Underbodies:
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The problem is, when in a hurry, is that things get forgotten. I had forgotten to line the kirtle body with canvas. So this brings me back to my original plan (which was
abandoned due to lack of time) of doign a set of
'underbodies' similar to that of Eleanor Toledo found in
Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion. Right are her drawings
from the extant burial clothing of Eleanor. There are no
channels or stitch holes to suggest boning, as in
elizabethan corsets. A reed corset wouild also be expected
to leave holes where linen stitches would have been. |
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When worn, this gives a similar rounded silhouette to that of the portrait (if you ignore the fact that I am not a size 12!)
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