What you are wanting isn't a doublet, I believe it is a cotehardie. variation (scroll down) http://www.bymichelle.com/pp2123.html info http://www.geocities.com/ariedin/Men.html This is not a period I am an expert on but I believe that a few of the men's cotehardies were laced in the back but I an not 100% sure of my memory on it.
De -----Original Message----- Hi, I'm just up to make this doublet (or whatever it's called): http://www.kazi.webz.cz/wagner/images/wag01-28.jpg It's the second one from the left. It's taken from Medieval costume, armor, and weapons, but originally it comes from the Wenceslas bible and it's dated to the 1432, Bohemia. I would like the doublet to follow the shape of the body, not very tight, just a little, but not too loose. My question is - how can I achieve this WITHOUT a fastening? Is it possible? How tight can I do the waistline when the man's chest/bust is around 100cm? Do you know any tricks about this? It might not be possible to do it without fastening, so my second question is, where would a fastening for such a garment be? (I don't want the front fastening). On the back? Or was there any at the sides? What would be used? Lacing? Buttons? Hooks and eyes? Anything else? Many thanks to everyone who could give me some advice:-) Zuzana --------------------------------- Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
