Re: [h-cost] Query re: website
My impression is somewhat different--but then, so may my definition of "beginner". To me, a "beginner" is still learning to sew, let alone apply that knowledge to historic clothing. I'd say "beginning costumer." I think they are right in focusing the site on costuming and not on sewing basics per se--too much competition from established sewing magazines. I'm not really in their market, but obviously they need to do what they think will sell the largest number of subscriptions. Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Query re: website
On Tuesday 18 May 2010 8:55:36 pm Lavolta Press wrote: > > The "marketing prose" strikes me as pretty tame and tasteful as print or > > Internet marketing go. Of course, everyone's mileage will vary on that > > sort of thing. > > I think I'm reacting to the fact that the marketing is so targeted to a > beginning audience. However, much of the website is targeted to a > beginning audience, so that marketing is actually appropriate. I am > aware that there is no standard as to what is considered beginning, > intermediate, or advanced costuming, and that people place themselves > into these categories depending on their own goals and so on. But to me, > Your Wardrobe Unlock'd is a beginner site, the corset site somewhat less > so. My impression is somewhat different--but then, so may my definition of "beginner". To me, a "beginner" is still learning to sew, let alone apply that knowledge to historic clothing. > In other words, I didn't find a lot of new information there but it > will be different for other people. That means only that you're not really part of the market segment they're targeting, and that's fine. -- Cathy Raymond "No one can make as disastrous a bad choice as a smart person, because they sell it to themselves really well."--Tobias Buckell ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Your Wardrobe Unlock'd
I remember that the pdf icon was always somewhere either at the top or the bottom early on. I was always able to download what I needed. Now maybe they light gray color would make folks think that it was not downloadable but if you hover over them they show that they are clickable for downloading. Only once did I run into an article that I wanted that I could not find a pdf button for but a week later the button was there. Franchesca http://www.glove.org/ > -Original Message- > From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] > On Behalf Of K. Gillies > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:44 PM > To: h-costume@mail.indra.com > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Your Wardrobe Unlock'd > > I subscribed early on when it first started. I really enjoyed the > content. I ended up ending my subscription because, at the time the > articles were not downloadable as pdf's (I don't know if they are now > or not) and for the money, I'd like to be able to reference the content > offline. If I pay $15 an issue for a magazine, I have the volumes with > articles-- I don't lose the issues I've paid for when the subscription > ends. > It was the structure or nature of the sub that was my chief problem. > The content was quality. > Kathy > ___ > 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] Your Wardrobe Unlock'd
I subscribed early on when it first started. I really enjoyed the content. I ended up ending my subscription because, at the time the articles were not downloadable as pdf's (I don't know if they are now or not) and for the money, I'd like to be able to reference the content offline. If I pay $15 an issue for a magazine, I have the volumes with articles-- I don't lose the issues I've paid for when the subscription ends. It was the structure or nature of the sub that was my chief problem. The content was quality. Kathy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Query re: website
The "marketing prose" strikes me as pretty tame and tasteful as print or Internet marketing go. Of course, everyone's mileage will vary on that sort of thing. I think I'm reacting to the fact that the marketing is so targeted to a beginning audience. However, much of the website is targeted to a beginning audience, so that marketing is actually appropriate. I am aware that there is no standard as to what is considered beginning, intermediate, or advanced costuming, and that people place themselves into these categories depending on their own goals and so on. But to me, Your Wardrobe Unlock'd is a beginner site, the corset site somewhat less so. In other words, I didn't find a lot of new information there but it will be different for other people. Fran Lavolta Press www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Query re: website
On Tuesday 18 May 2010 1:17:18 am Lavolta Press wrote: > By the way, I'm curious to know what people think of the marketing prose > for this site. Personally, it sets my teeth on edge. It's much too slick > and to me, seems reminiscent of those junk mail letters where they > underline words in red and print little notes in the margin. But then, > what I want to see in marketing prose is pretty geeky. Give me the facts > and figures, that's what makes me happy. The "marketing prose" strikes me as pretty tame and tasteful as print or Internet marketing go. Of course, everyone's mileage will vary on that sort of thing. -- Cathy Raymond "No one can make as disastrous a bad choice as a smart person, because they sell it to themselves really well."--Tobias Buckell ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Query re: website (Marion McNealy)
Thank you so much for the trial period! Donna Hawk Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Query re: website
Marion, Thank you, and all who replied, to my original post. Since I had never heard of your site, I was wary. So many times I have seen magazines, websites, and classes advertised to teach period skills I wanted to polish, only to find the instructions geared for beginners. While I am not a career costumer, I have enough experience sewing and costuming for personal use that I'm a bit gun shy of such articles. It's nice to see that other costumers appreciate and use your site. When I get back from my upcoming vacation I suspect you will see me over there. Thanks for the explanation of your site(s)! == Marjorie Wilser =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:= "Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On May 18, 2010, at 8:29 AM, Marion McNealy wrote: Hi, I've been a long time lurker here on h-cost so I thought I'd chime in. I'm the editor of Your Wardrobe Unlock'd and Foundations Revealed, Cathy Hay is the owner and publisher of both the sites. She's based in the UK and I'm in the US. While the magazines focus on a variety of time periods, each year we have reader chosen focus periods that are part of a year long competition that ends in February. This year we're doing a Double Period Project (DPP) where the focus is on the Revolutionary era 1770-1789 and the Natural Form Era 1876-1882. The magazines can seem a bit pricey, but pick up a specialty print magazine