Wow, this is completely new to me! Never heard of it. Thanks for the fashion update! Sg
> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:18:11 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL > PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Anyone seen this in history before?> CC: > > > I didn't even realize it was a dress, I was only interested in the > > mechanics of the skirt.> > The modern "skirt tied together in places" look > has been around for two > or three years. I've not only seen many examples, > I've bought a couple > of dozen at least.> > There are many variants. The > ties are usually twill tapes dyed to match > the fabric, but sometimes they > are ribbons or strips made of the > fabric. Occasionally buttons and loops > are used instead of ties. Usually > the skirt is long or calf-length, but > sometimes it is knee length or so. > Usually it is pretty full to very full. > Often it is a separate skirt, > but sometimes it is the skirt of a dress, a > tunic top, or a 3/4-length > or longer coat or sweater/knit coat.> > Often > the ties are meant to raise the skirt in a place or places, at > will. > Sometimes! the skirt is made longer in back, on both sides, on one > side, or occasionally even in front. (However, it is not made long > enough to drag on the ground when not tied up, this not being very > convenient for modern wear.) When the ties are tied, the skirt is > leveled, more or less. But sometimes the skirt is made the same length > all around, and the ties raise it unevenly. Sometimes the ties create a > kind of bustle on the upper part of the skirt. Sometimes the ties are > meant to pull parts together across the skirt, narrowing it at will. One > simple variant where the sides of an A-line skirt are pulled across the > front and tied with the side "points" together, is called an apron skirt.> > I'm also seeing a lot of "roman shade" tie skirts (you pull the ties up > to ruche the skirt as much as desired at the bottom, and tie them > together), or permanently ruched or elasticized skirts that have the > same effect, except you can't un-ruche them.> > I believe the ins! piration for these styles is the late 1860s through the > 1880! s, but they are not attempts at historic recreation per se.> > Designers/manufacturers that have been producing these styles include > Ronen Chen (Israeli), Hanna/La Journee, Spirithouse, Surrealist, and > numerous others, especially some European manufacturers. Sometimes this > is marketed as part of a layered style called "lagenlook," which I > believe to be German for "layered look," but the term has caught on in > English to some extent. I see it a lot on eBay, especially with > international sellers--the "lagenlook" seems to be popular in both > Germany and England. XCVI Wearables has made a lot of the elasticized > ruched-up skirts.> > The full European "lagenlook" involves things like wearing a long skirt > and also either a shorter skirt or a tunic top, one or all of them tying > up in some way, and possibly a big drapey sweater on top of it all.> Websites that often carry skirts in the tied styles include > www.artfulwears.com and www.2chicboutique.com. Ebay seller! s that carry > it include guaranteed_authentic_ fashion (they specialize in drapey knit > versions of the lagenlook), and many others.> > Fran> Lavolta Press Books of Historic Patterns> http://www.lavoltapress.com> > _______________________________________________> 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
