I have finally gotten around to adjusting the stays, making the back side piece more flared and lobed. It's nice. I'm very happy. In fact, I feel like I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

( Pics under the cut )

Now I have to start thinking about order of assembly and boning. Ack! More thinking!

I was planning on going with reed, originally, but then I attended sarahbellem's boning class as CoCo. (I think I mentioned this already...) So I started thinking about cable ties. We went to Lowes tonight, but I'm not sure that what I found is the right kind. They seem wider and thinner than what she passed around class.


( here are the beefiest cable ties Lowes had )

Alternatively, I'll just stick with reed and try to dig up where to buy metal for some reinforcing. I'm also debating opening and lacing them in the front, too, but that would mean making a LOT more eyelets. Meh.

Let me count the ways. :-D

He was puttering around on the laptop before dinner, and left it open when he went upstairs to change.

I saw this website up and he'd been browsing the men's section:

1750-1795 in Fashion (Wikipedia)

This is the same man who requested that I make his 15th century points red and yellow spirals, because they'd be more blingey that way. I guess he *is* the one who first suggested that we do 18th century.

AND he can fix cars and cut down trees. *smooches*

demode has a fabulous directory of extant women's clothing from 1600-1919. I've been browsing and drooling. Does anybody know of a similar list for men?