Regency Question
Sep. 2nd, 2015 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
atherleisureA question for those of you who do Regency period things:
There are a lot of extant dresses that I've seen with a fitted back that are fastened only at the neck and waist. Does this often tend to pull open between the fastenings? I've only got one dress that I've tried this with, and it gaps rather badly between neck and waistband.
In the picture, it ties at the neck and buttons at the waist, but it gaps almost as badly after replacing the strings at the neck with a button and buttonhole. I just don't have a picture of it. I know I could fix it by putting more buttons or hooks and eyes, but I wanted to know if a gap was period. I love the dress (it's so soft!) but am a little annoyed by the bodice back.
Any thoughts?
There are a lot of extant dresses that I've seen with a fitted back that are fastened only at the neck and waist. Does this often tend to pull open between the fastenings? I've only got one dress that I've tried this with, and it gaps rather badly between neck and waistband.
In the picture, it ties at the neck and buttons at the waist, but it gaps almost as badly after replacing the strings at the neck with a button and buttonhole. I just don't have a picture of it. I know I could fix it by putting more buttons or hooks and eyes, but I wanted to know if a gap was period. I love the dress (it's so soft!) but am a little annoyed by the bodice back.
Any thoughts?
