I realize it has been over a year since I have posted on this blog.
I finally finished making a historically accurate corset to go under my bustle gown bodice. I still haven't actually started the bustle gown, but because the corset I made works for civil war era gowns as well, I made a reproduction civil war gown that I wore to a re-enactment ball in April.
I hope to post pictures of these soon.
Speaking of historically accurate... I am writing a paper for a Shakespeare class about Elizabethan Theatre. I was fascinated to find out that, even in Shakespeare's era, there was no emphasis placed on historical accuracy. They used a mixture of both modern (for the time) and somewhat historical costumes. I thought it was similar to today. Even in the film industry, often costumes are not historically accurate. There may not have been that many references back then, but now there are plenty of museums and pictures we can use as references when making historical costumes.
Just something to think about.
