Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
I'm still here! I just don't have as much time to post these days, and most of the discussion of my main interest area has moved over to my own Yahoo list. I joined in '96, when I was typing one handed because I was breastfeeding a newborn. Now he's in high school, and taking an interest in costuming. He was the only kid to attend his eighth grade gradation in an impeccable vintage tuxedo. The H-costume list saved my sanity, such as it was, during my early Mommy years. it gave me a way to talk to grownups about my interests, and, wow, did I. For several years I was vying with Penny and Maggiros to be the most prolific poster. In 1999, when I started my business, h-cos was my source for vending vendors and suppliers, my focus group, and an eager customer base. It would have been far more difficult to do without the list members. Just to point out how different things were back then, I used to get up in the morning, start my email program, go to the kitchen and make a cup of coffee, put a load of laundry in, and come back to my computer just in time for the 100+ H-costume messages to show up. Most websites were Netscape grey with Times Roman fonts and no pictures, and pictures on E-bay were a rarity as well. On the other hand, spam was so rare as to be remarkable when you got some in your email. Here's to many more years! Margo ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
This discussion is not complete without thanking the list moderator who enables us all to enjoy this list. Moderation is inherently a hard, time-consuming job. It requires a lot of system administration to keep the list going technically and to avoid oodles of non-costume-related-spam. Thanks, Eliz! Fran Lavolta Press Books on making historic clothing www.lavoltapress.com On 1/7/2011 12:05 PM, Cin wrote: I remember that! --cin On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Agnes Gawne wrote: I have been on the list since at least spring of 1994. I remember we tried to have H labels for our name badges at the Costume Con in Santa Clara... I think that was CC12. Agnes ___ 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] 15th Year Anniversary
I remember that! --cin On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Agnes Gawne wrote: > > I have been on the list since at least spring of 1994. I remember we tried > to have H labels for our name badges at the Costume Con in Santa Clara... I > think that was CC12. > > Agnes ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
I have been on the list since at least spring of 1994. I remember we tried to have H labels for our name badges at the Costume Con in Santa Clara... I think that was CC12. Agnes ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary--A shout out!
I can't remember exactly when I joined the list, but I do remember Penny starting up her website. Most of it is way after my main period of interest, but congratulations and thanks for the free access! Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor _ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary--A shout out!
I wanted to give a shout out to the many people who have made my wonderful job so much easier over the years...many, many have been h-costumers. You all are such a great support group and a wealth of information!!! Many of our websites' visitors, subscribers, and students have been from this list. A large majority of our instructors and intern volunteers I met on this list. Some of you have loaned your collections or donated to go online in our Research Library. Kathleen Mitchell has loaned us several books, given me a vast collection of 1st Communion photos, and sold me her collections of antique wedding photos and antique fashion magazines. She has been such a wonderful supportive person over the years. Something that I didn't learn in my college business law class was copyright laws. Boy, I really learned them with the discussions between Fran and RL Shep!!! Kimiko, you have to be the fastest person that I have ever seen at restoring antique fashion plates for me. Shirley Hobbs, a quiet lurker, was one of our first typist interns and is still with us. She typed almost all the fashion trends reports in our 1860s A Year in Fashion series and a lot of sections of the Costume Dictionary. Franchesca Havas has been a Costume Classroom instructor for so long that I have forgotten when she started. She knows more about gloves than anyone I have ever met. Many are h-costumers are perfectly preserved our Online Costume Balls. That was such a blast doing the ball with all of you. It was fun to see you try to guess who some of the others were. Sandy and Pierre I looked forward to your entries every year. Robin, I believe you are a walking costume encyclopedia and it was a joy to meet you at Costume-Con. It was also fun having Sandy and Pierre to stalk you at CC so that I could meet you in person...with standing up. Ann Wass was one of our instructors and I met her in person not long after I graduated from college. I have rarely met up with you when you were not in costume! A BIG thank you to Eliza for being such a wonderful list-mom to all of us for so many years. You are a costume saint! Gosh, so many fun memories and great times with h-costume. I could write a novel on the fun we have all had here! Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
