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[isabelladangelo]

I've decided I need to make this. I have the silk out for the gown and the organza for the partlet. I need some thing blue ribbon with gold edging. I have more the enough pearls to do the partlet.
My question, the sleeves. I think they are just "strips" of fabric with embroidery faux tied with the beaded aglets. Any other ideas? My problem is that the sleeves are very hard to see so I'm basing this solely on other portraits of her.
I'm also kinda curious about that neckline of the gown. Is it just stitching or is there some very thing strips of fabric being curved over to the inside?
EDIT: I remembered that a lady on the showcase at Realm of Venus had done a similar gown as well and had tried her hand at the neckline. I found an interesting take on the neckline there. I think I'll try and do this since it makes sense with what I'm seeing and it's something I can do. /edit


I'm going to use the extant gown of Eleanor as a guide to make this one. It should work... Yes, I have gold embroidery thread. The neckline should be fairly easy...it's the sleeves that will kill me on this one.

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[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

I know I'm probably to only person in the re-enacting/historical costuming world who has done this but....I picked up Tudor Tailor once and put it back down...laughing. The reason is that the vast majority of the info in there is almost exactly the same as Patterns of Fashion. The few things that aren't are pure conjecture (including a few things I simply do not agree with). It's okay, you can all look at me in horror now. I know, I have spat upon one of the great costuming bibles...

The idea of mini slashes probably comes from the extant 1560's Florentine/Naples (?) gown. The sleeves on that are clearly mini slashes. However, in both the painting I posted and in the one of Elenora and her son (http://www.karen.htmlcreators.com/fleleonora.jpg) you can see panels held together by "something". In the case of the son portrait, it's buttons.

I did some searches at one in the morning and did find that firenzekat had done the same style gown. I'm pouring over her research right (http://katerina.purplefiles.net/garb/diaries/Eleanor-Medici%20mid%2016thC.htm) now.

[dawnhutchings.livejournal.com]

Ah I see now from her website how she did the arms. That kind of nifty, you can line each piece and sew them together at points along the seam. Very cool.