Just recently a friend came up to me and asked how the girdle was made with a bliaut as she was going to make it for her daughter. She was not meaning the belt but the section of horizontal lines between the hips and just under the breast. Her two sources for this being a separate piece from the dress/bliaut is "The Encyclopedia of historic costume" and a manuscript showing it in a different color. When I tried to inform her that usually that area is a part of the dress she promptly said well I'm not trying to be an authenticity nazi my daughter likes it and she's of an age that she wants to show off her figure. So my question, just for my knowledge, is there docs on the horizontal lines on the bliaut ever being a separate piece from the garment? -----Original Message----- http://www.flickr.com/photos/maddnancyphotos/
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