Hi, I'm about to do a short version of houppelande or burgundian-style men's doublet, however you call it. The style seen on this picture: http://www.virtue.to/articles/images/1468_claricedegasconne.jpg
My question is, are the pleats sewn fixed together or are they just folded into the waistband? I think they must be fixed somehow because the pleats are always so regular, but I'm absolutely unable to figure out where would be the fastening and how exactly would it work. In this picture, it looks as the fastening was in the back, but it's very unclear to see. http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/5435/img7348wr5.jpg I've searched some books on this topic but I never found a satisfying answer. Adrien Harmand talks about fixing the pleats, but as my French is so bad, I didn't figure out whether she said something about the fastening. Thanks, Zuzana ___________________________ Sartor...custom-made costumes www.sartor.cz _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
