Thanks. In college, our costume teacher made one on the bias. She had the actress lay down on the fabric and traced around her. I wish I'd examined it more closely. Would bias have been period, or was it just theatrical license? The dress moved beautifully. Sharon
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sue Clemenger Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:15 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] need help with dress... Gothic Fitted Gown (or, alternately, "GFD," for Gothic Fitted Dress)....that ubiquitous dress found, uhm, roughly from late 13th century through the 15th on many European women (that's a REALLY rough time frame). They tend to have a snug fit from the shoulders to the hips, at which point they widen into full skirts. Necklines vary with time and style. Sleeves often close-fitting. If done properly, these gowns can actually function admirably as a support for one's, uhm, feminine charms ;o). Even work with a very large bust (personal experience--I'm REALLY large chested, and the girls don't *move* in one of them AND I can still breathe...it's amazing). Most often made in a good, flexible wool fabric like gabardine, and lined with a sturdy linen, but other fashion fabrics have been used. Wool and linen just make a marvelous team for them... Often known as "cotehardies" in costuming texts, but they're really, more properly, only the first of one's outer layers. (Think shift, then gown, and then another layer--another gown, or a surcoat, or a houpelande.) In the original post, the author's asking about appropriate outer layers to go over her gown. Does that help? or just confuse? Fitted gowns are an off-and-on again topic on the list, not in the least because we've got Robin, who's done a lot of research on them, and a lot of teaching and lecturing on them as well. --Sue, in "will it ever stop raining, yes I KNOW it's April" Montana ;o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon at Collierfam.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Historical Costume'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:10 AM Subject: RE: [h-cost] need help with dress... > What's a GFD? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [h-cost] need help with dress... > > > Here is my problem: > > I have a GFD but want to put another layer on over top. > > Would it be appropriate to have something like a semi-fitted T-tunic > dress over it? I am looking for something knee-length or longer with > 'flowy' mid forearm length sleeves. > > Is there anything appropriate that I can make? I want to stay more in > the same time period to the form-fitted GFD. > > Thanks > Katheryne > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
