[MR] gores & contrast gores in dresses

[Grace Morris]

Greetings.

At a recent event, I saw many beautifully made dresses with contrasting 
gores.  (They seems to be quite popular!) By coincidence, the following 
post and question come up on the SCA_Garb list today, and I thought 
that it might be appropriate to throw it out to those in the tavern who 
might not follow this list. I agree with the poster that we have yet to 
find period examples of this style.  Has anyone out there found 
anything to indicate that this was done in period?  If you have, PLEASE 
share!

Jessamyn di Piemonte
Charlesbury Crossing

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> And since we're on the topic, some three or four years ago we had a
> looonnng hunt for evidence of contrasting fabric gores.  At the time,
> someone in the Mid found different-fabric gores in an ecclesiastic
> tunic, but we came up with no other evidence, pictorial or extant.
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> Has anyone turned up something since then that y'all know of?  They're
> very popular in my area, thought to be period, and I just have to keep
> my mouth shut except for saying (truthfully) when asked, that it's
> very pretty. (Examples: tan tunic with blue gores, red tunic with
> white gores, etc.)
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