We finally got for me a male form, after all these years. We did not pay much for it (found it on Ebay) and it was not the exact right size, but it was close enough that it could be padded to be the right size. Sure beats putting his clothing on my dress form. The breasts just weren't working with the fit! I really find putting it on the form handy to see how the garment hangs and to see it from afar. A good bit of what is done is an art and requires, in my mind, looking at from a distance.
Buttons will be a pretty important part to this uniform. We thought we were going to use some actual Navy buttons from Marlow White (provider of uniform items for current military), but the eagle on the button faces the wrong way. A small thing, you say, but an attention to detail.
Schuyler, Hartley and Graham Illustrated Catalog of Civil War Military Goods is a wonderful reference book to have. There are illustrations of the buttons in there and the eagle is facing to our right, as we look at it and to the wearer's left as it is worn. There are Uniform Regulations in the book, too. The buttons I am using are the LaMode Navy buttons. They are nicely made and come in 3 sizes. The large and medium are used on the frock coat, 18 large (because it is a double-beasted frock coat) and mediums are used in the back at the waist seam.
We finally got for me a male form, after all these years. We did not pay much for it (found it on Ebay) and it was not the exact right size, but it was close enough that it could be padded to be the right size. Sure beats putting his clothing on my dress form. The breasts just weren't working with the fit! I really find putting it on the form handy to see how the garment hangs and to see it from afar. A good bit of what is done is an art and requires, in my mind, looking at from a distance.
Buttons will be a pretty important part to this uniform. We thought we were going to use some actual Navy buttons from Marlow White (provider of uniform items for current military), but the eagle on the button faces the wrong way. A small thing, you say, but an attention to detail. Schuyler, Hartley and Graham Illustrated Catalog of Civil War Military Goods is a wonderful reference book to have. There are illustrations of the buttons in there and the eagle is facing to our right, as we look at it and to the wearer's left as it is worn. There are Uniform Regulations in the book, too. The buttons I am using are the LaMode Navy buttons. They are nicely made and come in 3 sizes. The large and medium are used on the frock coat, 18 large (because it is a double-beasted frock coat) and mediums are used in the back at the waist seam.
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