Posting any question will lead to various replies. No one doubts the woman's work. What has been happening is a critiquing of the style of the garment. I believe what is pushing a few buttons are that this garment is being presented or implied as a gown that would have been worn during the Middle Ages and this kind o' rankles a few who are seriously into authentic. Plus the thought of "possible" misinformation being passed on to people can make one annoyed. I have emailed to see if she has docs. as her Burgundian rendition and French gown seems to have some research behind it so perhaps she has found a source. Personally, I like the dress though I would change a few things like the white trim and remove the modern princess seams but the colour is a fine combination. If I had the figure to wear this, I probably wouldn't wear it to an Medieval SCA event as I like to shoot little higher on the "authenticity" meter but I would wear it to a RenFaire, Costume Convention or a SCI-FI convention. I do not believe that anyone on this list has been ripping the woman to shreds but I believe that her gown has been harshly critiqued by a few. I am glad that you brought up the gore question because there is always the possibility that someone has found hard proof of it and I have never seen this company before and probably would not have if you had not asked the question. And though I probably will not order from them (as I am in the US and can't afford them) I like to see people's rendition of garments as much as looking at extent garments. :)
De -----Original Message----- Now I feel really bad about posting this "gores question". The picture just kind of caught my eye, as I'd heard some people telling me that contrasting gores were accurate in the middle ages - a fact that I wasn't very sure of. So I just wanted to ask. It wasn't meant to doubt the lady's work at all. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
