[h-cost] Mullet Hairstyle History Timeline
This is so cute: http://www.brownielocks.com/mullet.html Of course you have to sing along with the midi while visiting the webpage. We actually sing "Hair" to my son who is going his hair out. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: Fabrics from eBay, was Re: [h-cost] linen blends
My problem with fabrics-store is that thier white light weight linen (IL-19 and IL-20 i think are they names) does not come in what they called "soften" so it is fairly rough-i.e. not something i would want to use in a chemises. I have used it so, and it is ok, but NOT as nice as some of the good linen I have bought for 7 dollars other places. I have tried washing and drying it again and again, and alos tried washing it with dish soap (someone said that might help at some point). Joan Jurancich wrote: At 03:28 PM 8/2/2005, you wrote: Thanks for the responses! The real thing? Someday - when I am better at this and feel that I won't be wasting money on a mistake. :- ) Hopefully the heat won't be too much of a factor - up here in the Northwest an 85 degree day is in the high range even in August. I have noticed that Joanne's sometimes appears to mix things up, but the local one is pretty limited that way...a huge selection of craft supplies, quilting, and home decor fabrics (that part isn't so bad actually). The actual garment fabric section takes up less than 1/4 of the fabric department and is heavily into fleeces and specialty (bridal/prom, baby, holiday) fabrics. Completely natural fabrics are hard to come by. :- ( In that same vein...I have seen several eBay sellers that have linen. Anyone want to share any experiences with buying fabrics from eBay? Annette M - Today's lesson is about fabric. For linen, I go to www.fabrics-store.com. I have had good service and decent products at a good price. You can get free samples of up to 5 fabrics at a time. Can't hurt to give it a try. I've had good luck with cotton-linen blends (and it's amazing what a little color-remover and dye will do if the original color is just wrong); most of the ones I have used are 50-50. I won't use any of the linen-rayon blends for next-to-the-skin clothing, but they should be fine for outer garments. ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] Handkerchief Linen
Hi Wendi, I dont know what you mean with Pros and Cons is, but i have imported the most expensive and lovely handkerchief linen from Rotterdam. I made my 18th century gentlemans shirt of it, and it is very very lovely to work with, irons well, washes well, and alas very very expensive. Also my stock cravat is made of this material. Let me know what this pros and cons are. Bjarne - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:39 PM Subject: [h-cost] Handkerchief Linen Hello, I wanted to know, and I am sure the answer is "yes", if anyone has any experience working with Handkerchief Linen. Can you please tell me the Pros and Cons of working with it and wearing it? TIA, Wendi ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] Pros and cons, was Handkerchief Linen
Advantages and disadvantages (from the Latin "pro" (for) and "contra" (against). Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/08/2005 14:53 >>> Let me know what this pros and cons are. Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 1540s French Hood Images
Hi Kimiko, Welcome to the club of high crests. The very first i ever made, was like your description, and way to exagerated. Even worse was that i made it with an elizabethan wheel farthingale. My research was not worth 2 pennies those days :-) I have often wondered, that there must be many portraits at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Unfortunately i have never been there, but they must have as many portraits from the period, as the english has. Dont know if there are any french books arround. Bjarne - Original Message - From: "Kimiko Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 6:01 AM Subject: [h-cost] 1540s French Hood Images Hi all, I guess I like to research costumes, even what some would consider minor parts like the hats and other accessories. To me, they are just as important in getting right (or close to it as we can sometimes) as getting the gown right. I've seen a number of French hoods worn over the years, and part of why I am so keen in researching this accessory is that most that I have seen at various renaissance faires (although, not all, thankfully) usually have that upper crescent shaped way too large, and standing up way too high. For those who watched Babylon 5, a badly made French hood can sometimes remind me of the Centauri's fashion for a standing crest of hair. And yes, I have worn such a standing crest myself, so I am not pointing fingers at anyone. As we learn better, we do better. As a standing crest is something I want to avoid in making my next French hood, I decided that the best way to determine what a proper one should look like, is to look at as many examples in surviving portraits and sketches that I could find. Unfortunately, there are no surviving French hoods that I have heard of, so portraits and sketches have to suffice. However, the biggest problem in determining what they really look like, is that there are no back images of any that I could find, or really good side views either. But what images I have found in my many books, I have scanned and made available for everyone to view for research purposes only. I am sure there are more images available in other books and even online, but I didn't find them... yet. I know there is one book that I would love to get from our local college, Strong's _Tudor & Jacobean Portraits_, but they are expanding the library, and all those kind of research books are being moved into storage for awhile. When I get that book, or any other images of interest, I will update the page. The images I have scanned are only French hoods, and they date from the late 1530s to the 1550s, but all are of similar fashion style. For now, you can find all 10 images I have, in full and in close-up detail, at my dress diary section: 1540s French Hood Images http://www.kimiko1.com/dressdiaries/1545FrenchHood/Fhood_images.html If you know of any images that should be on this page but are not, please let me know. Kimiko Kimiko Small http://www.kimiko1.com Fresno, CA, USA "Lady of the Wardrobe" for Isle of Mann Guild Portraying at California's Central Valley Renaissance Faires Lady Clifford, Countess of Cumberland (Margaret Percy, Eleanor Brandon, or Margaret Russell) ___ 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
