"Are there two separate gowns here or is the under one "faked"? If they are separate, you probably won't have to worry much about the boning showing on the outer gown."
There are two separate gowns, the undergown is made from a lace - actually embroidered tulle, so I don't bother about that, the lace hides everything. It's just the taffeta, we tried it on and the bodice wasn't smooth at all. Well, it wasn't pressed or anything yet, but it was clear to me it will need some "smoothing" process. The picture comes from www.rivendellbridal.com and all the gowns there are this fantasy style dresses, with long sleeves and skirts etc., actually no corset-style dresses. But all the bodices are nicely smooth and that's just because there's bones underneath, so I thought I might be needing something like that. Zuzana Saragrace Knauf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Are there two separate gowns here or is the under one "faked"? If they are separate, you probably won't have to worry much about the boning showing on the outer gown. Are you sure you actually need boning in the dress itself? Have you considered an actual corset or under bodice, (like a corset without boning)? The latter will give your friend a more rounded/mounded breast shape. Both would take the stress off the gown. Either way, you could incase the boning in channels made in a firm fabric like coutil then flat line that with lining and sew it to the outer material like you would any other lining. You'd probably see the ribs the least that way. Sg ----- Original Message ----- From: Zuzana Kraemerova To: h-costume Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:42 AM Subject: [h-cost] boning question Hi, I've got a question about boning. I'm doing this dress with a few adjustments, I've drawn them into the picture: http://www.intelligenzbestien.wz.cz/images/Berethdesign.jpg The bodice and the skirt are separately cut, the bodice also has a number of seams, as my friend for whom I'm doing this dress has a large bust and a small waist. The skirt has a train and is draped in the back. It's made from a lightweight taffeta, so all wrinkles are pretty well visible:-( So I thought about boning. I don't want it to be visible (a corset-top dress is really not my goal), so I'll attach it to the lining. My first question is, what lining fabric would you use for that purpose? A regular, thin acetate/polyester lining fabric?? Would the bones tear out? Would they be visible on the bodice, if the lining would be so thin? I'm going to use spiral steel bones, by the way. I think the best way is to attach them via bias stripes. I heard of a method of attaching a flannel fabric between the top fabric and the lining. Any experiences in that? I've ordered "Bridal couture" by Susan Khalje at amazon.com, this book is supposed to tell something about boning, but alas, I think it will come too late as I'm from Europe. The second question is, how long should the bones be? I think at the back it is sufficient to have them in the lower half of the bodice, but I'm not sure about the front - usually in pattern diagrams I see boning taht goes not higher than the bust, but I've never actually tried that and I'm not sure whether the ends will be visible or not. And, as I said, my friend has a large bust, which might affect this. It doesn't need support, as she'll be going to have a bra. Any suggestions? I'll be thankful to hear of any experience or advise. Many thanks, Zuzana P.S.: I know this has nothing to do with historical costumes, but I just thought some of you might be also doing bridal or evening wear, or just LOTR inspired costumes and might know something on the subject. --------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
