If you want it to be correct for 18th century British army, you have to be very careful about the shape of the lapels (the turn backs). And the pattern of the lacing (the braid) can be quite tricky, too. (I think you'd be working from the 1740s clothing regs.)
Would recommend contacting lace wars (the re-enactment group) - especially Mark, through the 18th century bit of the LH site. He's far more up on this than me, as most of the 18th C stuff I do is civilian. It's dead right that military clothing follows civilian in style, although for the average uniform there's a bit of a time lag. Of course, all this depends how accurate you want it to be - if you just think the general cut's cool and want to give it a shot, you don't necessarily have to worry about the regimental lacing and lapel shapes and all that. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
