Although can I add the stays are for 1830 and 1840, but are just as suitable for late 1820. Bye for now,
Aylwen Gardiner-Garden On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden<aylwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's an excellent corded stays pattern put out by Past Patterns for this > period. I've just cut it out and have to sew all the cording channels. > Regards, > Aylwen > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 29/07/2009, at 7:11 AM, Cascio Michael <rosen...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> The thread on lacing was very timely as it got me going again on my >> late 1820s outfit so on to the questions. I'm looking at doing a late 1820s >> outfit from the skin out (I already have Fran's excellent book) and am not >> finding undergarments specifically dated to 1828. This is a transition >> period from the classical Regency look into the big gigot sleeves so the >> sleeve heads are large but not huge, the waistline has crept down to about >> the natural waist, maybe a little high but not right up under the bust. >> Classic Regency corsets are too short but a later corset (Edwardian) gives >> the wrong profile. Any help with links to 1826-1829 garments, particularly >> undergarment, or good pattern recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks. >> >> Cassandra >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> h-costume@mail.indra.com >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
