[h-cost] OT: May I implore your aid, prithee please?

[AVCHASE]

About two and a half years ago I was smashed up in an horrendous collision 
which totaled my car and nearly totaled me. Much was broken. All is mended but 
not all is in it's former condition. The only "specialty" I ever developed in 
over 40 years of costume design has been in the designing of costume for plays 
on the small stage; if that may be termed a specialty. Work for the stage, to 
me is not always 'historical' but should hew to the wind of the mood and 
conditions (including budget, darn it) nor is it of re-enactment quality as 
there is never enough time (or money). Here is my dilemma for which I'm asking 
your considered help. Though I'm getting old and am some battered I'm not 
through. At present I don't want to stand the hours it takes to pattern and 
cut. Or sit the hours to sew most of a show. (My foot still swells) But I do 
want to keep my hand in, exercise my mind, explore a little, learn, maybe make 
a buck. Thank you for your consideration. Audrey Chase

in the high boonies of Central Texas


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Re: [h-cost] Need information on "sacque" garments (NOT the dress)

[Katy Bishop]

Having been to many of her costume history workshops, and come to know
her and her research methods first hand; she is brilliant and a very
good researcher (sadly she has given up costume research for other
pursuits).  I just want to pick her brain for as much information as I
can get out of it every time I've seen her at a presentation.  It's a
shame she was not able to publish all of her research--I believe there
were several volumes planned.

The sacque is mentioned often in Godey's and Petersen's, in several
forms (shirt -like, coat/bodice-like, child's garment).  It is not
quite a shirt, so it seems it is reasonable to place it in a different
category.  It still seems to be a reasonable term for the garments.
Check out the historical notes of the Past Patterns Sacque and
Petticoat Pattern for the notes: http://www.pastpatterns.com/808.html

Of course anyone can miss small details when doing a huge job that, in
its nature, is preliminary; but her scholarship is reliable.

Katy

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:42 AM, WorkroomButtons.com
 wrote:
> I looked her up (her name is on the transcript).  She appears to be very 
> knowledgeable, but of course that's no guarantee of accuracy.  Also, she was 
> faced literally with dozens of bulging plastic garbage bags and may have 
> missed clues dues to the sheer enormity of her task.
>
> We (two elderly ladies and me) have found things she missed, like factory 
> marks and laundry stencils, that in my untrained opinion render her 
> approximate date of those garments invalid.  But, again... considering the 
> conditions under which she was working... it's not surprising that she may 
> have missed the mark occasionally.
>
> Am I allowed to use her name here?
>
> Here's a book she wrote (on Amazon):
>
> www.amazon.com/Womens-Shoes-America-1795-1930-Rexford/dp/0873386566
>
> ...and here is a brief professional synopsis:
>
> www.partnersforabetterworld.org/directors.html (scroll to bottom)
>
>
> --- On Thu, 9/15/11, Sheridan Alder  wrote:
> Excuse me if someone else has already thrown out this suggestion, but my 
> impression is simple - the 1995 cataloguer just plain wasn't knowledgeable 
> about historical clothing!
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