[h-cost] Blue police boxes
Kate Bunting said: > Police telephone boxes no longer exist at all;... They may no longer be using them, but as of my 2002 trip to London, there were still a few around. I was utterly delighted to find that there was one on the sidewalk at the spot where Astral Tours told me to await my ride for my Stonehenge tour! Smiling at the memory, Maria ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] construction ?
Thanks--the Mickey Mouse remark was in an e-mail I had skipped over. I reacted that fast because when I directed and costumed The Rivals, my Lydia Languish wore her lover's miniature on a chain around her neck and tucked into the bosom of her gown (in one scene she takes it off and throws it at said lover, with appropriate remarks)--and when I saw the miniature on this lady's wrist I thought, "Dang, that would have looked cool on Lydia!" By the way, I'm so glad both of these portraits were posted. They look like kind people and a very happy couple, don't they? --Ruth Anne On Dec 14, 2006, at 12:13 AM, otsisto wrote: Someone mentioned that they knew they were tired when they thought the portrait bracelet was a Mickey Mouse watch. De -Original Message- Watch? Isn't that a miniature (portrait)? --Ruth Anne -Original Message- They're Swiss, so the watch humor was even more humorous to me. :) Thank you, De ___ 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] V&A weddingdress
Hi, Many of you may know the white satin weddingdress wich is in Norah Waughs Cut of Womens Clothes. A Robe Francaise with intricate puffs pleatings as decoration in the under and overskirt. This dress has tape ties in the back section with the watteau pleats. I just wondered if any here have seen any pictures where a francaise dress is lifted up in the back with these tapes? I am just wondering because i am starting a new projekt in the new year with a francaise dress, and my client would like to have this opportunity to lift up the train. I dont recall to have seen any pictures where this is shown. Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Blanche Payne
Many thanks for those of you who gave me details of this book. I ordered it some time ago from America, and i got it today, the 65 edittion with all the pattern cuts. In deed a very nice book, better than i remembered it from the library loan years and years ago. Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] V&A weddingdress
Hi Bjarne, We're talking about an 18thC gown, right? I remember talking about this on 18cWoman quite a while back. After much searching, I think someone found one picture of a robe Francaise that was worn this way. Sounds like it was rare, and understandable since it changes the line of the gown. You may want to ask on that list, or e-mail Sue Felshin who has stored all the archives and has a fast searching method on it. -Carol > Hi, > Many of you may know the white satin weddingdress wich is in Norah Waughs > Cut of Womens Clothes. A Robe Francaise with intricate puffs pleatings as > decoration in the under and overskirt. > This dress has tape ties in the back section with the watteau pleats. > I just wondered if any here have seen any pictures where a francaise dress > is lifted up in the back with these tapes? > I am just wondering because i am starting a new projekt in the new year > with a francaise dress, and my client would like to have this opportunity to > lift up the train. > I dont recall to have seen any pictures where this is shown. > > Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] construction ?
Both have personality. His is laid back with a twinkle of mischief. De -Original Message- By the way, I'm so glad both of these portraits were posted. They look like kind people and a very happy couple, don't they? --Ruth Anne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: fiber in paper
On 12/11/06, Gail & Scott Finke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I remember the television program "Connections" from my youth saying that after the Black Plague paper production soared because of the huge quantities of linen available from dead people. I don't know if that's really true. Gail Finke Actually it was the survivors spending their inheritace and when they (the linen) wore out it was perfect for the printing industry thus the bone man became the rag and bone man or something to that effect. Onaree -- Proud List Mom of Irish_Crochet_Lovers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Irish_Crochet_Lovers/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Christian IV of Denmark was: Gack! Is she pregnant orisshe not? Need your opinions!
Hi, It could still be a daughter to Christian IV, he was married before with a lady from Germany, her name was Anne Cathrine, she died early in 1604 i think but had 2 sons and 2 daughters with the king, but only one of the boys survived childhood. Is it the doll from Livrustkammaren in QEWU ? that is a swedish doll, not danish. Bjarne - Original Message - From: "Alexandria Doyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Christian IV of Denmark was: Gack! Is she pregnant orisshe not? Need your opinions! It wasn't a painting that I was thinking of, but the so called fashion doll in QEWU that I was thinking to be credited to one of Christian's daughters, dated about 1598 iirc. I'll have to go look at that again, because if this portrait is dated to 1620, then it's not these girl's toy... Maybe Christian's sister? Did he have one or more sisters? thanks alex On 12/13/06, Bjarne og Leif Drews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Alex Are you sure its the same picture? I know a certain portrait from same period where the girls are holding dolls in their hands, but its not the same portrait. In this portrait they have no dolls. http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/kirstenmunk.htm Bjarne - Original Message - From: "Alexandria Doyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:54 PM Subject: [h-cost] Christian IV of Denmark was: Gack! Is she pregnant or isshe not? Need your opinions! > On 12/13/06, Bjarne og Leif Drews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Another portrait, similar in style, but a little later, She has the same >> kind of bodice-peplum and stomacher, but the roll is not as big as the >> other >> one posted. This is a replika from a larger portrait, where she is >> with 3 >> of >> her daughters and a son, the girls wear same type of dress as the mother. > > > Bjarne, > > I know I could probably find this if I dug, but I thought you might > know > or > can get this info a little easier... Do you know the names of the > daughters > and approx year of birth? There is a doll reported to have belong to one > of > these girls and I was wondering if it might be possible to get a better > guess which one it was... > > thanks > alex > ___ > 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-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] New book 14th C Italy
