And I made up a bunch of them to fit This paper doll to see if I could get the layering down.
…there really should be at least one more skirt layer…
This is Rin-Era, someone working in a middle-status job, like a city bureaucrat and –I just realized I didn’t check the buttoning side–
Oh, good. they all button to the right hip. Even if there’s a sort of excessive amount of decorative buttoning.
I tell you, button-maker has to be a high-status job in Reiassan.
Edited to add: http://aldersprig.livejournal.com/photo/album/3134?page=1 the whole scrapbook!
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You realise that this is probably a very Textiles House thing to do, don’t you?
Make all the buttons? Or make paper dolls? 😀
Make buttons _and_ make paper dolls to try out ideas before committing to cloth and mannequins.
Maybe I’ll try to work it into a story somehow!
I like the big diamond on the edge of the button band. If all of those layers are buttoned, even if they’re offset a little, that line is going to get very bulky. Maybe only the top layer has a full set of buttons, and the lower ones have some less-bulky fastening, like a single button or tie on the side, or at the neckline and side? Depending just how pricey (nice) buttons are, they might use removable studs rather than sew-on buttons. That way one can put one’s favorite buttons on one’s outer layer, whichever layer that happens to be today/in this weather. (Or maybe pins, but I think reinforced buttonholes would be less stress on the fabric.)
You do have a point. Maybe simple bone/horn buttons with covers that go over them for the outer layer? The undermost layers probably do use ties.
Button covers are fun!
*googles* Oh, they DO exist! Neato, and yes. I think the very flat bone/tortiseshell buttons that were in when I was in high school might be flat enough to not leave too much bump.