> 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.
I think you pretty well have it covered. I found Waugh really useful, not just for the patterns but for the info about how garments were constucted and put together (especially the 18thC section.) But Hunnisett might have some more info on the putting together of the gowns (even in a modern sense.) So that might be somehtign to look for. Tarrant's book Development of Costume (I think that's the title?) might also offer more information about the insides of the garments. She does share photos of the inside of several garments, but I'm not sure about the inside of a 17thC woman's dress... I'm thinking the costume in the movie is an Hollywoodised version of the informal dress of the 1670s-80s: http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/1600d.shtml http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/nym4.shtml http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/1678_2.shtml http://www.marquise.de/database/dbsearch.shtml http://www.marquise.de/database/dbout.php?name=1678_1&pfad=1600 http://www.marquise.de/database/dbout.php?name=167x_6&pfad=1600 http://www.marquise.de/database/dbout.php?name=168x_3&pfad=1600 http://www.marquise.de/database/dbout.php?name=168x_5&pfad=1600 http://www.marquise.de/database/dbout.php?name=167x_8&pfad=1600 http://www.marquise.de/database/dbout.php?name=167x_9&pfad=1600 http://www.marquise.de/database/dbout.php?name=1682_1&pfad=1600 Michaela de Bruce http://glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.4/399 - Release Date: 25/07/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
