Dear Sharon Henderson. Thanks for your post. This is not anything about undergarments, but i am sure these wil be a big inspiration to you, they are to me! Louis Carrogis made these water colours pictures of the french nobility: http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CSearchT.aspx?Round=2&Total=500&FP=17986705&E=2K1KTS5GS7Q6&SID=2K1KTS5GS7Q6&New=T&Page=1 Mind you there are more than 500 prints!!!
Bjarne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 5:54 PM Subject: [h-cost] Questions on Louis XV (1760s) Costuming > Good morning all, > > Can anyone point me toward some historically-accurate web links or > resources > for clothing from the 1760s in France, during the reign of Louis XV? Some > friends are planning a large-group cosplay gathering for the anime version > of "Le Chevalier D'Eon", and while the costumes are for the most part only > glancingly period, I'm going to be the obsessive one. *grins* > > I want to especially get the undergarments and layers correct, and fight > as > much of a good fight with the two gowns I've chosen in order to get them > as > close as possible to accurate--while still giving the "look" from the > anime > production. Right now I'm having little luck finding good corset and > underpinnings links and/or books, and finding proper fabrics that would > give > the richness of a court costume to what are amazingly plain outfits in the > anime has proven a challenge. If anyone's interested in knowing, I'm > doing > Mme. de Pompadour and making the outfit for a friend portraying King > Louis. > :) > > I would welcome any advice, assistance, links, etc. Bjarne, I've already > sent the link for your site to the group--and their reactions to the > gorgeousness of your work was everything anyone could hope for. *grins* > They are in awe and wonder of you, as am I... :) > > Cheers, > Sharon/Jasta > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
