Thank you to those who gave time frame suggestions as well as links and
stories- I find people's clothing stories very interesting. My early twentieth
century
history isn't that strong and I think shows it up. I think I might see what the
local academic
libraries have on the 1930s and
Hi, I am going to do an early 17th century woman's middle class dress,
location: Bohemia (today's Czech Republic, east of Germany if someone doesn't
know), time: 1618-1648. I want it to look like this:
We are used to certain rules in dress, but sometimes ethnic
(anything not English) will break those rules. The image you showed
looks like a jacket. There were stays with detachable sleeves that
are meant to be an outer garment, up to the middle of the 18thC. For
17thC, there are
Hi, I am going to do an early 17th century woman's middle class dress,
location: Bohemia (today's Czech Republic, east of Germany if someone
doesn't know), time: 1618-1648. I want it to look like this:
I'd find a pattern for stays that approximate the shape of the
woman's bodice, and go from there.
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It is common for bodices to have boned linings or for bodices to be mounted
onto boned linings that are not cut exactly the same, but of course similarly
cut.
On Tuesday 04 August 2009 9:31:59 pm Sharon Nevin wrote:
Hi,
This is slightly off-topic but I'm curious and I figured this list
would probably be best to answer. The latest fall Buttericks are out
and there is one Making History pattern. Usually I can guess where they
have drawn