How about 1300s dresses and surcotes, maybe with some nice embroidery at the neck? Or Greek/Roman chitons for summer wear? My theatre group did "Lysistrada", and wow, were those things sexy! Who'd a thunk it? Sharon
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Data-Samtak Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 2:46 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] My New Wardrobe Ladies, Let's see what every day wear you come up with that is "historically inspired". You will be great motivators to the rest of us. CW bodices could be a good choice, made with a little more "ease" than is historically accurate. The full sleeves would be pretty as well as easy to wear. Susan "Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for". - "Ride the Dark Trail" by Louis L'Amour On Feb 27, 2006, at 4:09 PM, Kimiko Small wrote: > At 07:25 AM 2/27/2006, you wrote: >> I'm going to incorporate historic elements into some of my outfits. >> I love the caraco jackets, and have to do something with them! I >> discovered that I like fitted, comfortable clothing that allows a >> full range of movement. >> So while my clothes won't be historic, they will be historically >> inspired. >> Happy fun times with adopting Civil War Era ball gowns to more >> everyday wear! >> >> Kate > > > Hi Kate, > > I am with you. I realized that while I like the look of Victorian > jackets, I don't want to wear one over a corset all the time (it's ok > for an all-Victorian event). So I am going to work on something > inspired by them, with the back peplums and all, and hopefully make > something historically inspired as well. I may even do something > Renaissance inspired, but I'm not sure yet what. I think I will also > add in hand embroidery or trimmings as well, to spice them up. > > And if you figure out how to adapt the CWera gowns to everyday wear, > please let me know. > > Kimiko > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
