Sharon Nevin wrote:

> http://www.chimericalgirl.net/costume/costume/mygarb.htm
> has an example of the sleeve and style also. Its the blue dress further
> down the page and even further down the page is the lady wearing it
>
> These aren't the best examples for the picture in my head but never mind
>
> now with the sleeves, if you round the bottom point of the triangle
> slightly and piece them as rectangular at the top and then the triangle
> starting just above the elbow you might be able to get the Arwen sleeve
> effect. The page with the blue dress has similar sort of piecing, however
> it is slightly different to what I have in mind.

Lovely dress. Basically you've done a "standard" 4-gore
outfit? The sleeves are interesting. I wish we could see
Arwen's purple lace in movement. In those two pics we can't
tell if those big sleeves are a single piece, like yours
(that is, a tight sleeve plus a flared section - but
generally seemed into one continuous shape), or if it uses
Dickson's "Elvish sleeve" which isn't one continuous shape,
but wraps into an overlap that is supposed to be reminiscent
of leaves. Would it hang the way it does if it were the
"Elvish sleeve"? I can't imagine Dickson would have strayed
from her design plan, but I'm not sure the drape would look
the same.
-Judy