Actually, in my vintage collection (which includes 4 US Civ. War-ish period
women's' bodices - could be a bit later, not 100% sure but they're late 60s at
the worst) it's pretty evenly split whether it's left-on-top or right-on-top.
So I think your idea is perfectly kosher. (I only noticed this when I was using
one of the bodices as the basis for my sister's civ. War bodice and realized
I'd put the buttons on the wrong side. Then I checked and realized that the
vintage bodice put the buttons "on the wrong side" :-)
-sunny
> I am making garb for a Civil War enactor's girl friend and
> his mother is driving me crazy. She has some really weird
> ideas and since she has been playing with this group for a
> number of years, I just shut up and do what she wants.
> However, I made the mistake of putting Fray Check on the
> buttonhole marks on a blouse and it spread out and it shows
> badly. Having tried everything I can think of to remove it,
> I am ready to take the blouse apart and make a new left
> front. Then it occurred to me that it would be easy to use
> the left side for buttons and put the buttonholes on the
> right. My friend went crazy saying they never had the
> buttonholes on the right. I am so sick of the whole thing
> that I don't want to do any more research. Does anyone know
> if the buttonholes HAD to be on the left on women's blouses
> during the Civil War period? Also what kind of hat would be
> appropriate? I am not going to make her a fez! Thanks for the help
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