Ok, so this is only quasi-semi-vaguely-barely historical. In the first
pirates movie which I haven't seen for a couple of years, the heroine whose
name I can't remember is given a dark plum dress to wear by some bad guy. I
recently saw about 5 minutes of the movie again, at which point I remembered
that I really liked that dress (especially the sleeves), and would like to
make it, historical or not. However, apart from the corsets, I'm not really
familiar with the clothing of that era (1650s or 1660sish?).
I'm looking to make a version of it that's heavily based on the historical
style, but which need not be absolutely accurate, since I'm doing it for
sheer pretty-dress-ness. Other than Nicole Kipar's website and the Waugh
and Arnold pattern books, can anyone point me to some resources that would
be helpful from the viewpoint of actually making this sort of dress? I
generally make my own patterns, but I'm definitely not above making use of a
good commercial pattern, if there's one out there.
-E House
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