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Post by cosmoblue on Jan 3, 2008 14:15:06 GMT -5
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Post by cosmoblue on Jan 3, 2008 19:38:15 GMT -5
Chris - Oh King of Men's costuming, what do you think about this pattern for this suit? Since I can't read any of it except the numbers I am guessing that it says that the coat is late 20s and the trousers are 1810s. Is the Jacket too long in the front to use for Regency? I notice that it doesn't have a waist seam which I understand to be appropriate for regency since waist seams came later. Is that correct? Could I just Shorten the front to make it correct or are the collar and sleeve wrong too? Should it be longer in the back?
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Post by Goblin, esq. on Jan 4, 2008 1:24:00 GMT -5
Chris - Oh King of Men's costuming, what do you think about this pattern for this suit? Since I can't read any of it except the numbers I am guessing that it says that the coat is late 20s and the trousers are 1810s. Is the Jacket too long in the front to use for Regency? I notice that it doesn't have a waist seam which I understand to be appropriate for regency since waist seams came later. Is that correct? Could I just Shorten the front to make it correct or are the collar and sleeve wrong too? Should it be longer in the back? The text says that the nankeen trousers are from the 1820's, and the PDF pattern says the jacket is dated 1825-30, so a bit late. According to the text it is made of cotton, but the pattern seems to imply that it's linen. It's an informal summer suit, which is why the tails are short (you're right, they're short), and probably why there's no waist seam, since I believe the waist seam came in around 1825 or slightly before. The sleeve head was more puffed in the later period, and this can be seen by the gathers on the over sleeve pattern piece. The jacket does seem long in the front. If you alter it, remember that the bottom edge of the front, the tops of the pocket flaps, and the top of the rear vent should all be on the same horizontal line; if you shorten the fronts, you should raise the others, too. (Possibly it just looks long as the tails are short - no, the fronts are significantly lower than where I think the elbow is on the mannequin.) I don't really know enough about the collar and cuffs to be definite, but the collar looks all right to me, but I don't have any illustrations at hand that show cuffs in any detail. I like the pocket details, especially the inside breast pocket. I've never gotten the pockets in the tails to work properly - I suspect I'm missing some vital point. I wish my Reconstructing History patterns would hurry up and arrive! In short, I think this pattern could be used. I'd definitely lengthen the tails, and reduce the fullness of the sleeve heads. I'd suggest shortening the fronts, too, if you wanted to be more fashionable. |
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Post by cosmoblue on Jan 4, 2008 3:07:16 GMT -5
Thanks, Chris.
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