At 13:00 12/11/2006, you wrote:
I have seen this dress. In the original movie, The
King And I, Anna is wearing one during the State
Dinner seen when she is dancung with Yul Brenner.
--- Diana Habra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have finally found a propper picture to show.
> This is a painting of the
> > view over the thames. Its from the mid century.
> You can clearly see that
> > the
> > ladies dresses dont have the sack backed trains in
> the back. I have seen
> > this type of dress in many danish paintings two,
> yeat this type of dress
> > is
> > never spoken of in any history books.
> > So i ask you!
> > Please take a look at this painting wich i
> uploaded, it is cropped just to
> > show the persons, and its ben magnified a lot, so
> its not the best
> > quality.
> > What is this dress called? Is it bodice and skirt,
> or is the skirt
> > attached
> > to the bodice?
> > I am so curious to hear what you think!
> >
> > http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/thames.htm
>
> To me it looks like a version of the "Anglaise"
> style dress. Or am I
> missing something?
>
> If they are Anglaise dresses, then the skirt is
> attached to the bodice,
> they close in the front with small straight pins,
> and the bottom of the
> bodice comes to a point in the front and back. The
> skirt is also pleated
> to the bodice all the way around.
>
> Hope that helps!
This is taken from a painting by Canaletto in 1747. It's one of his
London from the Thames paintings. Here is the full painting.
http://www.abcgallery.com/C/canaletto/canaletto31.html (I hope).
Are there dresses like this in "Fitting and Proper", or "Costume
Close-up", or "Costume in Detail", or "Historic Fashion in Detail"?
(the 18th century one.) I'm away from my books and can't check right now.
Suzi
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