[h-cost] Re: Handkerchief Linen
I used it for a couple of 16th C shirts, machine sewed one, hand sewed the other. It was a dream to handsew as fingerpressing took quite easily. It doesn't wear as well as the heavier linens but both of the guys I made these for say it is very cool and comfortable to wear. I was using the handkerchief linen available on sewingcentral.com. Hope that helps, Catherine ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: Fabrics from eBay, was Re: [h-cost] linen blends
That's a shame. The bolt of the same stuff I got from them (their 3.5 oz "handkerchief" linen) washed up beautifully. It's not quite as fine as some other fabric I've got (60 threads/inch), but it's very nice, and makes great shifts and shirts (and hankies, too). The thread count's not as exactly even as I'd like for my counted-thread work, but I'm looking forward to doing some embroidery on it for a 16th-century shift. I'm going to do a variant on the partlet and sleeves from the Helena S(Slackenburg? something like that) painting (English, mid-century). She's the young lady in the sleeveless red dress, with the partlet and matching sleeves embroidered with sprigs of roses? I'm going to do the same thing, but using sprigs of blue columbine, since columbine are the charge in my (SCA) badge. There are a number of examples in 16th c. English clothing that show little touches of heraldic charges or associations, so I thought it appropriate. Plus, it gets me the chance to try another kind of embroidery (I generally don't do surface work), AND has the bonus of avoiding roses, which were hugely popular as thematic elements in 16th c. (English) embroidery, but which, in the SCA, tend to be associated with queens and former queens, which I am not. --Sue in sunny Montana, who needs to get off this computer and go to work! ;o) J Schueller wrote: My problem with fabrics-store is that thier white light weight linen (IL-19 and IL-20 i think are they names) does not come in what they called "soften" so it is fairly rough-i.e. not something i would want to use in a chemises. I have used it so, and it is ok, but NOT as nice as some of the good linen I have bought for 7 dollars other places. I have tried washing and drying it again and again, and alos tried washing it with dish soap (someone said that might help at some point). ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Pros and cons, was Handkerchief Linen
- Original Message - From: "Kate M Bunting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:02 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pros and cons, was Handkerchief Linen Advantages and disadvantages (from the Latin "pro" (for) and "contra" (against). Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor Thanks Kate, I think i payed about 125 dollars back in 2000 for 1 meter of this hankerchief linen. It original is used for making hankerchiefs edged with very fine homemade point laces. I knew it from my time when i made laces. And i thoaght it would be wonderfull for shirts and chemises. I have washed it only about 2-3 times a year when i goes to events, and the only thing wrong with it today is a tiny spot i got at the first event where i got a moskito bite. It has not gotten thinner of wash and the quality is the same. We have a special word for this linen in Denmark we call it Kammerdug, wich could be translated to something about chamber cloth. It is the finest linen available today, and the obstacle is sertanly the price. However i only wash it by hand, no machine, but this is mostly because i dont want to ruin my cotton lace wich is attached to it. Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 1540s French Hood Images
I think that it's a trick of perspective that makes people think that French Hoods stand up away from the head. I have made two French Hoods that actually lay down almost flat against my skull but that look tilted when I wear them. People don't realize that the skull actually slopes up from the forehead and so if you make something that lies flat to the head it will appear tilted when observed. I cringe every time I see one of the 'sun visor' French Hoods- I know that's what some people actually use for them because they have told me with great enthusiasm that they are the perfect shape and won't it be wonderful..that's when I just grit my teeth and nod politely. I remember seeing a nun one time with a head-dress that was a perfect French Hood and I wished that I had the nerve to ask her how her order (I have no idea which one) constructs the things and if the makings might be available to the public. Alas, I haven't seen one like it since (not that I've been prowling th! e convents and cathedrals looking) but if I do, I may just throw caution to the wind and ask. Byt he way, there's a sketch in one of Janet Arold's books (PoF or QEWUNLK'D) of a French woman from front and back and I believe she's wearing a French Hood..it's usually used to illustrate the farthingale that peaking out from under her hem or the way her bodice laces up the back. That might give you a back view to work from. Karen Seamstrix ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 1540s French Hood Images
