After all, they made bustle gowns out of kimonos, y'know.
I'm sure you meant kimono fabric. There's hardly enough material in one
kimono to make a 2005 dress, let alone anything more voluminous.
Nope. I meant Kimonos...picked apart and re sewn. There's an example of
this very thing in the
After all, they made bustle gowns out of kimonos, y'know.
I'm sure you meant kimono fabric. There's hardly enough material in one
kimono to make a 2005 dress, let alone anything more voluminous.
Nope. I meant Kimonos...picked apart and re sewn. There's an example of
this
very thing in
At 18:21 27/08/2005, you wrote:
Hi,
Someone wants me to make her a Victorian dress for her wedding.
She would like me to use Sari fabric.
Now I am wondering if they used sari fabric in the Victorian era for dresses.
I am not sure she really cares but I'd like to know what I am talking about.
India imports have a long history in Britain (after all, India was a
British colony), and even the US. (When I was working on _Fashions of
the Gilded Age_, for 1877-1882, I came across a recommendation to buy a
popular style of striped summer silk at the India stores in a
_Harper's Bazar_
Ah you said it for me. Old court kimonas were HUGE having acres of fabric in
them and many layers.
Bice
On 8/29/05, otsisto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Depends on which era the Kimono came from and style. Some Kimonos have
trains with long wide sleeves. Modern kimonos usually don't have that
] Question Sari fabric and Victorian dresses
After all, they made bustle gowns out of kimonos, y'know.
I'm sure you meant kimono fabric. There's hardly enough material in one
kimono to make a 2005 dress, let alone anything more voluminous.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist
At 22:41 29/08/2005, you wrote:
Depends on which era the Kimono came from and style. Some Kimonos have
trains with long wide sleeves. Modern kimonos usually don't have that much
but 188o they did.
De
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After all, they made bustle gowns out of kimonos, y'know.
I'm
In a message dated 8/29/2005 6:04:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The dress is a bustle dress of the 1870s, but only the bodice and overskirt
survive. The fabric is very beautiful.
Do you think that only the bodice and overskirt survive, or were they all
that
In a message dated 8/29/2005 6:16:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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However, as to an 1850s or '60s gown, which started this discussion
No this discussion started with Victorian.
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In a message dated 8/29/2005 6:42:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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No this discussion started with Victorian.
Yeah, you right! And I pointed out in my first message that Victorian
covers a lot of ground, although I didn't specify the dates of late
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