I don't post very often but I read h-costume daily. I also like the fact that it comes to my in box and I dont' have to search for it.
I'm not on facebook or twitter or anything but email. I have only so much time to play on the computer and I find that the few email lists I'm on are sufficient to fill that time. I read only one blog, written by a friend with whom I share a large community and a history; her version of the history is from a different slant and I read her religiously almost daily. I agre with Fran in that there are a lot of historic costumers out there who don't know about h-costume. I've mentioned it several times in covnersation recently and many people have asked about it; they didn't know that it's out there. I also believe that, since the inception of h-costume, more and more period-specific lists are out there and they have probably siphoned off many of the h-costume people. Kimiko's comments are a good example of that. Since she (Kimiko, sorry about using you as an example) has previously only been interested in the Tudor-Elizabethan periods, the conversations about 17-20C periods are useless to her. I'm pleased she has maintained her status on h-costume because she often has added very interesting comments and information to our conversations. There are many other lists appropriate to English 15-16C costuming, some that Kimiko started herself; these lists weren't there when h-costume started up. When you add up those people who left for more what we loosely call Ren lists those people only interested in 18C or 19C, you get fewer of us interested in several periods. I'm interested in most periods between 1550 - 1950. Where else am I going to get the information and conversations I want without going to 20 different lists? I don't have the time to go there. H-costume covers all of them, granted in a more-overviewed way, but there are enough of us we can still ask a question about an Elizabethan shift and maybe Kate Bunting or someone else very knowledgable will answer. The next day I can ask something about a Victorian accessory and be pretty sure that someone else will have an answer or a picture link. LynnD On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com>wrote: > > >> Is it because costume is visual? For your other e-mail lists, are they >> about visual arts, or can everything be expressed with writing? >> > > When pictures are necessary people post links to them. But I don't think a > picture is worth 1,000 words in costume. Usually accompanying words are > necessary even for construction information. And, pictures can be not very > useful for discussing social-history aspects of costume. > > > > >> On H-costume, if someone wants to show a finished costume or a project in >> progress, they need to direct us to a website. >> > > But, there are many things to say about costume other than, "Here's what I > am making, do you like it?" That's one reason I like h-costume more than > many other groups, it is less focused on personal projects. > > > I enjoy H-costume as a view into what people are doing in other areas and >> eras of costume. I like that it comes into my in-box rather than having to >> go to various blogs or web forums. >> > > I like all that too. > > > Fran > Lavolta Press > www.lavoltapress.com > www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress > > > ______________________________**_________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costume<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
