That brings back memories, I saw that exhibit at Hampton Court in the 80s, when I was just starting to study costumes. I wonder where my photos of the exhibit are.
Katy On Nov 17, 2007 12:41 AM, Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 17:05 16/11/2007, you wrote: > >HAs ANybody got a copy of or know how to get a copy of the Jane > >Asher..( remember the ORIGINAL Paul McCartney gal back in the 60's?) > >book for fancy dress or costuming or somthing.. ,I had a copy onece > >but in all the oves and after an unfortunate 5 year marriage with a > >book fobic neanderthal...many of my books were destroyed, but this > >string reminds me of that book. what I remember > >1. JAnes own daughter or granddaughter dressed in a little girls > >Queen Elizabth I jeweled costume made out of thirft shop antique > >draperies, a humongous paper doily ruff , and jewles out of > >individually wrapped hard candies like Charmes nestled in gilded hot > >glue settings with gilded hot glue "couching" drawing hatching > >patterns between each one...really pretty COOL!!! > >a grown man ( JAmes Coburn) actually modeling a "jailbird" costume > >of horizontally srtiped shirt with a convits number written on a > >card across his chset and the piece de ressistance... huge bird feet . > >Haly MIlls dress I believe in a huge brightly colored tube with > >milar hair decorations...( she was a firecraker) > >I do not remember the title of the book but it was TOTALLY UNFOGETABLE > >and reminded me even then to keep my sence of humore about all > >costuming..even the most serious period stuff.. > >THe LAte GREAT Jante Arnolde ,herself told stories of costuming for > >the BBC's 6 Wives of HEnry the Eight , which sort of launched her > >popularity among the unenitiated back then..and yet...she admited > >that with no budget to speak of,and no time to do it in...she and > >her "little shop" resorted to thift shop curtains, sometimes tunred > >insied out and spray painted with cake doilies for templated to > >make large brocade like patterns and stiffent the fabrics... > >chuckle. She also said if she had has a clue they were going to be > >asked for to used in other series...that SHE was to costume much > >later...she might have paid a bit more attention to whater or not > >the paints and the goddess know WHAT fabrics were compatible or > >would eat each other up in storage..chuckkle > > I'm sorry, but I have to correct you. The person who made the "Wives" > costumes for the BBC series was not Janet Arnold, but Jean Hunnisett. > Janet was not a costumer but an historian. Jean was on the staff of > the BBC at the time, and went on to make all Glenda Jackson's > costumes for "Elizabeth R". I helped Jean to refurbish some of the > "Wives" costumes when they were on show at Hampton Court in the > 1980's, and Coke bottle tops, metal chains, pieces of laces sprayed > gold, furnishing fabrics, gum drops (a kind of round sweet), resin > were all put to good use. By the time "Elizabeth R" came around the > BBC realised they were on to a good thing, and actually gave Jean a > reasonably decent budget. > > Suzi > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
