It's either a lower-class style or an under-layer, and back-lacing would be a hassle? Honestly, though, I've seen fifteenth-century re-enactors doing front and side lacing, and there are Herjolfsnes gowns without lacing, but back-lacing didn't occur to me.
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Date: 2012-01-31 02:52 am (UTC)