I get told by musicians that they can't breathe - wind players and singers can't get enough breath. Cheers, Aylwen
On 21 October 2013 16:42, Kim Baird <kba...@cableone.net> wrote: > It's perfectly possible to sit in a Victorian corset. Victorians did it all > the time. It does have to fit correctly, however. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On > Behalf Of Aylwen Gardiner-Garden > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 11:55 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Boning and corsets for musicians > > I'm thinking about Victorian fashion here. Are there any pictures of women > sitting down playing music? I've seen women corsetted when standing up > playing the violin, but how did they manage playing the piano? Or are my > musicians complaining too much? > I'm right at the beginning in my research so far. > Many thanks, > Aylwen > > > On 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 > series<http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/earthlydelights> > * > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > 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 series<http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/earthlydelights> * _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
