While we're on the subject of Spanish gowns...I'm very intrigued with
the Spanish Mourning gown, as seen in Alcega. It looks like a front
buttoned doublet bodice and conical skirt in the front, but the back
is one piece, very flared from the shoulders, with a false bodice
underneath it, just like the saque backed gowns of the 18th century.
I've drafted it, and hope to get around to making up a prototype,
with an eventual aim of producing it as a pattern. I think it would
be good for those of us whose weight fluctuates, or for theatrical or
rental wardrobes, and even for that awkward stage of pregnancy when
none of your regular clothes fit but you don't really look pregnant yet.
I'm wondering about that "mourning" name, though. Is anyone familiar
with Spanish mourning customs of the period, who could tell me why on
earth such a gown would be labeled thus?
Margo
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