Good point. I've examined the trim loop with a magnifying glass, though, and still can't find any attachment holes. Hmmm… Since it does seem to so clearly belong at the skirt hem, perhaps I'll suggest either a minimum pin job or really large basting stitches to the curator.
On Sep 20, 2011, at 4:03 PM, Lavolta Press wrote: > > But no holes showing it was ever attached to anything! And why would you do > > something requiring tedious pinning/sewing when the rest of the train was > > an easy on/off solution? Any ideas? I'm baffled. Astrida > > In the 19th-century, it was quite common for women to hand baste accessories > and other parts onto a garment to change the look, even though this seems > labor intensive from our point of view. This made the wardrobe more > flexible, almost larger, without costing much more money. > > Bear in mind that the wearer did not necessarily want to alter the > with-train/without-train look every time she wore the garment. She could > easily have decided to wear the train for a number of events in a row. She > even might have added the train for an entire season, as in "This season > trains are in fashion, but I can always remove this one next season if they > go out of fashion." > > Fran > Lavolta Press > Books on making historic clothing > www.lavoltapress.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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
