Lady Sarah
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Post by Lady Sarah on Feb 26, 2012 21:11:20 GMT -5
I have fallen in love with the dress that Josephine Bonaparte is wearing in this picture and would like to recreate it. It looks like it is either a silk taffeta (looks too stiff to be charmuse) or a silk dupioni. My question is this: Are either of these fabrics regency accurate? I do know that anything too shiny is not right for the era, and I wouldn't want it anyway, but I do want to be sure that these two fabrics were appropriate before I go and spend $50-$150 on silk. Attachments:
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Post by dawnluckham on Feb 27, 2012 23:56:41 GMT -5
It might be taffeta, or it might be a softer simple plain weave – something like a heavier silk habotai (I’d consider 12 mm or heavier appropriate). I agree – not a charmeuse.
They did have something sort of like dupioni – not like our modern, purposely slubbed fabric, but it was never used as an outerwear garment fabric. It was used in linings and was considered a “second” quality. Slubbing was a flaw and not considered to be a decorative element.
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Post by bennettgirl on Mar 4, 2012 23:25:56 GMT -5
i think it would have been taffeta. it was very common for more formal gowns of the period and it has the correct hand nice and stuff and not too shiny.
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Lady Sarah
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Post by Lady Sarah on Mar 5, 2012 20:53:36 GMT -5
Glad to know I got it right. Thanks ladies for the information.
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