Grecian or Toga wedding gown?

I've had a request for a toga-style or Grecian wedding gown. I'm looking for a pattern and photo. Don't have a clue as to what/where to look. Any ideas? Web sites? Patterns? Thanks! Jamie

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Happy Stitcher
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I'm assuming that you aren't referring to a modern style here because of your use of the word toga...

There's a group called the Institute for Draped Clothing that has an amazingly informative web site. The page on their site that talks about Western styles, including ancient Greek and Roman, is

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(it's not just Celtic, honestly). I particularly recommend the link marked Roman Clothing II and the link to the Met's exhibit.

Courtney

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Well, if all else fails, there is the costume section....done with a great amount of attention paid to detail work, I think a costume pattern would work,.......One of the bige 3 has an angel pattern that might actually work very well (it's not Simplicity, I just checked).

Larisa, imagining what the wedding party is going to look like

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Thanks to all. This is for a friend's soon to be d-i-l. I won't be making the dress, but she asked me to search as she doesn't have Internet access (can you imagine!?!). Thanks again, Jamie

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Happy Stitcher

I'm slightly confused! Do you want a Grecian garment (dead easy to make) or a toga - a Roman male garment?

The Grecian one takes practically no making at all, you just need some light weight very drapy fabric. 445" is good: cut it into two rectangles slightly longer than from shoulder to floor and sew together all the way up the sides. hem the 'top' and 'bottom'. Use some nice matching brooches to form the fastenings on the shoulders, and gather the rest into a tie belt at the waist.

You can make them longer so you can fold a bit over at the top to make a second layer: this can be from almost waist length to half way down your legs... Or to do a two coloured effect, make a long one and a shorter one out of two different fabrics and pin them together at the shoulders.

Matching circular gold brooches, a gold rope belt (which can be very long and wrapped round like cross gartering!), and some gold strappy sandals look good on an ivory background.

Another advantage is the lack of fittings! AND, if done carefully, it will suit most figure types - just don't encourage the larger bridesmaids to tie their belts too tight, or they will look like a sack of melons tied in the middle - BTDT!

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Oh yeah, baby baby. TO-GAH! TO-GAH!

--Karen M. hoping the happy day is Oct 31

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