> Hi everyone,
> I've just come to a question about period fastenings - when
> I'm making period costumes, I often never know what type of
> fastening shall I use. F.ex. the petticoats - were they
> fastened simply with a ribbon or a button or what? Does
> anyone know any web page or book or simply anything that
> could help me?
What period? I know one of my vintage 19cent petticoats is fastened with both a
draw string and a button. The other two Victorian petticoats I have are
fastened only with a draw string.
I don't know of a general source that deals with the history of fastenings, but
I wish/hope there is one...
-sunny
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