Kimiko, I'm so glad you are doing this! An image collection of French hoods has been on the to-do list for a long time. One of the things I was contemplating was a look at similar styles from nearby countries just before this time period as well as later developments--a sort of evolutionary approach. Most people trace the hood from the looser early century arrangement, or just before the turn of the century as in Margaret of Burgandy's version: http://www.wga.hu/art/m/master/moulins/anne_aus.jpg But there are several intriguing possibilities from the Flemish school that might be closer, evolutionary speaking. Gossaert depicts a young women with a frech-hood shaped headdress that contains her hair in a bag at the back: http://www.wga.hu/art/g/gossaert/2/girl.jpg Hemessen has this interesting variation: http://www.wga.hu/art/h/hemessen/jan/weighing.jpg and an absolute favorite, for the "bag": http://www.wga.hu/art/m/master/female/concert.jpg (The above are from the Web Gallery of Art: http://www.wga.hu/index.html, go to search page, choose appropriate time/school) and the post-1540 style of headdress: Mary Tudor in profile on a medal. There is a companion medal of Phillip. This is about 10 years after the period you are looking at. There are several images of these around the web. Here's one: http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/6/63/Mary_and_Philip_medal.jpg Quite different! - Hope ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Very Cool Links
I don't know if these links have ever been posted before, but I was browsing around the internet and found some great links that I just had to pass along! Nineteenth Century Fashions http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~ulrich/19cdress/index.htm Lafayette Negative Archive http://lafayette.150m.com/thumbscourt.html Enjoy!! Wendi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Need someone to make belt
Does anyone know where in the San Francisco area I can get a belt made to go with a vintage buckle? I have a big, heavy 20th-century enameled buckle (probably brass) with a very simple but unusual closure. It's Art Nouveau style but made in the later 20th century, probably an Oriental import. It has a blue suede belt that, aside from being worn, is blue. I almost never wear blue. Anyway, I want to replace the belt with an identical one in some shade of brown that goes with the buckle (which is brass color, dark blue, and red). Anyone know a reliable leatherworker who can do this at a reasonable price? Fran Lavolta Press Books on Historic Costuming http://www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] New (to me) book
Hello everyone. I just picked up a new (to me) book at the library, and I thought others might be intrested in it as it seems to have a bunch of pictures and details of the pics. Private Lives in Renaissance Venice by Patricia Fortini Brown http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300102364/qid=1123095777/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-9440793-8383823?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 It is not my area, but it looks well packaged, so some of you might want to browse it if you find it in your local library. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: Handkerchief Linen
Bjarne, Thanks for the information. By Pros and Cons it means good and bad aspects of working with and wearing the fabric. So based on your email is is very easy to work with, albeit expensive, but is it uncomfortable to wear? Does it breathe or is it oppresive? Thanks, Wendi Bjarne wrote: >Hi Wendi, >I dont know what you mean with Pros and Cons is, but i >have imported the most >expensive and lovely handkerchief >linen from Rotterdam. I made my 18th >century gentlemans >shirt of it, and it is very very lovely to work with, >>irons well, washes well, and alas very very expensive. >Also my stock cravat >is made of this material. > >Let me know what this pros and cons are. > >Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Blood stain in linen
>And i thoaght it would be wonderfull for shirts and chemises. I have washed >it only about 2-3 times a year when i goes to events, and the only thing >wrong with it today is a tiny spot i got at the first event where i got a >moskito bite. If that's a blood stain, try hydrogen peroxide. (It may be too late if you've washed it alot.) The H2O2 becomes H2O plus a free O molecule, two of which bind with the iron in hemoglobin removing the color from the blood. Aint it great what you learn in Biology class. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Theaterworks seeks volunteers
I know this sounds like it should be spam or even porn. Apologies. You know where your delete key is. The following came to me, referencing a friend of mind currently working for Theaterworks. Theaterworks, based in Menlo Park California, (www.theatreworks.org) is running the show "Intimate Apparel". They're looking for 1902 corsetted models for the opening nite party. There is no requirement for "chapter & verse" authenticity. This is the theatah, dahlings. The show is about a corsettiere who makes outrageous corsets. That's all the info I have. If you'd care to volunteer or would like more details, contact Shannon at the address below. I've volunteered to show & tell my collection of originals, but, at my age coyly refuse to model. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am looking for models to attend our opening night of Intimate Apparel, Saturday, August 27th. The show takes place in 1905 and centers around corsets so I need to find about 10 people who will attend in corsets. On the advice of the nice folks at Dark Garden, I have tried to get a hold of the greater bay area costumers' guild and they have not returned my calls. Heather suggested you might know someone who could point me in the right direction. I would certainly appreciate the help. Shannon McDonnell Director of Marketing & Sales TheatreWorks Phone: (650) 463-7127 Fax: (650) 463-1963 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: linen blends & handkerchief