Hey, stop callin' me old-timer! I checked the archives & found my oldest post from 24Jan1994. I was on & reading the list before that date, maybe Nov93. Somewhere in there the first h-costume outing occured. It was to the costume shop & wardrobe department of the now defunct American Musical Theater of San Jose with lunch and costumer's brag book showing at a nearby Chinese restaurant. (Back then, you may recall, we had real albums with paper pictures, not just albums on Facebook. I laugh to think of the changes.) I've learned alot, bought a lot of books, made a lot of gowns & alot of h-costume friends since then. Happy website b-day, Penny and happy belated 16th birthday to h-costume, everyone! --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:18 PM, wrote: > So who are the old-timers on h-costume that are still here? What year did > you join h-costume? I joined in 1995 while taking my costume history > classes in college. I was so excited to find out there were people all over > the world who loved costume history. Today I guess people a lot of people > do not understand how little about historic costuming was online in the > mid-1990s. H-costume was the only email list that I could find around the > time. Oher lists followed h-costume ... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
I am very, very new here, but... I remember when many member websites and businesses were in their infancy. I really enjoyed discovering them, and I'm so grateful to everyone who unknowingly refined my love of costuming. Dede O'Hair ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
Yea Kimiko! You are in the h-costume old-timers club! Do you want a walker or cane? I remember when Margo was going through the process of developing her business. Wonder what year that was. Thank you for your work when an intern for my Library! Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
I was there, but infrequently. Life blew up in my face about 1997, so maybe I missed the directory. == Marjorie Wilser =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:= "Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement." --MW http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On Jan 6, 2011, at 12:18 PM, > wrote: Thank you Carol. I did the h-costume directory in 1997 or 1998. I had forgotten all about the directory. That was fun! It is so hard to believe it has been 15 years online for my business. My daughter Katie was 4 years old when I started my business. She would fall asleep in my lap while I was on the computer. Now she is in college. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
I think Margo is still on here, as I remember her posting something not too long ago. I remember joining sometime in the mid to late 90s, but I don't recall which year. I used to save off and print out the old posts to keep as a reference, but now I just keep interesting ones in its own folder. Thanks for the free access Penny, and happy anniversary. Kimiko Small http://www.kimiko1.com "Be the change you want to see in the world." ~ Ghandi The Tudor Lady's Wardrobe pattern http://www.margospatterns.com/ From: Lavolta Press To: Historical Costume Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 12:41:35 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary Are you sure Margo Anderson is not still on h-costume? As for Robb Shep, he retired years ago. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
So who are the old-timers on h-costume that are still here? What year did you join h-costume? Don't remember the year, but it was right after the group started. The vintage clothing list (now defunct) preceded h-costume, and the founder of h-costume mentioned the new h-costume list there. Are you sure Margo Anderson is not still on h-costume? As for Robb Shep, he retired years ago. But yeah, it used to be that anyone having a costume web page, or any kind of web page, was much more visible than now because in the early Internet there were comparatively few web pages. 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] 15th Year Anniversary
Thank you Carol. I did the h-costume directory in 1997 or 1998. I had forgotten all about the directory. That was fun! It is so hard to believe it has been 15 years online for my business. My daughter Katie was 4 years old when I started my business. She would fall asleep in my lap while I was on the computer. Now she is in college. Drea Leed started her website just after mine. Costumes.org was after Drea's. Julie Zetterburg Sardo of The Costume Page and I finally met at the last Costume-Con. We talked about what were the first mega costume history websites. Hers was the first site. Mine was third or fourth. I can't tell you how excited I was to meet Julie after talking online for so many years. I also finally got to meet h-costumers old timers Sandy & Pierre and Robin at the same Costume-Con!!! What a blast! So who are the old-timers on h-costume that are still here? What year did you join h-costume? I joined in 1995 while taking my costume history classes in college. I was so excited to find out there were people all over the world who loved costume history. Today I guess people a lot of people do not understand how little about historic costuming was online in the mid-1990s. H-costume was the only email list that I could find around the time. Oher lists followed h-costume like Vintage clothing, f-costume (fantasy) and h-needlework (historic). F-costume is still around on yahoogroups and h-needlework is on ansteorra.org. I miss some of the h-costumer old-timers who are not on the list anymore like RL Shep, Margo, and Teddy. I can't tell you what an important part of my education that h-costumers played in my life.Shep used to give me so much good advice about publishing in this area. Thank you to all h-costumers for 16 years of learning and friendship! Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
