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Wow! I got lost on this site for about an hour. And 100 pages of printer paper later.....I have up-close pictures and information about real antique clothing! Even though the garments are for sale, this website has better detail pictures than any costume museum website I have seen. If you like to look at details and figure out "how they did that" from the 1750's onward....spend some time and look through this site :~> My favorite detail picture is from the 1800-1810 apron front dress: http://www.vintagetextile.com/new_page_190.htm It is an "apron front" dress where the front of the bodice "flips up" in to place. Scroll down to the second-to-last picture. They have splayed the dress out so that you can see exactly how it was constructed and how it all goes together. Awesome!!! Sorry to get all weirdly excited....but I love finding out how things are truly done on period clothing ;~> Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net "Everything for the Costumer" _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