Elena, Nice web page. Would you mind posting the top page for your costumes? I feel certain you have done this at some point and I haven't been paying enough attention. Mozilla, at least, doesn't show a link to it - and dropping the rr.html or going to the .org doesn't work either. Thanks. I have a linen cotehardie just a tiny step up from handkerchief linen (some shops would probably market it as handkerchief). It is quite crisp; a very firm weave which doesn't have the elasticity my linen foundation garment has. So far, it is wearing quite well and looks good - the surprising body means that the skirt does not fall limply. I found I had to tweek the pattern because of the difference in elasticity including re-cutting the sleeves on the bias to allow more give. Megh E. -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:15:31 -0500 From: "E House" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Re: linen blends To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response As a matter of fact, I was just sitting here putting things up for sale, so if you're curious you can see a dress made out of this stuff: http://www.formfunction.org/for_sale/rr.html -E Message: 7 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:39:08 -0400 From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [h-cost] Handkerchief Linen To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello, I wanted to know, and I am sure the answer is "yes", if anyone has any experience working with Handkerchief Linen. Can you please tell me the Pros and Cons of working with it and wearing it? TIA, Wendi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 1540s French Hood Images
Perhaps I've just missed your point. Sorry. But the Margaret of Burgundy picture shows a bag with the hair contained beneath it, although bigger than the Gossaert example you gave. Very closely related, so far as I can see. I've seen the portrait in person. It appears to me to show a large, dark, matt fabric bag with a web/lattice of a multi-ply gold cording. The paint of the cord is very badly worn on the top & back of her head, but shows fairly well towards the bottom of the bag. And the shape of the 'headband' parts are very close indeed. Ann in CT --- Hope Greenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most people trace the hood from the looser early > century arrangement, or just before the turn of > the century as in Margaret of Burgandy's > version: > http://www.wga.hu/art/m/master/moulins/anne_aus.jpg > > - Hope __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Universities with Costume Collections
Hi, I received an email today from the Dean of my department (the Library) and she asked: >Is there any directory of college and university historic dress collections? I know many land-grant universities >who used to have home economics programs have some sort of dress collections. Are you aware of any >directory? I sent her URLs for some of the schools I could think of off the top of my head, along with listings that were at the Costumer's Manifesto and the Costume Society of America. But I couldn't think of anything that was published and just referred to collegiate collections. Actually maybe she wouldn't mind an online list--she didn't specify. Does anyone know of any directories that I am unaware of? I told her, if anyone knows, it'll be you guys! Thanks in advance for your help, Kathy Hoover ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Moda a Firenze and other costume sourcebooks
Among the treasures I brought back from Italy were scads of books. The new Uffizi & Pitti Palace painting catalog. All the stuff. All color! The Galleria della Accademia (Florence) catalog. Home of Michaelangelo's David. The Galleria della Accademia (Venice) catalog. 14th thru 16th Venetian painting primarily with good 14th thru 16th examples from thruout Italy. Amazing Russian icon collection. and my favorite: "Moda a Firenze: Lo stile di Eleonora di Toledo e la sua influenza" No, she didnt have the flu, but she did have money. I bought 3 copies if this one knowing my friends would scream "dibbs". They did. It's basically QEWU for Eleanor & Florence. Authors are on staff at the Pitti Palace home of Eleanor's burial gown. Text is Italian & English, side by side. The english leaves something to be desired. It can be both amusing and frustrating at times. Doublecheck by reading the Italian, if you can. (I cant, but fake it with French.) It's companion catalog "I Gioileria dei Medici" is lovely if you like 16th c gems & jewels. Italian only. Another catalog, that I didnt pick up, is the one for the exhibit "Maria de'Medici: una principessa fiorentina alla trona de Francia". The exhibit was stupendous. They've pulled things from Italian galleries and from galleries all over the world for this one. Italian only, as I recall. Better check. http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/mostre/ --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Moda a Firenze and other costume sourcebooks