at the grocery store and you'll see that the cost is similar. I just paid $9 for a quarterly gluten-free magazine the other day, and 60% was advertising! With the print magazine you just get that one issue, with our magazines, you get the current issue, and all the issues that have been published before. If you'd like to try out the magazine, we've just launched a new 48 hour trial period for $0.99 so you can see if you think its worth the subscription price. We don't have advertising because Cathy and I find it annoying. We do pay our authors and current payment rates are UK£60 (currently US $100) per article. We particularly welcome: - Patternmaking, drafting, adjustment, and scaling to your size (esp plus sizes) - Fitting - Sleeves - Finding appropriate and affordable fabrics and supplies - Studies of extant garments in personal collections (like Sunny's and Katherine's) - Complete beginning-to-end projects - Period authentic techniques explained for modern readers, eg authentic closures, "fiddly stuff", buttonholes through the ages - Trims, embellishments - more advanced examples - Period embroidery techniques - Accessories and head wear Content should be at the advanced level, but accessible and well explained. It must have references to period sources, eg archive.org, museum examples, etc. The articles must concentrate on ultra-practical how-tos. It needs to be advanced: 33% of readers have over 20 yrs experience, half describe themselves as "pretty advanced". If you're interested in writing for us, please contact me at marion.mcnealy AT gmail Dot com, I'd love to hear from you. Sincerely, Marion McNealy Editor, Your Wardrobe Unlock'd and Foundations Revealed http://yourwardrobeunlockd.com/ http://www.foundationsrevealed.com/ ___ 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] Query re: website
Hi, I've been a long time lurker here on h-cost so I thought I'd chime in. I'm the editor of Your Wardrobe Unlock'd and Foundations Revealed, Cathy Hay is the owner and publisher of both the sites. She's based in the UK and I'm in the US. While the magazines focus on a variety of time periods, each year we have reader chosen focus periods that are part of a year long competition that ends in February. This year we're doing a Double Period Project (DPP) where the focus is on the Revolutionary era 1770-1789 and the Natural Form Era 1876-1882. The magazines can seem a bit pricey, but pick up a specialty print magazine at the grocery store and you'll see that the cost is similar. I just paid $9 for a quarterly gluten-free magazine the other day, and 60% was advertising! With the print magazine you just get that one issue, with our magazines, you get the current issue, and all the issues that have been published before. If you'd like to try out the magazine, we've just launched a new 48 hour trial period for $0.99 so you can see if you think its worth the subscription price. We don't have advertising because Cathy and I find it annoying. We do pay our authors and current payment rates are UK£60 (currently US$100) per article. We particularly welcome: - Patternmaking, drafting, adjustment, and scaling to your size (esp plus sizes) - Fitting - Sleeves - Finding appropriate and affordable fabrics and supplies - Studies of extant garments in personal collections (like Sunny's and Katherine's) - Complete beginning-to-end projects - Period authentic techniques explained for modern readers, eg authentic closures, "fiddly stuff", buttonholes through the ages - Trims, embellishments - more advanced examples - Period embroidery techniques - Accessories and head wear Content should be at the advanced level, but accessible and well explained. It must have references to period sources, eg archive.org, museum examples, etc. The articles must concentrate on ultra-practical how-tos. It needs to be advanced: 33% of readers have over 20 yrs experience, half describe themselves as "pretty advanced". If you're interested in writing for us, please contact me at marion.mcnealy AT gmail Dot com, I'd love to hear from you. Sincerely, Marion McNealy Editor, Your Wardrobe Unlock'd and Foundations Revealed http://yourwardrobeunlockd.com/ http://www.foundationsrevealed.com/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Query re: website
Yep, the founder and leader of this whole thing is Cathy Hay. I like this website, I find there really are good articles that are not so easy to find elsewhere and it is really fun to read all this stuff when costuming is your hobby. I am a subscriber and although I am an advanced sewer and drafter, I still find some good tips there. Cathy has a gift for writing and I really like all her posts and articles. Only the pattern drafting classes are, in my opinion, kind of very simplified and not like the real drafting thing that will work on all figures. I strongly suggest to any of you to try this site (and foundationsrevealed.com) just for a month - it's only a small amount of money and you can download ALL the articles and everything. Then you can unsubscribe (otherwise it will automatically draw money from your paypal account each month). ___ Sartor...custom-made costumes www.sartor.cz --- On Tue, 5/18/10, Beteena Paradise wrote: > From: Beteena Paradise > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Query re: website > To: "Historical Costume" > Date: Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 11:51 AM > I think Marion just works there. The > owner is Catherine Hay. Here is her livejournal which has > quite a lot about the website: http://harmanhay.livejournal.com/ > > > > > > From: Penny Ladnier > To: Historical Costume > Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 4:50:28 AM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Query re: website > > The owner is Marion McNealy. It is shown on the contact > page of the website. The business is Harman Hay > Publications, Nottingham, UK. > > Penny Ladnier > Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites > www.costumegallery.com > 14 websites of fashion, textiles, & costume history > - Original Message - From: "Marjorie Wilser" > To: "Historical Costume" > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 11:32 PM > Subject: [h-cost] Query re: website > > ___ > 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
Re: [h-cost] Query re: website
I think Marion just works there. The owner is Catherine Hay. Here is her livejournal which has quite a lot about the website: http://harmanhay.livejournal.com/ From: Penny Ladnier To: Historical Costume Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 4:50:28 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Query re: website The owner is Marion McNealy. It is shown on the contact page of the website. The business is Harman Hay Publications, Nottingham, UK. Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, textiles, & costume history - Original Message - From: "Marjorie Wilser" To: "Historical Costume" Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 11:32 PM Subject: [h-cost] Query re: website ___ 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
