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Costume |
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Items of costume can be extremely varied. Commissions
have ranged from an 18th century mantua, to a christening
robe or even a dress worn by Marilyn Monroe.
Costumes are always challenging owing to the three dimensional
element of their construction. The Consultancy has accumulated
considerable expertise in the reconstruction of period costume
by tracing back the layers of information revealed by the
stitches.
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The Louth Wedding Dress
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This dress was originally made in the 1860's but altered for wear later
in the 19th century and then again in 1988. It
was not possible to return this dress to its original shape
as too much had been cut away. However, through the evidence
left behind by the original stitch holes, it was possible
to return the dress to a silhouette of the late 1890's tempered
with a feeling of 1860.
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