I have in the past made several ladies a fitted cote, circa 1400. The fit of the body has been good and I don't have a problem with thet. I have been having problems with the fit of the sleeve/shoulders in ladies that have wide shoulders. Usually when I drape with the arm straight out from the shoulder, sleeve fits snug to the arm pit. For those with narrower shoulders, there doesn't seem to be a problem. But I've come across two ladies now, with wide shoulders that while everything fits in the neutral position, the moment they make movements with the arms forward they have issues with bunching at the front of the arm hole in particular, and to a certain extent gaping at the neckline.
The capes on the sleeve at this point are realitively shallow, so would increasing the depth of the curve help? making the armhole openning larger? Add a gusset to the armpit? I'm currently working with a dress that is made up, and while I can recut new sleeves if needed, starting from scratch on the body is out of the question. alex So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
