Last year an acquaintance was trying to build a late-15c Italian giornea on me, based on a surviving garment she had been allowed to examine. In the first mockup, the back seam on me wasn't looking like the one in the survival, so she put a saddle on her coffee table, had me straddle it in a natural riding position, and the wrinkle showed up EXACTLY where it was in the survival.
Some time later, as she was fiddling with shoulders, she took some measurements, including a 1/4" difference between my left and right shoulders. Then she went back to her notes on the survival, and the measurements were EXACTLY THE SAME -- right down to the 1/4" difference. I have the body of the original wearer.
Unfortunately, the garment-in-progress disappeared, and she had an attack of life, so the project has been indefinitely postponed.
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aha! moments in clothing
Date: 2009-09-13 12:15 pm (UTC)Some time later, as she was fiddling with shoulders, she took some measurements, including a 1/4" difference between my left and right shoulders. Then she went back to her notes on the survival, and the measurements were EXACTLY THE SAME -- right down to the 1/4" difference. I have the body of the original wearer.
Unfortunately, the garment-in-progress disappeared, and she had an attack of life, so the project has been indefinitely postponed.