Undergarments II (BeForever) (RETIRED)
Feb 2, 2020 15:03:32 GMT -5
Post by QNPoohBear on Feb 2, 2020 15:03:32 GMT -5
This set is nowhere near as nice or as accurate as the original.
The chemise is not soft cotton but thicker polyester blend and not soft. It velcroes in the back all the way down.
The stays are patterned, which I've never seen before in real life. They're lightly corded but not boned. The ribbon lacing can be untied and loosened but this pair was designed to velcro on the side. The plus side is, these can lace in the front or the back. Some 18th-century stays laced in front, some in back and some both.
The real problem with this set is the bum roll. Bum rolls were NOT worn in 1774. AFTER the war, false rumps were popular but not bum rolls. I have this from the seamstress at the Margaret Hunter shop in Colonial Williamsburg. This leads me to believe Felicity's Beforever meet dress is from the 1780s. This bum roll thing is a sausage of fabric stuffed and curved around Felicity's hips in back, however, it's much to small for a PM sized gal to wear to make her skirts stand out.
Skip this and look for a pair of panniers or pocket hoops instead. I only bought this set because it was the only thing at AGPNY I could afford and I wanted to support Felicity.
Grade: C+
The chemise is not soft cotton but thicker polyester blend and not soft. It velcroes in the back all the way down.
The stays are patterned, which I've never seen before in real life. They're lightly corded but not boned. The ribbon lacing can be untied and loosened but this pair was designed to velcro on the side. The plus side is, these can lace in the front or the back. Some 18th-century stays laced in front, some in back and some both.
The real problem with this set is the bum roll. Bum rolls were NOT worn in 1774. AFTER the war, false rumps were popular but not bum rolls. I have this from the seamstress at the Margaret Hunter shop in Colonial Williamsburg. This leads me to believe Felicity's Beforever meet dress is from the 1780s. This bum roll thing is a sausage of fabric stuffed and curved around Felicity's hips in back, however, it's much to small for a PM sized gal to wear to make her skirts stand out.
Skip this and look for a pair of panniers or pocket hoops instead. I only bought this set because it was the only thing at AGPNY I could afford and I wanted to support Felicity.
Grade: C+
