Hi all
I'm just about to finish an 1880s style bustle dress from Simplicity 5457, and I've decided I don't have the heart to put a zip in the back like the instructions tell you to....I mean it doesn't quite look at home on a Victorian dress (especially one I've slaved over x.x)
So I wondered if anyone had any other bodice fastening ideas. I'd usually lace it, but it has a yoke and I think laces would just tug it in weird shapes. Not sure I'm confident hooks and eyes will hold it either, and the opening is at the back. I've thought about small buttons but...
Anyway, I'd appreciate any suggestions. Just thought I'd drop a post here before I finished it in case there might be something I haven't thought of.
Thanks!
