The Gown for 2008

I'm doing much reading. Here are some of the links to sites that I will use. They have construction techniques for bodices, boning, corset making, pleating, design, lacing, etc. You have all used them, I'm sure. They reference each other.

http://www.elizabethancostume.net/index.html

http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/

http://www.festiveattyre.com/research/index.html

http://freespace.virgin.net/f.lea/kirtle.html

http://www.sempstress.org/

http://www.modehistorique.com/elizabethan/diaries.html

http://www.geocities.com/oonaghsown/index2.html

These are just some of the talented ladies who helped me make my last gown. Their instructions have been priceless. Meaning I didn't pay for any of it, just my eternal gratitude.

Cindy