Variant for the 1880 shirt

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diff --git a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst b/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst
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--- a/source/historical_menswear/shirts/1880s_shirt/index.rst
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@@ -670,6 +670,27 @@ button and buttonholes on the front placket.
 Done! you can now wear your new shirt, and start making the rest of the
 half dozen :)
 
+Variants
+--------
+
+Flat front
+^^^^^^^^^^
+
+To cut a front with no pleats, cut out a rectangle from the center front
+that is as wide as the calculated ``#gathers_eccess`` in the pattern and
+as deep as the ``#front_slit_length``.
+
+Continue cutting the slit on each side for ``#button_placket_width * 3``
+plus an additional ``#front_gathers_width - #button_placket_width / 2``:
+this will be wider than the front slit that would have been cut for a
+front with pleats, and is required to have space for the gathers below.
+
+Fold down the button placket twice either to the right or the wrong
+side, as described above, hemstitch the right placket and topstitch the
+left.
+
+Continue working the rest of the shirt.
+
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