on 10/12/06 2:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Send h-costume mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of h-costume digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: !6th century costume pictures (Kate M Bunting) > 2. RE: 1970s American Fashion (Sharon at Collierfam.com) > 3. RE: 1970s American Fashion (Sharon at Collierfam.com) > 4. Re: 16th century costume pictures ? (Ingrid G. Storr?) > 5. Final pattern clearance (Five Rivers Chapmanry) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:25:43 +0100 > From: "Kate M Bunting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [h-cost] Re: !6th century costume pictures > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > I can understand a little Norwegian. It says that Vecellio was > influenced by Olaus Magnus' "Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus" > (History of the Northern peoples), published in Rome, 1555, and then > goes on to compare his woodcuts and text with Vecellio's. The burning > sticks are torches to enable people to work in the long winter nights, > not smoking materials. > A Google search on Olaus Magnus reveals that he was a Swede who became > a high-ranking Catholic cleric in Rome, and was a noted geographer, so > he did know whereof he spoke. > > Kate Bunting > Librarian and 17th century reenactor > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:40:47 -0700 > From: "Sharon at Collierfam.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [h-cost] 1970s American Fashion > To: "'Historical Costume'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Jessica McClintock? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 5:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [h-cost] 1970s American Fashion > > > Aarrgh. There was a female clothing designer in San Francisco in the > 70s who made off-the-rack dresses in that "olde fashioned" look - > sort of Victorian, sort of "peasanty". She later made more > sophisticated prom dresses and wedding dresses inthe 80s and, i > think, 90s. But i'm drawing a blank on her name... > > Can anyone help? > > Thanks, > Anahita > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:42:35 -0700 > From: "Sharon at Collierfam.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [h-cost] 1970s American Fashion > To: "'Historical Costume'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I friend gave me all her old patterns and there're some of this style in the > box. Cool. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Elizabeth Young > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:01 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1970s American Fashion > > > gunny sax dresses fit that description and I made (and wore one - hey, > it was the 80s - I deny any responsibility for my wardrobe) from a > commercial pattern, probably Simplicity > > liz young > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Aarrgh. There was a female clothing designer in San Francisco in the 70s >> who made off-the-rack dresses in that "olde fashioned" look - sort of >> Victorian, sort of "peasanty". She later made more sophisticated prom >> dresses and wedding dresses inthe 80s and, i think, 90s. But i'm drawing >> a blank on her name... >> >> Can anyone help? >> >> Thanks, >> Anahita >> _______________________________________________ >> h-costume mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >> > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:03:51 +0200 (CEST) > From: Ingrid G. Storr? <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] 16th century costume pictures ? > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Bella wrote: >> I can't be completely sure (because I can't read it), but I believe >> the coloured drawings are in fact later (1664?) re-drawings taken from >> Vecellio. I believe the original Vecellio images were woodcuts. > > The text says that they are hand-coloured woodcuts from the end of the > 16th century, originally part of a large work by Vecillio (tDegli > habiti antichi, et moderni di diversi parti del Modo libri due). It says > that there were three editions of the work, all printed in Venice, and > dating to 1590, 1598 and 1664. They don't know whether these particular > images are from the 1590 or the 1598 edition, but aparently it's one of > those. > > Ingrid
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