Well, nothing is easier than making wide pannier gowns look like a decorated
cake....
As far as corsets go...If the front is good and stiff, you can just bone the
seams in the back. Remember, cable ties are available for boning at your
local Lowe's and Home Depot. There's a very heavy pellon that stands by itself
I
got at Jo Ann's once and mad a brimmed hat from. You could put that in the
front of the corset with a bone just here and there. And you can hoop the
skirts themselves, as opposed to a skirt over a hoop.
I remember seeing Las Vegas outfits like this, sans underskirt so you could
see the legs. Lots of big cupids and birds on the skirts, the stomachers and
in the tall wigs. Be sure to check the craft store as well as the hardware
store!
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