Susan Carroll-Clark wrote:
Greetings--
Adele de Maisieres wrote:
Zuzana Kraemerova wrote:
By the way, looking at the chimera costumes' web page, is there any
historical evidence of this kind of dress:
http://chimera-costumes.co.uk/slideshows/view.php?c=43 ? I mean
the gores in the skirt
Greetings--
Adele de Maisieres wrote:
Zuzana Kraemerova wrote:
By the way, looking at the chimera costumes' web page, is there any
historical evidence of this kind of dress:
http://chimera-costumes.co.uk/slideshows/view.php?c=43 ? I mean the
gores in the skirt (or lower part of the dress) -
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From: "Zuzana Kraemerova" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 2:33 AM
Subject: [h-cost] gores in skirt in late Middle ages???
By the way, looking at the chimera costumes' web page, is there any
historical evidence of this kind of
1. It has modern princess seams.
2. the inner sleeve should not be connected to the outer dress.
3. (minor) laced incorrectly.
4. Has contrasting bias at the hem.
Now for the gores.
There are a rare few mid 1400s "Italian" frescos that have what appears to
be different colored gores in the dress b
Gores themselves? Certainly, although not necessarily placed in the manner
depicted.
Gores made of a contrasting fabric? Not that I know of. I've seen this
particular fashion error show up at an occasional SCA event, but not very
often. I'm not sure of its point of origin, but I'm pretty darned s
Zuzana Kraemerova wrote:
By the way, looking at the chimera costumes' web page, is there any historical
evidence of this kind of dress:
http://chimera-costumes.co.uk/slideshows/view.php?c=43 ? I mean the gores in
the skirt (or lower part of the dress) - does anybody know?
I've seen it mo
