Just wondered, when I go to 1920s patterns on your website, I only get 1910 clothes and Victorian gentlemen's coats - are you planning to add 1920s patterns or is this a coding error?
This may seem like a very stupid question (I really should know better), but is this style appropriate with a modern bra? I've loved this style for a long time, but would have no place to wear it. I was thinking I could probably get away with everyday wear or even modern evening wear if I could somehow avoid the corset. (Or, maybe I'm just too lazy to make the corset? Possbily. :D)
This is not a very stupid question. In fact the person who is given credit for originating the style (we won't debate whether he actually deserved that credit or not), Paul Poiret, was also lauded because he "threw away the corset". He didn't really. Women continued to wear corsets. But this dress certainly does not need one, especially for someone of your figure.
The corset at this time shifted emphasis. In the Edwardian period, it was about making the waist small and thrusting the bust out and hips back. In the 1910s, it was about controlling the bottom -- so more what we'd call a girdle than a corset -- and most 1910s corsets didn't even cover the bust.
So yes, you can wear it without a corset. Matter of fact, you probably should!
YAY! I knew all of that - but it's been a looooong time since I've sewn anything, especially anything not-modern. And my brain has not been cooperating in the memory department. :)
I have a tiny waist, and if I needed my butt to look thrust-back, I could probably do with a bum-pad. Or, a girdle/corset.
You don't need your bum thrust back. That's the point. This is NOT Edwardian. This is 1910s. The S-curve corset was out and a new natural line was in. Waists were "normal" size (many of the orignal gowns have 28" waists). Bums were where they're supposed to be.
The point of these long-line corsets were to control the bums of those who were a but over-endowed. Remember we're going from a period where big bums were added onto with bustles to a period where you're supposed to look like a Ionic column. So if your bum is a great deal bigger than your bust (like 10"), corset. If not, no need.
When I started really looking at the styles from this time period and I realised how similar they all were but how visually different, I just had to put it in a pattern.
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Heh. I do my not-so-humble best.
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Just wondered, when I go to 1920s patterns on your website, I only get 1910 clothes and Victorian gentlemen's coats - are you planning to add 1920s patterns or is this a coding error?
IMO, 1920s patterns would be awesome.
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If you bookmark that page, you'll see it change.
We're planning to add 1920s patterns very very soon. Like it's the next thing on my plate once I finish this evening gown pattern.
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Anyway, you're the expert! :)
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The corset at this time shifted emphasis. In the Edwardian period, it was about making the waist small and thrusting the bust out and hips back. In the 1910s, it was about controlling the bottom -- so more what we'd call a girdle than a corset -- and most 1910s corsets didn't even cover the bust.
So yes, you can wear it without a corset. Matter of fact, you probably should!
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I have a tiny waist, and if I needed my butt to look thrust-back, I could probably do with a bum-pad. Or, a girdle/corset.
Thanks so much!!
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The point of these long-line corsets were to control the bums of those who were a but over-endowed. Remember we're going from a period where big bums were added onto with bustles to a period where you're supposed to look like a Ionic column. So if your bum is a great deal bigger than your bust (like 10"), corset. If not, no need.
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When I started really looking at the styles from this time period and I realised how similar they all were but how visually different, I just had to put it in a pattern.
I can't wait to see your masterpiece!
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