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| Spiral Sleeve - Neapolitan Woman from Moda a Firenze |
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| White pinked sleeve from Allesandro Allori's portrait of Isabella de Medici |
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| Paned sleeve from Bronzino's portrait of Eleanora de Toledo and Son |
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| Pinked and striped sleeves - Painting associated with Allesandro Allori, 1535-1607 |
I do want to keep the baragoni (sleeve head/shoulder treatment) minimal with this Sottana as I will want to fit the sleeves under the Veste once I eventually get it done. Or possibly make something removable/multiple sleeves. Gah so many options!
My fabric choices include the butter yellow damask, and if the postal service doesn't lose my package for another month (growl/snarl), ivory silk taffeta or yellow silk taffeta, which I've yet to determine how well it will match. Yikes!
I love love love the look of plain white pinked sleeves, but they are very similar to my elevation sleeves, sans the pearls and crystals, of course. So that's currently at the bottom of my top choices, so to speak. If my silk doesn't arrive like...today, I may be stuck with the damask, which means the panes would be the best choice. Plus, I haven't done paned sleeves since my first 'Bethan, back in '03 or '04.
Thoughts? Opinions?
I vote for the first or last option. I like the spirals or stripes with pinking.
ReplyDeleteI really like the spiral ones. I don't like the harshness of the straight lines that some of the other patterns create. Panes are also nice, but I've been wanting to do a set of spiral ones myself since seeing Carol's in the IRCC so they're high on my list of pretty just now.
ReplyDeleteI really like the first ones. Always have loved spiral sleeves...
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