In a message dated 12/17/2008 4:47:52 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com writes:
Regency is tricky, to my eye if the best attempt at the historic look isn't made, the dress just looks like a modern, empire waist gown. ******************** Agreed. There's the way the breasts are raised, and supported from underneath that a modern bra just doesn't do. And the general posture is changed with a corset. Even a loose corded corset that is snug but not binding will change the body so it is round at the waist. Naturally, looking down from the top, one is oval, with the long way from side to side, at the waist. Even the gentle snugness of a light corset makes this shape round and thus looking narrower at the waist if viewed from the front (or the back). Of course now it is wider at the waist if viewed from the side, but fortunately, one usually has arms there to obscure this fact. I've seen costume Regency gowns that had lightly boned linings cut along the lines of the corset.... with gussets at the bust...that give a good shape. The actual gowns were cut completely differently.... sorta mounted on a corset like foundation. Also popular with costumers of this period is a slip-like undergarment with the corset-like boned bodice and an underskirt all sewn together. Sometimes the bodice of the boned lining comes down to the natural waist even though the skirt is set on at the raised level typical of the period. A sheer gown can be worn over this. **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
