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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 1, 2007 20:33:09 GMT -5
Not that this is a pressing matter for me personally, but I am planning on having another little one sometime in the next year or two. So I am trying to keep that in mind while I am planning my regency wardrobe. I found this article: www.janeausten.co.uk/magazine/page.ihtml?pid=333&step=4I also found this site: www.artsetmetiers.de/ that has a maternity section Has anyone made anything nursing/maternity related?
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Dec 3, 2007 12:30:06 GMT -5
Ive seen pregnancy stays before... as well as a drop-front gown for nursing. I can't remember where.
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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 3, 2007 14:23:50 GMT -5
I just assumed that for the majority of the regency era they just went stay less for the maternity period or wore the short crossover stays from revolutions in fashion. I am curious to see the maternity stays if you can remember where you saw them.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Dec 3, 2007 14:26:33 GMT -5
It was long ago when I started my research. There was a belly-hole; no kidding. I cannot remember where. I saw some obscure sites during that time; I was like you are now, googling my butt off.
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Post by Mrs. Goblin on Dec 13, 2007 13:47:46 GMT -5
I'm currently nursing. I've been wearing a crossover bodice robe that wraps in the front over a highly modified verson of La Mode Bagatelle's bodiced petticoat that employs drawstrings at waist and neckline and pulls over my head. It's not the most elegant solution, but at my current 44H cup size, nothing really is. But I own a reasonable selection of wraps and shawls, so that covers a multitude of costuming sins.
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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 13, 2007 14:42:07 GMT -5
ladyegg/Christy - Do you have any photos of that? I am having a hard time imagining it.
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Post by dawnluckham on Dec 13, 2007 16:06:22 GMT -5
They did NOT go without stays! Especially while nursing. Now THAT would be uncomfortable!!! Not to mention MESSY as the milk let down because of an unsupported breast!!! Ugh! First of all, if the stays are corded as opposed to boned, they’re soft and it’s pretty easy to just pull them down. Second, this was a period of transition and experimentation with stays and corseting as they were evolving from the flat front of the 18th century and moving toward the figure shaping of the 19th century. Stays were short, long, front closing, back closing and all sorts of other things. If you look at Regency period fashion plates they were positively obsessed with the “new” round shape of the breast and they were trying out all sorts of interesting designs. These look pretty easy to nurse in: www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/1823stay.gifThese stays have a drawstring at the top of each cup which can be loosened. I think they’d be pretty easy to nurse in too: www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/1823stay.gifDoro’s site is beautiful, isn’t it? She’s got some lovely, creative ideas for nursing clothing for Regency. Here’s a scan of a card I purchased a little while ago. It’s a plate from La Belle Assemblée August 1814. It’s a nursing gown, I’ll let you decide where you think the opening is in all those ruffles or shirring.
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Post by Mrs. Goblin on Dec 13, 2007 20:32:01 GMT -5
I don't have a good picture, but you can see the outer dress here: goblinrevolution.org/cgi-bin/pic_frame.cgi?pic=yorktown.jpg;list=indicies/yorktown2007.index;base=costumesAs was already mentioned, my "bodice" petticoat is not a very period solution (and yes I wear nursing pads in it) but sewing time is at a premium and done was better than not. I thought I had prepared for post-baby life as several of my pre-pregnancy outfits I made with front-closure styles, but I gained a lot of weight, most of it in the balcony (as it were) and that's the one measurement that the empire waistline does not conceal, so the green thing is a pretty slap dash affair. Oh, I have a drop front bodice sleeveless dress that strains at the closures, but with a spencer over it (this was a twisted historical with denim and jeans-style topstitching) it was fine for pictures. goblinrevolution.org/cgi-bin/pic_frame.cgi?pic=TamaTeo.jpg;list=indicies/divergentausten2007.index;base=costumesBut, really, with a cute baby in your arms, who really notices what you're wearing?
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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 13, 2007 20:44:42 GMT -5
Ladyegg - Thank you for sharing those images.
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Post by dawnluckham on Dec 13, 2007 21:04:21 GMT -5
Adorable baby and mama picture! You're right, no one is looking at the specifics of what you're wearing. You both look beautiful.
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Post by Mrs. Goblin on Dec 13, 2007 21:55:45 GMT -5
Ladyegg - Thank you for sharing those images. Well, I hope it inspires. I'm really a bit disappointed that I couldn't be more together with my maternity wardrobe, but if we have a second one, I'll be a little better prepared, I hope. Learn from my mistakes. Your bust may outgrow all your expectations, not to mention all your dresses. ;D
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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 14, 2007 1:32:12 GMT -5
I am certainly inspired. Like I said it will probably be a year before I need anything maternity, but I want to be prepared. I am hoping that my bust has increased the maximum(4 cup sizes) on baby number one. If I get any more buxom I will tip over.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Dec 14, 2007 1:36:49 GMT -5
I'm a DDD... if I do ever get pregnant... I dread what they could become. ::imagines ever inflating balloons:::
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Dec 14, 2007 1:37:23 GMT -5
Cosmo, you have more posts than the board moderator. That's something!
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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 14, 2007 12:59:18 GMT -5
I figure since I am desperate to know everything and have all day to pass by my computer and post frequently it is not that impressive.
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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 18, 2007 14:53:30 GMT -5
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Post by cosmoblue on Dec 20, 2007 16:06:23 GMT -5
Steph - maybe this thread should be out in the general costume in case someone is looking for information about nursing/maternity stays/corsets and shifts/chemises. They are all included in the thread.
Maybe we should have a section of motherly concerns with maternity, nursing, and children's clothes.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Dec 21, 2007 11:24:21 GMT -5
I'll add a section about children nd move this thread there.
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