Message: 13
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 21:34:32 +1100
From: "Elizabeth Walpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [h-cost] New Simplicity 1850s design
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Simplicity has just released a new mid 1850s pattern
http://www.simplicity.com/dv1_v4.cfm?design=3855 (Simplicity calls it 'Civil
War' but it's clearly a fashionable 1850s style) I'm not questioning the
design (the basic design looks good though the one in the photo doesn't seem
to fit the model all that well, but it wouldn't be the first time a good
dress was let down by photographers who didn't know what it was supposed to
look like) but I was wondering if anybody has heard of the designer, Deborah
Woodbridge? just for curiosity's sake as given the 'museum curator' tag it
looks like they plan to make this part of another set relying on the good
reputation of a particular designer to counteract the fact that it's a big 3
pattern and most major commercial patterns should be avoided if you want
accuracy.
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Walpole
Canberra Australia
ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au
http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 04:05:30 -0800
From: Carolyn Kayta Barrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: - [h-cost] New Simplicity 1850s design
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I'm not
questioning the design (the basic design looks good though the one in
the photo doesn't seem to fit the model all that well,
I'd say the skirt's too big, but other than that I like it. I'd use
that bodice and sleeves, add a peplum, and call it a jacket.
Is it just me or does the back of the dress on the packet look like it was
cut out of crumpled material? Perhaps the model is too small for the
dress?
Claire
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