re the waistcoat, the present one from McCall's is quite comparable. I have two waistcoats that are of the First Q 19th C and this pattern follows the correct line.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 2:51 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Regency question > Hi Deredere, > In Koehler´s book, there is a nice cut of a gentlemans garment for this > event. Its from 1804. This is not one of the coats that is cut straight over > at the front, but has the curves from previous fashion. This is the glory of > high tailoring and very elegant. This pattern you have to scale up, but i > know you are used to this. There is no pattern of the gillet (waistcoat) but > this is the easy part, so you could find it somewhere else. > I wished i had the money to go to this, and the clothes, but my clothes are > much two oldfashioned for this. > I wish yoy good luck! > > Bjarne > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Deredere Galbraith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 2:04 PM > Subject: [h-cost] Regency question > > > > Hi, > > > > My husband and I will go to our fhirst Regency ball next year. > > http://www.nehelenia-designs.com/costumeevents/costumeevents.html > > > > I know what I would like to make for myself. > > I would love to make a white dress with embroidery like these > > http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/god1/hob_1983.6.1,07.146.5.htm > > > > For my husband I have found some really nice Blue wool. > > I would like to make a tailcoat out of it. > > http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~triade2/RegencyBall/FabricR.jpg > > Would this be right for regency? > > > > I have two Butterick patterns, 3648 and 3723. > > Are those of any use? > > Or is there a better male pattern? > > Ireally don't know anything from this period. > > > > I have the La Mode Bagatelle pattern > > and I made a fantasy version with that pattern. > > http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~triade2/RegencyBall/Regfront.jpg > > http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~triade2/RegencyBall/Regback.jpg > > I think I'll need to make the skirt smaller so that I don't have to pleat > > it to the bodice. > > > > Greetings, > > Deredere > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
