Look at all the Cranachs you can find. One shows the bodice having slipped half an inch down over the skirt, and another shows the entire dress falling down around the now-naked former wearer. The (separate) bodice laces over the white piece, the white piece seems to be attached to the skirt like a giant waistband, and the embroidered gold piece above it is the shirt trim.
On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Joan Mielke <joan.mielke.y...@comcast.net>wrote: > Despite looking at a lot of paintings, I am still puzzled about the waist > closure of early Renaissance gowns. For example, here: > http://www.marquise.de/en/1500/pics/1525_2.shtml and detail here: > http://www.marquise.de/images/1500/1525_2d1.jpg > > Usually the join between the opening of the bodice and the skirt waistband, > if there is one, is obscured by hands, an apron, a belt, folds of fabric, > etc. > > So how does this dress close without there being a gap at the waist, either > horizontal or vertical? Has anyone figured this out? > > Thanks, > Joan > @ > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William Gibson -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