Congrats Penny!! :) On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 1:40 AM, wrote: > Today our The Costume Gallery Websites 15th Anniversary. Hard to believe > that we have been online that long. I started the online Research Library > as a college student. This was also my first year on h-costume. I hope > some of those members from then are still on h-costume. If so, many, many > thanks for all your support while I was building my first website. In > 1996, > there were only a handful of costume related websites. After having > trouble > finding sites to research, I started the online Library and purchasing old > costume history publications to put on the website. I rarely give my own > opinion on the sites' content. I save my opinions for Facebook. My goal > all > these years with the websites is to present the resources for others to > research. > > To celebrate our anniversary, we are opening up free access to the public > for 13 of 14 websites. The Costume Classroom is only open to our students. > Please let your friends know about our free access. Our Anniversary free > access will end Friday night, 10 PM, East Coast U.S. time. Passwords and > details are below. > Passwords for all The Costume Gallery Websites except the Costume > Classroom: > > Login: cg2003 > Password: ksp264adb > > OUR WEBSITES: > > The Costume Gallery's main website: http://www.costumegallery.com > > > The Costume Gallery Research Library: http://www.costumelibrary.com > > > The Costume, Fashion, & Textile Dictionary > http://www.costumegallery.com/Library/Dictionary/dictionary.pdf > > > Costume Encyclopedia: http://www.costumeencyclopedia.com > Over 770 entries and 407 images of costume descriptions and definitions. > > > Fashion Color Database: http://www.fcdatabase.com > Over 2100 entries of color names and their trends, definitions, or usage. > The passwords for the FCD: ksp264adb. Do not use the login ***cg2003*** > like > for the Library. > > > Library's Slideshows: http://www.costumeslideshows.com > 25 slideshows with 1,852 photos. > > > Designers of Their Time: http://www.pastdesigners.com > 85 fashion designers and 479 images. The passwords are the same as for the > Library. > > > Wedding Fashion History: http://www.antiquebrides.com > > > Hairstyle History: http://www.pasthairstyles.com > > > Children's Clothing History: http://www.pastkidsclothes.com > > > Sunday's Best Clothes: 1st Communion & Confirmation Antique Photos: > http://www.communionhistory.com > > > Hats Off!!! Hat History: http://www.pasthats.com > > > Online Costume Ball: http://www.onlinecostumeball.com > > > Penny Ladnier, owner > The Costume Gallery Websites > www.costumegallery.com > 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history > > > ___ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Franchesca ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
Congrats and thank you, Penny! Has it been that long? I remember back when you did the directory of H-Costume members. Was that around the same time? -Carol On Jan 6, 2011, at 4:40 AM, wrote: Today our The Costume Gallery Websites 15th Anniversary. Hard to believe that we have been online that long. I started the online Research Library as a college student. This was also my first year on h-costume. I hope some of those members from then are still on h-costume. If so, many, many thanks for all your support while I was building my first website. In 1996, there were only a handful of costume related websites. After having trouble finding sites to research, I started the online Library and purchasing old costume history publications to put on the website. I rarely give my own opinion on the sites' content. I save my opinions for Facebook. My goal all these years with the websites is to present the resources for others to research. To celebrate our anniversary, we are opening up free access to the public for 13 of 14 websites. The Costume Classroom is only open to our students. Please let your friends know about our free access. Our Anniversary free access will end Friday night, 10 PM, East Coast U.S. time. Passwords and details are below. Passwords for all The Costume Gallery Websites except the Costume Classroom: Login: cg2003 Password: ksp264adb OUR WEBSITES: The Costume Gallery's main website: http://www.costumegallery.com The Costume Gallery Research Library: http://www.costumelibrary.com The Costume, Fashion, & Textile Dictionary http://www.costumegallery.com/Library/Dictionary/dictionary.pdf Costume Encyclopedia: http://www.costumeencyclopedia.com Over 770 entries and 407 images of costume descriptions and definitions. Fashion Color Database: http://www.fcdatabase.com Over 2100 entries of color names and their trends, definitions, or usage. The passwords for the FCD: ksp264adb. Do not use the login ***cg2003*** like for the Library. Library's Slideshows: http://www.costumeslideshows.com 25 slideshows with 1,852 photos. Designers of Their Time: http://www.pastdesigners.com 85 fashion designers and 479 images. The passwords are the same as for the Library. Wedding Fashion History: http://www.antiquebrides.com Hairstyle History: http://www.pasthairstyles.com Children's Clothing History: http://www.pastkidsclothes.com Sunday's Best Clothes: 1st Communion & Confirmation Antique Photos: http://www.communionhistory.com Hats Off!!! Hat History: http://www.pasthats.com Online Costume Ball: http://www.onlinecostumeball.com Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history ___ 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] 15th Year Anniversary
