I have seen this dress. In the original movie, The King And I, Anna is wearing one during the State Dinner seen when she is dancung with Yul Brenner.
--- Diana Habra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have finally found a propper picture to show. > This is a painting of the > > view over the thames. Its from the mid century. > You can clearly see that > > the > > ladies dresses dont have the sack backed trains in > the back. I have seen > > this type of dress in many danish paintings two, > yeat this type of dress > > is > > never spoken of in any history books. > > So i ask you! > > Please take a look at this painting wich i > uploaded, it is cropped just to > > show the persons, and its ben magnified a lot, so > its not the best > > quality. > > What is this dress called? Is it bodice and skirt, > or is the skirt > > attached > > to the bodice? > > I am so curious to hear what you think! > > > > http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/thames.htm > > To me it looks like a version of the "Anglaise" > style dress. Or am I > missing something? > > If they are Anglaise dresses, then the skirt is > attached to the bodice, > they close in the front with small straight pins, > and the bottom of the > bodice comes to a point in the front and back. The > skirt is also pleated > to the bodice all the way around. > > Hope that helps! > > Diana > > www.RenaissanceFabrics.net > "Everything for the Costumer" > > "Become the change you want to see in the world." > --Ghandi > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
