tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206505957472481743.post6206636987282897592..comments2023-06-27T02:57:03.918-07:00Comments on Curse Words and Crinolines: 18th Century Robe BattanteCaithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898677615117662081noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206505957472481743.post-2865027698932321222013-04-30T09:07:00.289-07:002013-04-30T09:07:00.289-07:00sweet :)
Thanks for the help! having this costumin...sweet :)<br />Thanks for the help! having this costuming community makes such a difference in evolving our knowledge in so many eras.Caithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898677615117662081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206505957472481743.post-41381450764960049652013-04-30T08:10:43.275-07:002013-04-30T08:10:43.275-07:00Yay for specific goals! That does help a lot. Tell...Yay for specific goals! That does help a lot. Tell you what - can you send me an email at sceneinthepast [at] charter dot net? Then I can type up some of the more specific notes tonight or tomorrow. :)Scene in the Pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00152966266473265321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206505957472481743.post-45550382108494693882013-04-29T11:17:28.826-07:002013-04-29T11:17:28.826-07:00I have only very limited research in this era as i...I have only very limited research in this era as it is in general relativly new to me and specificly to the early part of the century is still a mystery to me.<br /><br />I am unfamiliar with the differences between the few early transitional gowns but if you have more details I would love to have the help!!! My two goals with this project are: 1) make a curtain along dress and 2) make an early 1730-1740s gown to wear with Michael and his new early uniform. I really like a challenge and I really like to make what is least expected/ least common for an era :)<br /><br />So anything you have to help keep me historically accurate i would really find incredibly helpful!!!!Caithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898677615117662081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206505957472481743.post-60357297202145843902013-04-29T09:56:14.122-07:002013-04-29T09:56:14.122-07:00Ooh! The Robe Battante is not something I've e...Ooh! The Robe Battante is not something I've ever seen a costumer make. The "Robe Volante" is another very similar style. I don't have my notes in front of me so I forget which one came first, but both were transitional styles from the even earlier mantua into the sacque or francaise.<br /><br />If you do one in a cotton print, it will be VERY fashion-forward! Cotton prints are a lot rarer earlier in the century.Scene in the Pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00152966266473265321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206505957472481743.post-32046540974286503692013-04-26T09:05:43.059-07:002013-04-26T09:05:43.059-07:00Quinn,
This was a new term to me as well I had to ...Quinn,<br />This was a new term to me as well I had to look it up at first. <br /><br />"At the beginning of the century, the sack-back gown was a very informal style of dress. At its most informal, it was unfitted both front and back and called a sacque, contouche, or robe battante." from Wikipedia<br /><br />I chose to use the term Robe Battante, because I feel it is a clearer destinction between the eras of the Sacque back gowns. Robe Battante for the early informal style and Robe a la Francais for the later style. But this is just personal preference on my part. And you would be perfectly correct in call them Sacques.Caithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898677615117662081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2206505957472481743.post-35341092297379405722013-04-26T08:18:28.687-07:002013-04-26T08:18:28.687-07:00This is a term I haven't run across before. Th...This is a term I haven't run across before. They look so similar to sacques. Can you clarify what the difference is?<br /><br />Best,<br />QuinnQuinnhttp://www.quinnmburgess.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com