I've seen this book, and I didn't care for it for the very same reason.
It seems counterintuitive to try to make a corset from a pattern
block. There's an entirely different principle at work--a different
kind of engineering, if you will. It seems to be a book for people who
want something
Hi,
I found a beautifull picture on the web from a 1812 robe.
http://exposition2005.monsite.wanadoo.fr/page8.html
http://exposition2005.monsite.wanadoo.fr/page5.html
I have been asked to make a wedding dress in this style but I don't know
much about it.
She send me two small drawings and the
At 11:08 08/08/2006, you wrote:
Hi,
I found a beautifull picture on the web from a 1812 robe.
http://exposition2005.monsite.wanadoo.fr/page8.html
http://exposition2005.monsite.wanadoo.fr/page5.html
I have been asked to make a wedding dress in this style but I don't
know much about it.
She
Hi Deredere,
The picture looks a lot the one titled Robe de mousseline brodée c.1806 et
châle Cachemire from Gallery 4, but with a train and slighty more embellishment
for a ceremonial engagement.
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have been asked to make a wedding dress in this style but I don't know much
about it.
She send me two small drawings and the dress above was the only one I could
find in the same style
It looks
This might help with ideas as well.
http://demode.tweedlebop.com/realvict/1800s.html
The poicture you posted, the train is a separate piece from the main gown.
This works well for a wedding dress as the train can be removed for the
reception.
Wedding dress. This is a coat style with under dress.
While I totally agree with the dislike of 'Waisted Efforts', it is for other
reasons...the lack of important information. Bob Doyle uses many different
methods in his work, but leaves out crucial information in both this book
and his latest on Tailoring.
I have always drafted corsets from
This is a style i made some years ago with a long train, embroidered with
seaquins. It was made of pink dupioni, because the hairdressers who ordered
it, couldnt afford more. It is a seperate train attached round the waist
with a belt closed in the front.
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne Drews
Probably a stupid question, but how do you all develope the
pattern for the different corsets you do?
I prefer to start from an existing pattern - either from blowing up one of
Waugh's _Corsets Crinolines_ patterns or from a commercial pattern (like Past
Patterns) and then fit the heck out
I've got another probably stupid question: How do you do the fitting??? I mean
the corset is - at leat at the waist - much smaller than your real figure, so
how can you actually try it on when not yet finished? It must be tight laced
and there must be bones in it, else I cannot imagine a
Make up a fitting corset out of inexpensive but heavy non-stretch fabric.
(You may want to mine the $1/yd table at walmart, or your local equivalent.)
For fitting purposes, you only need one bone per side at the front, side,
and back; front-side and back-side bones can be added to combat
You do not have to tight lace to get the correct silhouette for any
period. You can make a corset your size, or an inch smaller, without
tight lacing. Support and a period silhouette are one thing, extreme
body modification (temporary or permanent) is another.
As various people have said, a
At 21:46 08/08/2006, you wrote:
Make up a fitting corset out of inexpensive but heavy non-stretch
fabric. (You may want to mine the $1/yd table at walmart, or your
local equivalent.) For fitting purposes, you only need one bone per
side at the front, side, and back; front-side and back-side
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From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good Lord, how complicated!! I make up a corset, in the fabric I intend
to use, from a customer's measurements, seam the centre front instead of
using a busk, but eyelet the back in the normal way. I fit with the seams
on the
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