On Friday 17 February 2006 2:05 am, Heather Rose Jones wrote: > On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:29 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote: > > [snip]
> > I'm familiar with asymmetric necklines (the color photograph on > > Cynthia Virtue's page to which I referred the original poster has one, in > > fact). But the black and white photo in question appears to have an extra > > band appearing > > in the middle of what looks like a *symmetrical* neckline. > > Yeah, the decorative band has a deep "V" on the (viewer's) left, but > then the right side of the "V" merges into a squared-off U on the > right. The "U" part is deeper and is the actual opening. One > problem in interpreting this garment is that -- if I'm remembering > correctly -- the decorative bands are the only original elements and > have been re-applied to different bodies over the years. I didn't know that. If that's the case, it would explain the oddity pretty well--it always looked to me like an out-of-place band of trim anyway. Thanks for the comment. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Physics is like sex; sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."--Richard Feynman _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
