If you are good at sewing (meaning, not a first time sewer or novice) I recommend http://www.margospatterns.com/ The underpinnings and the Lady's wardrobe. You could possibly adapted the Spanish sleeve into a bell sleeve.
Another portrait of Anne http://www.queenscourtsocal.org/Photoalbum_contents.aspx?Albumid=3 It would seem that she is quite fond of the style of dress. -----Original Message----- Good evening everyone! Sorry for the cross-post, I couldn't decide which list was most appropriate for this request. I bought fabric last weekend. I wanted to make a very simple generic English/French Renaissance dress... but my fabric keeps insising it wants to be a Spanish dress! Like this one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Anna_de_Austria1.jpg I haven't done a whole lot of research on Spanish gowns, so I have a couple of questions. First, layers. On Spanish gowns of this type, there's always white sleeves with horizontal gold stripes, sometimes an under doublet similarly striped horizontally. I suppose there is a separate under doublet, and that both layers are constructed similarly. There's very similar styles on some Italian gowns where we can see an underskirt striped vertically in gold. For a Spanish gown, was there usually an underskirt? Second question: does anybody have a good pattern for the wide triangular sleeve in the image linked above? Third question... the skirt - or petticoat, if you prefer. On Spanish gowns, there doesn't seem to be much pleating, if any, at the waist. Has anybody built a skirt this way? Any pointers? Last question: what about headwear? Any ideas? Thank you! Audrey _______________________________________________ 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
