I didn't realise it'd been that long since I'd posted til I sat down to do it last night [X(]. I've been so busy doing things and time passes quickly, I forget that I'm 10 steps ahead and no-one knows! Richard was up me as well -"you should be posting as you go"!!!

I'm posting a couple of pics I'm using for reference for the Mae West. It really does look very wrong and I'm going to redo it tonight. Looking more closely at some of the b&w photos, I now notice that the ties in the front are a darker colour. Any suggestions as to what they might be made of and what colour they would be? I had white cotton tape which I dipped into strong yellow food colouring because white looked wrong but so does the bright yellow and they're way too big/long. The yellow of the mae west is a bit bright too but there's a very limited range to choose from, perhaps it could be toned down with a dip into some bleach. In the colour pic, the very light coloured ones look like original '40's vests but severely faded from time.

Any sketches or clear photos of the detail would be good - there looks to be lots of pockets and tubes and ties but it's very hard to decifer what goes where!

Will keep you posted!

cheers
Patti