to use it as a quickie costume pattern... but that's a whole other rant. Michaela de Bruce http://glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/401 - Release Date: 26/07/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
