Well, Moda is now out of print and QEWU has not been retired as yet, so I would suggest you get Moda, and then save again for QEWU. So while I think you would gain some great information with that book as well.
Cilean On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:00 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send h-costume mailing list submissions to > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > 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: Moda a Firenze or Queen Elizabeth? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 2. Re: Moda a Firenze or Queen Elizabeth? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 3. Re: Moda a Firenze or Queen Elizabeth? ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 4. Re: Moda a Firenze or Queen Elizabeth? (Maggie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:30:28 +0000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Moda a Firenze or Queen Elizabeth? > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Historical Costume" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Hi there, > Actually Moda is in both Italian and English (on the same page!! ). I love > QEWU. If you are just starting out in this field, then I think that is the > book to start with. > > Etiennette > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Maggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Also QEWU has the great virtue of being in English. I believe Moda is > still > > only in Italian, which means great pictures but you may not always know > what > > you're looking at. > > > > MaggiRos > > > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Saragrace Knauf wrote: > > > > > My vote would be QEW. It meets your requirements and has just great > > > fundamental knowledge that seems to be becoming the standard. The other > > > book is lovely too, but if I had to pick it would be QEW. > > > > > > Sg > > > > > > > -- > > Maggie Secara > > ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 > > ISBN 978-0-9818401-0-9 > > Available at http://elizabethan.org/compendium/paperback or your > favorite > > online bookseller > > International readers may want to use > > http://www.amazon.ca/Compendium-Common-Knowledge-1558-1603/dp/0981840108 > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:30:28 +0000 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Moda a Firenze or Queen Elizabeth? > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Historical Costume" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Hi there, > Actually Moda is in both Italian and English (on the same page!! ). I love > QEWU. If you are just starting out in this field, then I think that is the > book to start with. > > Etiennette > > -------------- Original message -------------- > From: Maggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Also QEWU has the great virtue of being in English. I believe Moda is > still > > only in Italian, which means great pictures but you may not always know > what > > you're looking at. > > > > MaggiRos > > > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 6:39 AM, Saragrace Knauf wrote: > > > > > My vote would be QEW. It meets your requirements and has just great > > > fundamental knowledge that seems to be becoming the standard. The other > > > book is lovely too, but if I had to pick it would be QEW. > > > > > > Sg > > > > > > > -- > > Maggie Secara > > ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 > > ISBN 978-0-9818401-0-9 > > Available at http://elizabethan.org/compendium/paperback or your > favorite > > online bookseller > > International readers may want to use > > http://www.amazon.ca/Compendium-Common-Knowledge-1558-1603/dp/0981840108 > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:40:09 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Moda a Firenze or Queen Elizabeth? > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; > format="flowed" > > All other things being equal, I would buy Elizabeth and save up for > Moda next time. Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe has more of the wonderful > details about who made what and with what tools; it's more of a > snapshot of Elizabethan clothing industry, with an emphasis on Royal > clothing. > > > > Hi, > > > > I am planning to spend some money and I have a real dilemma. I am > > hesitating between Moda a Firenze and Queen Elizabeth's wardrobe > > unlocked. I've heard very good reference on both. I do not have any > > special area of interest, so Florence or England are both > > interesting to me, but I would welcome a detailed study with lots of > > large, quality photographs and also some tips on reconstruction > > (patterns or details - fastenings etc.) > > > > If you could boy only one, which one would you choose? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Zuzana > > ___________________________ > > Sartor...custom-made costumes > > www.sartor.cz > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > h-costume@mail.indra.com > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 10:02:17 -0700 > From: Maggie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Moda a Firenze or Queen Elizabeth? > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 17:21 07/08/2008, you wrote: > > > >> Also QEWU has the great virtue of being in English. I believe Moda is > >> still > >> only in Italian, which means great pictures but you may not always know > >> what > >> you're looking at. > >> > > > > No, Moda a Firenze has one half of the page in Italian, the other in > > English, so there is no difficulty with the Italian language. The > pictures > > are superb, and the text is very useful. I would vote to save up and get > > both! (Anyone going to Florence in November might find Moda the more > > useful.) > > > > Suzi > > > > Well darn! I wish I'd known that last weekend. Well, no, perhaps I don't. I > got both the Court of Henry VIII book and (finally) roy Strong's Cult of > Elizabeth at Costume College, and that was probably enough. > > MaggiRos > -- > Maggie Secara > ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 > ISBN 978-0-9818401-0-9 > Available at http://elizabethan.org/compendium/paperback or your favorite > online bookseller > International readers may want to use > http://www.amazon.ca/Compendium-Common-Knowledge-1558-1603/dp/0981840108 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > End of h-costume Digest, Vol 7, Issue 297 > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
