Maciejowski Underwear Paper is DONE (enough for now)

[sbuchler]

For those of you at RUM this isn’t a surprise - but I’ve finally gotten my paper on underwear in the Maciejowski bible to the point that it’s readable. It’s not polished yet; there’s extra stuff I wanna add… but it’s been more then a year since I started the analysis, and if past behavior is any guide it’ll be at least another year until I update

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[virginiadear]

About shoe colors

[sbuchler]

Fascinating, thank you! I didn't know any of that technical detail about how shoe-dying works :-D

[virginiadear]

You're welcome

[sbuchler]

I didn't think about a dark color through wear... it would be logical.... hmmm...

[unclrashid]

Thanks for sharing this article. The observations about the color combos were interesting. I completely agree about period art being the place to look for info of this sort, in spite of it's shortcomings.

I have pondered on those braies myself without ever coming to a conclusion. I also never noticed that the leg slits are asymmetrical.

My thought on the asymmetrical leg slits is that they are an inadvertent "Escherism" due to lack of understanding of perspective. I think in reality the garment was symmetrical and they were just drawn incorrectly. I also think that applying Occam's Razor to the patterns could be useful, I can't see them becoming as complex as the one that produces the asymmetrical legs!

[sbuchler]

I'm glad you liked it! :-)

The leg slit thing is so consistent that I have trouble thinking it's inadvertent... I keep thinking that it makes sense if one side has one fewer seams then the other due to a fold when cutting the pieces... but I haven't worked out a logic that gives those results. Plus, it makes sense for the legs to be symmetrical...

I agree, I am unconvinced by the all bias pattern that produces asymmetrical legs - although I think the extra-long top part is a really strong possibility - which is why I included it in all my pattern doodles :-).

[unclrashid]

I can't put my finger on any good examples in period art, but the leg slit thing just "feels" like wonky perspective to me. I'd need to see really good evidence, like an extant garment or some kind literary reference to it before I believe that they made the legs like that.

[sbuchler]

i agree - it feels wonky! But I wanna see if I can come up with anything that makes sense AND still has the wonky result. It may not be possible... but I'm toying with the problem :-)