Nice site. http://www.ninyamikhaila.com/Princesselizabeth.html If you go to the purple dress, the all white and cream garment is the kirtle. She seems to have used the kirtle bodice as a corset and boned it. This is interesting, I wonder if this is learning from extent garments or theory. I am curious about the petticoat, taffeta bodice and wool skirt. As I am not an expert, these layers are new to me. Becky, Note the sleeves of the smock and then compare it to the picture with the cream false sleeves. The poufs in the false sleeves are not from the smock sleeves. The purple laced picture is showing the bodice of the purple gown. A placard which is a piece of material that is sewn in the shape of the front of the bodice covers the lacing and is pinned with straight pins along the sides. The points of the pins are embedded between the layers. So what she has is: smock bodice and wool skirt petticoat farthingale kirtle/corset gown. Is this correct? I have alway thought it was: smock (maybe underwear) kirtle gown What I find frustrating with the site is that only the children's costumes show the layers but not the adults. Beautiful work though.
De -----Original Message----- It came from someone on the h-costume boards. I will see if I still have the reference. I don't know what a short sleeved kirtle looks like. I have the Margo Anderson patterns, the Arnold books and ordered one by Jean M(? I can't remember the last name right now) It's about costuming. The site where I have seen the pictures of the layers used for this portrait is "Ninya Mikhaila" [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ninyamikhaila.com Her website has 2 versions of a gown from the portrait. One shows the layers and the other shows how she did the front opening. She also wrote to me when I asked questions. She has been very helpful and easily available when I needed her advice. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
