Please excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean "creates a hoop"? How? Sharon
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kelly grant Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 6:06 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] re: GFD fittings, etc. Actually, by putting bias to straight in the mid 19thC they created a hoop that would balance itself, and a skirt that would flow away from the legs when walking. Pretty cool. A lot of our modern clothing construction method were developed in the 19thC. Some seriously inovative cutting to upholster the body. Kelly > Later 19thC skirts through often go straight to slant. I suspect this > has > a > lot to do with aesthetic appeal as you can see it looks neater when you > have > stripes;) There is a perfect example of it in PoF 2 of the early 1870s. > > michaela de bruce > http://glittersweet.com _______________________________________________ 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