> and my favorite: > "Moda a Firenze: Lo stile di Eleonora di Toledo e la sua influenza" > No, she didnt have the flu, but she did have money. I bought 3 copies > if this one knowing my friends would scream "dibbs". They did. It's > basically QEWU for Eleanor & Florence. Authors are on staff at the > Pitti Palace home of Eleanor's burial gown. Text is Italian & > English, side by side. The english leaves something to be desired. It > can be both amusing and frustrating at times. Doublecheck by reading > the Italian, if you can. (I cant, but fake it with French.) I just ordered a copy via mail and it is fabulous!! Well worth the almost $100 that I paid for it. And I wasn't expecting it to be in english, too. That was a bonus. And I am sure that you paid much less than I did so make sure your friends appreciate how much money you saved them ;~> Diana www.RenaissanceFabrics.net "Everything for the Costumer" ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Universities with Costume Collections
I don't know of a directory, but I do know of some collections: Emily P. Reynolds Costume Collection North Dakota State University Fargo,ND http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ercc/ The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Textiles, Clothing and Design Department Barbara Trout - Associate Professor, costume collection curator (402) 472-6371 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goldstein Museum of Design University of Minnesota http://goldstein.che.umn.edu/costume.html Kim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Hoover Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Universities with Costume Collections Hi, I received an email today from the Dean of my department (the Library) and she asked: >Is there any directory of college and university historic dress collections? I know many land-grant universities >who used to have home economics programs have some sort of dress collections. Are you aware of any >directory? I sent her URLs for some of the schools I could think of off the top of my head, along with listings that were at the Costumer's Manifesto and the Costume Society of America. But I couldn't think of anything that was published and just referred to collegiate collections. Actually maybe she wouldn't mind an online list--she didn't specify. Does anyone know of any directories that I am unaware of? I told her, if anyone knows, it'll be you guys! Thanks in advance for your help, Kathy Hoover ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] 1540s French Hood Images
At 07:06 AM 8/3/2005, you wrote: I have often wondered, that there must be many portraits at the Louvre Museum in Paris. Unfortunately i have never been there, but they must have as many portraits from the period, as the english has. Dont know if there are any french books arround. Hi Bjarne, I checked the online images from the Louvre, and while some were interesting for French hoods, all the images online are too small to be really usable, mainly because they take their images to include the lovely frames around the portraits as well. Great for seeing the overall image, but not as good when looking for details. Because you mention it, I went looking for one of my books I had overlooked. I own a French book of Jean Clouet's drawings, but my French is very rusty. I hope to scan the images in soon anyway, as there are a couple that would do very nicely. Thank you for your help and suggestions. Kimiko ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Universities with Costume Collections
Contact the textiles department at UT Austin. They have an extensive collection in their basement and in the libraries. Most of it is closed to the public because they are mainly used for Grad studies. I suspect that many larger universities also have such collections. All you need is one that has one to tell you about the others. Chiara - Original Message - From: "Kathy Hoover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 5:28 PM Subject: [h-cost] Universities with Costume Collections Hi, I received an email today from the Dean of my department (the Library) and she asked: Is there any directory of college and university historic dress collections? I know many land-grant universities >who used to have home economics programs have some sort of dress collections. Are you aware of any directory? I sent her URLs for some of the schools I could think of off the top of my head, along with listings that were at the Costumer's Manifesto and the Costume Society of America. But I couldn't think of anything that was published and just referred to collegiate collections. Actually maybe she wouldn't mind an online list--she didn't specify. Does anyone know of any directories that I am unaware of? I told her, if anyone knows, it'll be you guys! Thanks in advance for your help, Kathy Hoover ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] Moda a Firenze and other costume sourcebooks
The new Uffizi & Pitti Palace painting catalog. All the stuff. All color! *All* the stuff? Including Laudomia de'Medici? ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] A Career Question
This may sound a bit bizarre, but I really don't know where else to ask this and stand the chance of getting an informed answer. Over the past years I've been thinking of how to incorporate my love of costuming into a career and possibly a degree. I'd really like to finish college, but in doing so I want a degree I can use and feel good about spending an insane amount of money on. I've recently been thinking of getting into restoration. I'm really interested in the restoration/reproduction area of costuming but I don't know where to go from there. Is there a degree for such a thing? Or, more importantly, an actual job field for such a person? If so what category would such a degree or job position be under or titled? I essentially now know what I want to do, yet have zero clue as how to achieve it. I'd appreciate anything anyone has to say on the matter. Thanks for your time ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
