I don't think much of Kohler. There are better sources. Janet Arnold's 3 books "Patterns of fashion" are a good start if you are doing 16th-20th Centuries. There are no perfect costume books. Start with the primary sources (art) and extant clothing of whatever period you need. Powerpoint is a good way to go, since you can put whatever you want into the presentation. So many pictures are available online, it makes it easy. Monica
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sylvia Rognstad Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:07 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: What would *you* use? (was Re: [h-cost] Racinet If you don't think much of Racinet, what about Kohler? ALthough his book was written in the twenties, he appears to have a lot of primary sources. I find his diagrammed patterns of clothing interesting, although they are conjecture. They seem well thought out. Sylrog On Aug 30, 2006, at 10:27 AM, Susan B. Farmer wrote: > Quoting Sylvia Rognstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I'm teaching a class on costume and fashion this fall and would like >> to >> use Racinet's illustrations to supplement the history section. >> Considering his book was written in the 1800s, what do you experts >> think of it in terms of accuracy? > > In light of the negative responses to this question, what book would > you use? > > susan > ----- > Susan Farmer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > University of Tennessee > Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology > http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
