Ye, I agree, this is not any particular period but it is trying to be vaguely Victorian. If you can find the patterns that were released after 'Titanic' became popular, you will be much closer to the corrrect style. Like these: http://www.lostcoasthistpatterns.com/19gapadrbyfo.html http://www.lostcoasthistpatterns.com/hiofhi19shco.html http://www.lostcoasthistpatterns.com/jacateadrbyf.html http://www.lostcoasthistpatterns.com/seandse19kid.html (This is not an endorsement of either the patterns or the site, just some examples) Karen Seamstrix
---------- Original Message ---------- From: Catherine Olanich Raymond <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Patterns date question Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 07:53:41 -0400 On Wednesday 11 March 2009 7:26:04 am Deredere Galbraith wrote: > I was wondering from when the costume is on the left of the picture. > I have been asked to make that costume for reenactment in the > Netherlands during the 1sth world war. > And I wonder if that dress is the right period. > http://www.naaipatronen.nl/afb/swb/B4954.jpg De: the costume shown doesn't look to be particularly period to me for any period, but it looks more like an 1890s outfit than anything else. So I'm inclined to say, no, it's not right for WWI. -- Cathy Raymond <[email protected]> "If someone offers you a dead dog for lunch, you don't stick around for the pudding." --Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ____________________________________________________________ Digital Photography - Click Now. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTDvmPjr9ZNDaxqfzgQyAchwEkDfl2fkJ56vpkVpiz7f4uOTpdoTOg/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
