There is actually a large and thriving historic costuming community. I just don't think they are represented on this list. With no insult intended for anyone, I think what is dying is this list rather than historic costuming/reenactment community. Of all of the people I know in my own worldwide costuming circle (that sounded rather self-important lol but you know what I meant), I think only 1 is on this list. There are others who I know as friends of friends or by seeing them posting on communities that are on this list (Like Susan Farmer and Kimiko), but for the most part, they are not represented here either. Some were and left for various reasons and now are active on other mediums.
Though I have not been vocal for long stretches of time, I have been on this list for about 7 or 8 years. I know many of you have been around for much longer. And I am sure that this was once the best place for everyone to congregate and share and explore the topic together. But as technology has moved forward, email lists are a dying breed. Teena ________________________________ From: A. Thurman <athur...@gmail.com> To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Sun, August 7, 2011 4:23:32 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days? <snip> I don't think costuming is going out of style - far from it. Younger people tend not to do historic costuming, but there does seem to be a huge interest in sci-fi/anime character costuming (cosplay) and events/mailing lists/other internet to match. Could be we're just not seeing them here. <snip> Allison T. _______________________________________________ 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
