Hi Paula, the bustle petticoat is supported by a bustle frame - like a crinoline. However, they do not go around the body, but are inserted into one piece of fabric. This piece is joined between two smaller pieces. The two small pieces are sewn or laced together. When the bustle is worn, the laced bit rests against the wearer´s legs, keeping the bustle from being pushed to the front. It´s a bit like 18th century pocket hoops - in this picture you can see the piece of fabric that rests agains the dummy´s hip: http://www.farthingales.on.ca/pocket_hoops.htm. Imagine a bustle like a pocket hoops with a bit of skirt in the front to keep it from shifting and you got it. There´s a good instruction with pattern in Jean Hunnisett´s "Period Patterns".
Best wishes, Hanna At 21:59 06.04.2008, you wrote: >Hi all, > I have often wondered how these bustle > petticoats keep their shape, that is how do the > stay to the back without being pushed to the > front with all the weight of the historic > garments. There must be something I'm not > seeing in various patterns I've seen. Can > anyone point me to a diagram or other information that can explain this? >Thanks to all, >Paula S.> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 09:32:08 +0200> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [h-cost] Old >fashion in fashion> > Hi,> > Yesterday I walked >trough Utrecht, a city in the Netherlands and >saw > something familiar in a clothing shop.> It >was a bustle petticoat like this one > >http://trulyvictorian.com/catalog/108.html but >without the boning made > in army green.> > I >thought it was so funny that you can wear your >19century bustle > petticoat out on the street >and people would think you're wearing modern > >fashion.> > Deredere> > >_______________________________________________> >h-costume mailing list> >[email protected]> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >_________________________________________________________________ >Get in touch in an instant. Get Windows Live Messenger now. >http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_getintouch_042008 >_______________________________________________ >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
