I must concur with my sister - and not just because she beats me up when I don't. Gracie, do you have links to any of those fabulous pictures you had that show the shoulder more closely? I do think they sewed it on a bit. There are other pictures that show lacings, but not as common. As usual, I strongly suspect there were many different solutions employed at the time.
I do wonder why buttons are unfashionable in Italy at this point, as they had been fashionable the century before, and men, at least, sometimes have buttons at their collars... perhaps it is yet another way they were trying to be 'classical'.
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Date: 2007-01-16 02:48 pm (UTC)As usual, I strongly suspect there were many different solutions employed at the time.
I do wonder why buttons are unfashionable in Italy at this point, as they had been fashionable the century before, and men, at least, sometimes have buttons at their collars... perhaps it is yet another way they were trying to be 'classical'.