Inspiration for the V neck in the English Burgundian Style?

[sbuchler]

I was hit with inspiration when I was unlacing my GFD:

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[reasie]

Hey, since the over-gowns were getting more like the under-gowns, it seems like a no-brainer that the one would inspire the other.

Layering and naughtiness! Short under-sleeves and waist seams created for the utilitarian needs of the under-dress get done up all fancy in fur and jewels on the clothing of saints!

What I keep picking at in my brain are the wide-laced front dresses that you see at the very end of the 15th in art, which resemble the clothing shown on young girls earlier. I keep thinking this might be something like 15th C. Lolita. :P

[sbuchler]

re 15th C Lolita - I hadn't thought of that... I'll have to mull it over :-)