At 20:07 23/05/2008, you wrote: >Dear Sharon Henderson. >Thanks for your post. >This is not anything about undergarments, but i am sure these wil be a big >inspiration to you, they are to me! >Louis Carrogis made these water colours pictures of the french nobility: >http://www.photo.rmn.fr/cf/htm/CSearchT.aspx?Round=2&Total=500&FP=17986705&E=2K1KTS5GS7Q6&SID=2K1KTS5GS7Q6&New=T&Page=1 >Mind you there are more than 500 prints!!! > >Bjarne
What a wonderful resource Bjarne - thank you so much. I knew a few of these paintings, but so many all in one place - great! Suzi > > Good morning all, > > > > Can anyone point me toward some historically-accurate web links or > > resources > > for clothing from the 1760s in France, during the reign of Louis XV? Some > > friends are planning a large-group cosplay gathering for the anime version > > of "Le Chevalier D'Eon", and while the costumes are for the most part only > > glancingly period, I'm going to be the obsessive one. *grins* > > > > I want to especially get the undergarments and layers correct, and fight > > as > > much of a good fight with the two gowns I've chosen in order to get them > > as > > close as possible to accurate--while still giving the "look" from the > > anime > > production. Right now I'm having little luck finding good corset and > > underpinnings links and/or books, and finding proper fabrics that would > > give > > the richness of a court costume to what are amazingly plain outfits in the > > anime has proven a challenge. If anyone's interested in knowing, I'm > > doing > > Mme. de Pompadour and making the outfit for a friend portraying King > > Louis. > > :) > > > > I would welcome any advice, assistance, links, etc. Bjarne, I've already > > sent the link for your site to the group--and their reactions to the > > gorgeousness of your work was everything anyone could hope for. *grins* > > They are in awe and wonder of you, as am I... :) > > > > Cheers, > > Sharon/Jasta > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