Your welcome Ann. Thank you for being one of our first Costume Classroom instructors! Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 15th Year Anniversary
Congratulations, and thanks for the free access, Penny. Ann Wass In a message dated 1/6/2011 4:41:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, penn...@costumegallery.com writes: Today our The Costume Gallery Websites 15th Anniversary. Hard to believe that we have been online that long. I started the online Research Library as a college student. This was also my first year on h-costume. I hope some of those members from then are still on h-costume. If so, many, many thanks for all your support while I was building my first website. In 1996, there were only a handful of costume related websites. After having trouble finding sites to research, I started the online Library and purchasing old costume history publications to put on the website. I rarely give my own opinion on the sites' content. I save my opinions for Facebook. My goal all these years with the websites is to present the resources for others to research. To celebrate our anniversary, we are opening up free access to the public for 13 of 14 websites. The Costume Classroom is only open to our students. Please let your friends know about our free access. Our Anniversary free access will end Friday night, 10 PM, East Coast U.S. time. Passwords and details are below. Passwords for all The Costume Gallery Websites except the Costume Classroom: Login: cg2003 Password: ksp264adb OUR WEBSITES: The Costume Gallery's main website: http://www.costumegallery.com The Costume Gallery Research Library: http://www.costumelibrary.com The Costume, Fashion, & Textile Dictionary http://www.costumegallery.com/Library/Dictionary/dictionary.pdf Costume Encyclopedia: http://www.costumeencyclopedia.com Over 770 entries and 407 images of costume descriptions and definitions. Fashion Color Database: http://www.fcdatabase.com Over 2100 entries of color names and their trends, definitions, or usage. The passwords for the FCD: ksp264adb. Do not use the login ***cg2003*** like for the Library. Library's Slideshows: http://www.costumeslideshows.com 25 slideshows with 1,852 photos. Designers of Their Time: http://www.pastdesigners.com 85 fashion designers and 479 images. The passwords are the same as for the Library. Wedding Fashion History: http://www.antiquebrides.com Hairstyle History: http://www.pasthairstyles.com Children's Clothing History: http://www.pastkidsclothes.com Sunday's Best Clothes: 1st Communion & Confirmation Antique Photos: http://www.communionhistory.com Hats Off!!! Hat History: http://www.pasthats.com Online Costume Ball: http://www.onlinecostumeball.com Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history ___ 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] 15th Year Anniversary
Today our The Costume Gallery Websites 15th Anniversary. Hard to believe that we have been online that long. I started the online Research Library as a college student. This was also my first year on h-costume. I hope some of those members from then are still on h-costume. If so, many, many thanks for all your support while I was building my first website. In 1996, there were only a handful of costume related websites. After having trouble finding sites to research, I started the online Library and purchasing old costume history publications to put on the website. I rarely give my own opinion on the sites' content. I save my opinions for Facebook. My goal all these years with the websites is to present the resources for others to research. To celebrate our anniversary, we are opening up free access to the public for 13 of 14 websites. The Costume Classroom is only open to our students. Please let your friends know about our free access. Our Anniversary free access will end Friday night, 10 PM, East Coast U.S. time. Passwords and details are below. Passwords for all The Costume Gallery Websites except the Costume Classroom: Login: cg2003 Password: ksp264adb OUR WEBSITES: The Costume Gallery's main website: http://www.costumegallery.com The Costume Gallery Research Library: http://www.costumelibrary.com The Costume, Fashion, & Textile Dictionary http://www.costumegallery.com/Library/Dictionary/dictionary.pdf Costume Encyclopedia: http://www.costumeencyclopedia.com Over 770 entries and 407 images of costume descriptions and definitions. Fashion Color Database: http://www.fcdatabase.com Over 2100 entries of color names and their trends, definitions, or usage. The passwords for the FCD: ksp264adb. Do not use the login ***cg2003*** like for the Library. Library's Slideshows: http://www.costumeslideshows.com 25 slideshows with 1,852 photos. Designers of Their Time: http://www.pastdesigners.com 85 fashion designers and 479 images. The passwords are the same as for the Library. Wedding Fashion History: http://www.antiquebrides.com Hairstyle History: http://www.pasthairstyles.com Children's Clothing History: http://www.pastkidsclothes.com Sunday's Best Clothes: 1st Communion & Confirmation Antique Photos: http://www.communionhistory.com Hats Off!!! Hat History: http://www.pasthats.com Online Costume Ball: http://www.onlinecostumeball.com Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