After all the talk about books that are delayed in publication, I thought that I'd mention one that I've just got in today. Has anyone else seen it? Beth Gilding the Market: Luxury and Fashion in Fourteenth-Century Italy by Susan Mosher Stuard 336 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 14 color, 10 b/w illus. Cloth Dec 2005 | ISBN 0812239008 http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14208.html "In the fourteenth century, garish ornaments, bright colors, gilt, and military effects helped usher in the age of fashion in Italy. Over a short span of years important matters began to turn on the cut of a sleeve. Fashion influenced consumption and provided a stimulus that drove demand for goods and turned wealthy townspeople into enthusiastic consumers. Making wise decisions about the alarmingly expensive goods that composed a fashionable wardrobe became a matter of pressing concern, especially when the market caught on and became awash in cheaper editions of luxury wares. Focusing on the luxury trade in fashionable wear and accessories in Venice, Florence, and other towns in Italy, Gilding the Market investigates a major shift in patterns of consumption at the height of medieval prosperity, which, more remarkably, continued through the subsequent era of plague, return of plague, and increased warfare. A fine sensitivity to the demands of "le pompe," that is, the public display of private wealth, infected town life. The quest for luxuries affected markets by enlarging exchange activity and encouraging retail trades. As both consumers and tradesmen, local goldsmiths, long-distance traders, bankers, and money changers played important roles in creating this new age of fashion. In response to a greater public display of luxury goods, civic sumptuary laws were written to curb spending and extreme fashion, but these were aimed at women, youth, and children, leaving townsmen largely unrestricted in their consumption. With erudition, grace, and an evocative selection of illustrations, some reproduced in full color, Susan Mosher Stuard explores the arrival of fashion in European history." = ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: fiber in paper
On Dec 14, 2006, at 4:33 PM, Onaree Berard wrote: On 12/11/06, Gail & Scott Finke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I remember the television program "Connections" from my youth saying that after the Black Plague paper production soared because of the huge quantities of linen available from dead people. I don't know if that's really true. Gail Finke Actually it was the survivors spending their inheritace and when they (the linen) wore out it was perfect for the printing industry thus the bone man became the rag and bone man or something to that effect. On the other side of the equation, mummy wrappings were (for a time) a popular source of cloth for rag paper. At one point, a food-borne illness outbreak was tracked to butchers using unbleached rag-paper from mummy wrappings to wrap meat. -- andy trembley, Bitchy Design Queen - http://www.bovil.com/ San Jose, CA - '72 R75/5 '86 R100 (mine) - '92 K75sa '03 R1150R (Kevin's) "It's not pink, it's peach-colored. Pink is tacky." --Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel read the FAQ... Ridicule: http://www.idiots-r-us.org/ read the FAQ... IBMWR: http://www.ibmwr.org/faq-files/ read the FAQ... AirList: http://www.airheads.org/faq.html read the FAQ... Hoaxes & Urban Legends: http://urbanlegends.about.com/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] V&A weddingdress
Hi Bjarne, There are robes a la Francaise that are shown tucked up polonaise-style into the pockets, like http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/resources/bou_lat.jpg Tapes would give a similar effect, just more formal. Melanie Schuessler Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote: Hi, Many of you may know the white satin weddingdress wich is in Norah Waughs Cut of Womens Clothes. A Robe Francaise with intricate puffs pleatings as decoration in the under and overskirt. This dress has tape ties in the back section with the watteau pleats. I just wondered if any here have seen any pictures where a francaise dress is lifted up in the back with these tapes? I am just wondering because i am starting a new projekt in the new year with a francaise dress, and my client would like to have this opportunity to lift up the train. I dont recall to have seen any pictures where this is shown. Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] New book 14th C Italy
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: > After all the talk about books that are delayed in publication, I thought > that I'd mention one that I've just got in today. Has anyone else seen it? > > Beth > > Gilding the Market: Luxury and Fashion in Fourteenth-Century Italy by Susan > Mosher Stuard 336 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 14 color, 10 b/w illus. Cloth Dec > 2005 | ISBN 0812239008 > http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/14208.html We have a review of it in our upcoming volume of MC&T. Our reviewer liked it. It apparently has a social/economic focus but uses everything from sumptuary laws to visual arts as sources. Yet another great resource for people studying Italian clothing ... after Moda i Firenze, Dressing Renaissance Florence, and so many others. I picked the wrong part of Europe to focus on, apparently. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 0f belts and hanging sleeves
My guess, and I'm no expert, the "red" with all the pleating is the back of the skirt seen in shadow, while the white/gray triangle above the red is the interior of an open robe. When I drape my open robe over the drum I get a bit of squnch back there that looks like pooling water instead of rayed pleats. Admittedly, I'm looking at a 6x9" color photo, not the real portrait. If you look at the bottom of the hanging sleeve on the viewer's left you can see the red which is also visible under the left arm, this is what's on the "back" of the sleeve. The same red is visible on the right of the bodice, just behind the pearls, and it's visible as a red overskirt in the space under her arms. Dawn Funny, I see this same red as the shadow of the sleeve, robe, etc, not as a second skirt. I needed another reason to go back to the UK! Dawn, arent you going soon? --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
