I am not sure of the split skirt for this time...
You might get a copy of Fran Gimble's fashions for the Gilded Age. It has a
great deal of info and pattern shapes suitable for the period and the cost
for the book is comparable to the pattern you are contemplating. Your size
seems to be of the ordinary so that you could use any fitted bodice and/or
skirt and duplicate any of the shapes in this book. I have used it a lot
with some pleasant success.
Kathleen
From: "Elisabeth Doornink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Historical Costume'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 10:47 PM
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I’m gearing up to make a new dress, and was wondering if anybody on here has
made up the 1878 dress from Janet Arnold’s Pattern of Fashion 2. (ha –
rhetorical question – I’m sure somebody has!) I’m got a general idea of what
I want out of the dress, and this seems to be closest to what I want.
However, I want to shorten the skirt and remove the train, and let the main
dress be split up the front to where it starts to button. I’ll wear an
underskirt underneath it.
Should I break down and buy a Truly Victorian pattern or something else like
that? I’m 5’3” 32-26-35, corseted, and this dress looks a bit big for me.
Not that resizing scares me, it’s just that the design of the pattern looks
harder to get smaller by just fitting it down.
Thanks!
Quia Christus Perpetuo Regnat,
Elisabeth
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