Aylwen, For Victorian, maybe the musicians could adopt "Aesthetic" dress, which requires no corsets.
Just a thought. Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: Aylwen Gardiner-Garden <aylwe...@gmail.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Mon, Oct 21, 2013 12:57 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Boning and corsets for musicians I'm thinking about Victorian fashion here. Are there any pictures of women itting down playing music? I've seen women corsetted when standing up laying the violin, but how did they manage playing the piano? Or are my usicians complaining too much? 'm right at the beginning in my research so far. any thanks, ylwen n 21 October 2013 15:48, Elizabeth Jones <elizabethrjones2...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi Aylwen, What have you tried so far? If we know what's already been tried there won't need to be any re-inventing of the wheel. For anything pre-1600 you are fairly safe to skip boning for anyone who isn't extremely high fashion (and musicians paid to perform for a ball definitely weren't high fashion) Elizabeth On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 2:33 PM, Aylwen Gardiner-Garden <aylwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Friends > Our dance group prides itself on wearing historically correct gowns and > undergarments for our dance performances, but it is not comfortable for our > pianist and other musicians. I am exploring ways I can bone the bodices of > the gowns and still give sitting-down musicians breathing space - but still > have the garments look close-to-accurate. Can anyone offer me any advice? > We costume from 1450 through to 1900 - all styles along the way. > Many thanks, > Aylwen > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume -- Aylwen Gardiner-Garden* *Jane Austen Festival Australia <http://www.janeaustenfestival.com.au> * Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy<http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/> John Gardiner-Garden's Historic Dance book eries<http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/earthlydelights> ______________________________________________ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
