This bodice completely overlaps. The pattern is a simulation of the "round gowns" that actually opened in the front but in this case only the illusion is created with the overlapping bodice, the designers made this design decision suspecting that most modern wearers would prefer the back opening. They made a lot of design decisions like that as they originally were making the pattern for their local Jane Austen society members, not costumers, per se.
On Apr 14, 2008, at 11:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A dancer in my group is making a v-neck regency gown and is using the > La Mode Bagetelle pattern. Has anyone here seen this version made up? > She has told me there is a huge overlap. Without being able to see it, > I can't see if this is designed to come out like the half robe in > Janet Arnold or not. > Thanks, Aylwen _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
