Hi Jean,
Yes i have often wondered this two, and this about narrow back was that a
renaissance "thing" two?
There also is the 1625-50 "thing" to bend your back so that your belly goes
out. This is both sexes..............
Bjarne
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From: "Jean Waddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 9:13 PM
Subject: [h-cost] posture and cut, was williamsburg suit
The cut of clothes seems to be still moving (not surprising really..) I
would say my husband and I both have pretty good posture, and recently we
have both found that shirts or blouses from Next are too narrow across the
front and too wide across the back. If we stand normally they strain at
the buttons - if we slump our shoulders a little they fit better! Only
from the one shop, so far, but Next must think this is the shape of the
modern torso.
Are there any other periods when you find a wider back and narrower front?
We know fashion is cyclical - waistlines go up and down, shoulders and
hips go out and in - do shoulders go forward and back as well?
Jean
Kelly Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
It will have a bit of a modern look, because of our modern bodies, but if
you try to cut the back narrow, the shoulder seam to the back, the
shoulders as narrow as possible, and the armhole high, you should still
have the 'look' you are trying to achieve.
I spoke with the other professor this morning about your dilema, he felt
the same way I did...and it seems, many others, that you can't get a good
fit by scaling up historical garments, we are built differently.
The only other thing I could suggest, as it worked for a college of mine,
is to practice the movements and excercises of the period. Mark taught
Victorian period calesthenics for a historic site here in the city. When I
went to create a new doublet for him, I found that the shape of his body
pattern fit exactly like the period draft! It was exciting for both of us
to see the way we move in different ways from our historical counterparts.
Good luck on the new draft!
Kelly in Nova Scotia
"Bravery is something you can experience on the spur of the moment, faced
with danger. To have courage, you must think about the dangers in
advance, then weigh the risks, and then do what you have to do, despite
your fears"
Caius Merlyn Britannicus
From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [h-cost] williamsburg suit
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 11:19:02 +0100
Hi,
Thanks for all your interresting inputs to my question.
It is interresting to compare all the real cuts to the cuts in
Evolution of Fashion. What i want is to obtain the original cut as much
as possible. But it really is difficult and i wished i had a dress stand
of myself.
I cant stop thinking about all our words for newbeginners when we say
that "oh no, dont use Evolution of Fashion" because that is so wrong and
ment for theater costumes, when in the end our original cut ends up to
look like these cuts in the book.
I wish i could make it excatly as original, but it is
impossible..........
It does end to look like the cuts in Evolution.........
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/
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