In a message dated 6/3/2006 10:55:58 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Um, sorry, but you may want to re-think the bracketed part of this statement. Yes, you are correct. My statement is a bit vague concerning a more complicated trend. But it only really applies to a short period of time. And I should have said ready made instead of machine made. But considering the early sewing machines seem, to us, a real pain [hand cranked] and expensive... plus attitudes of the wealthy [my snobby rich Grandmother had silk blouses hand made up until the 1960s!] things really don't start cranking up until improvements went up and costs went down. Lots of 1860s gowns are machined together, with a lot of trimming done by hand....a sorta missing link phase. But by the time we get to bustle, you really see the machine at work all over the place. My main point was that the machine, once completely accepted, which took a little time, changed the way clothes were cut. And even that doesn't really hit it fair and square. There is also the time it took to discover what a clever seamstress could actually do with a machine....the development of machine techniques. All these things are happening at once. One thing I find utterly fascinating is the logic of pre-machine clothes and how it differs from post-machine clothes. We as costumers are often trying to find ways to make things look like they're done by hand...with a machine! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
