--- On Wed, 3/11/09, Catherine Olanich Raymond <ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote:
> From: Deredere wrote:
> > I was wondering from when the costume is on the left
> of the picture.
> > http://www.naaipatronen.nl/afb/swb/B4954.jpg
>
> De: the costume shown doesn't look to be particularly
> period to me for any
> period, but it looks more like an 1890s outfit than
> anything else. So I'm
> inclined to say, no, it's not right for WWI.
>
> Cathy Raymond
Looks like a 1980s costume alleged to be 1890s.
A good source for WWI costumes: from the Costumer's Manifesto website,
Edwardian era on the (Costume) History by Period.
There are two tailoring books with diagrams and many other patterns also.
Ann in CT
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