Thank you so much, I don't know about it being stolen, but I have gathered a lot of knowledge over the years about how things looked, I'm not expert but I have Two very good books by Jean Hunisette who worked for the BBC television costume department, they are invaluable and have accurate patterns and goes into great detail about how each garment looked in each century and what was used a a base for woman's dress's.
Please check out my making of on youtube under name Traybuff. Look out for more photos coming soon later this weekend.