If I recall correctly, through the mists of time and cold medicine ;o), I remember you pointing out (at the workshop in Boise) that the different silhouettes we were coming up with during the fittings were appropriate to different decades/time periods. The one I got, which was a smoother, rounded, slightly lower version, was, I *think* a slightly older style than that achieved by the younger/slimmer/perkier types. Suits me just fine, though--with the size of my chest, something really perky gives me a horizontal shelf right below my chin! I don't remember you talking much about the skirt fullness, although the weekend was so chock-full of details and bits, that I may just have missed it. Do the skirts getting increasingly full as the decades pass, or less so? I'm grumpy, though...I've misplaced my fitting shell. I'm really keeping my fingers crossed that it's in the storage unit. I will be almightily peeved if it's not--there's no one here with the right skills to help me make another one! --Sue in Montana, up late listening to Bach's Christmas Oratorio, and waiting for the tea water to boil (Happy Christmas, Everyone!)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Netherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1450 - pregnant? > I should note that the term "GFD" seems to be applied much more broadly > these days than I ever intended when I began lecturing on the Gothic > fitted style 20+ years ago. I suppose that's unavoidable, but I do want to > clarify that the cut of supportive gowns does change over time, and the > cut that I'm identified with does not cover all of that larger period. > When I lecture on this, I try to make clear that I "bookend" the > construction approach I describe to be from roughly 1350-1450, peaking at > around 1400 (and I outline a number of changes within that period, > particularly in bust height, skirt fullness, and the degree of curve in > the silhouette). _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
