Showing posts with label shift. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shift. Show all posts
Thursday, 28 December 2017
Project: Polonaise Part 2, The Shift
A Shift or Chemise (They seem to have been used interchangeably) is the base layer of any pre-19th century European outfit. I chose to make mine out of linen, as the vast majority seem to have been at the time due to cotton still being a luxury item. The majority of this garment was stitched on the machine (as per our course guidelines) with finishing done by hand.
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