----- Original Message ----- From: "Katy Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Can you help me with this costume?
> You could take the track of being an 1830s person doing a fancy dress > costume, the lines of your gown could give the impression of a > restoration era "costume." You could add appropriate to the period > trims to your current gown to make it look restoraion-esque. > <snip> On that topic, I saw this picture of Queen Victoria in fancy dress as a Restoration era lady http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/object.asp?searchText=restoration&x=12&y=13&object=400822&row=37 and this is the actual costume from the painting http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/eGallery/object.asp?searchText=restoration&x=12&y=13&object=74860&row=36 A wide lace berthe and matching lace on the sleeves would seem to be a good start to try to get the impression across. Elizabeth -------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Walpole Canberra Australia ewalpole[at]grapevine.com.au http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
