At 17:00 13/11/2006, you wrote:
In a message dated 11/13/2006 10:18:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Okay I couldn't resist and looked it up. Actually, this one (if it's the
right one I'm looking at) says it's made to order in standard sizes, so it's
not custom. And IMHO it's ugly,
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I must agree. It is ugly! Let's just peruse the design, shall we?
The different reds look pretty ugly to me, but all personal color choices
aside....
The upper part of the gown is made to look like a gown with hanging sleeves,
with tight sleeves from an undergown in brocade showing. So far so good. Now
this isn't my period by a long shot, but I'm sure they faked this in the
period. Still, would not a T-shaped construction be correct, if not
more common,
in this time than set in sleeves? [Like I said, it's not my period] If
there's no armseye seam, this sleeve coming from under another
sleeve seems hard
to fake. Still, it's not unfathomable, and the dress does have set in
sleeves... so that's OK.
But then the whole illusion is destroyed when we get to the lower skirts.
Were it a full skirt of brocade with the red overskirts slit at intervals to
reveal the brocade, OK. But this is not what we have. We are stuck
with what is
obviously one pieced layer....a red dress trimmed in the same brocade as the
tight sleeves of a supposed undergown. Why go thru all the trouble to fool
the eye from the waist up only to kill that illusion with bad design below?
I said it....BAD DESIGN.
Let's all learn from it.
There should be a LOGIC to designs....a logic that is true from head to foot.
I am beginning to be tired of the incredible rudeness of this list to
a fellow costumer who doesn't know she is being ripped to pieces.
Would anyone be so rude to someone who is a list member? I think not.
The lady obviously makes "good" costumes as well as not so good -
don't we all? Just because it is not what this list approves of
doesn't give us the right to be rude.
Her address was given in good faith as someone who might be able to
supply some goods. I am embarrassed that I gave her name, as I had no
expectation of the sniping and carping that would go on.
Suzi
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