Re: [h-cost] Has anyone heard of the new fabric?
Yes. Does it show? :-D I especially liked the ceremonial collar. (See, I knew it had some costume content!) -Carol Did you ever read a graphic novel called Motel of the Mysteries, featuring the archaelogical discovery of a 20th-century motel? Fran Lavolta Press http://www.lavoltapress.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm imagining the reenactor of the future doing light research about people in the early 21stC wearing corn. They will do extensive experiments with spinning and weaving the corn silk - we must have l ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Has anyone heard of the new fabric?
I'm imagining the reenactor of the future doing light research about people in the early 21stC wearing corn. They will do extensive experiments with spinning and weaving the corn silk - we must have lost that technology! And then someone will find a corn-husk doll and understand that it was a realistic representation of dress. But did people wear giant corn husks, or make feathered garments with them? What base fabric did they use? Can anyone help me with this research, someone said they did not grow corn as large as we do today, but then I saw this movie called Sleeper where obviously they did... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Has anyone heard of the new fabric?
In a message dated 4/14/2006 3:30:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did you ever read a graphic novel called Motel of the Mysteries, featuring the archaelogical discovery of a 20th-century motel? Rather OT, but required reading for all historians! Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Has anyone heard of the new fabric?
I found the link in a friend's blog - fabric made from corn. Really! http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12225701/site/newsweek/ Wonder how much it truly costs... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Has anyone heard of the new fabric?
I found the link in a friend's blog - fabric made from corn. Really!
There are knitting yarns made of this already, and yarns made of milk. In,
I believe, the 1880s, the new fiber was one made of wood (Rayon).
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Re: [h-cost] Has anyone heard of the new fabric?
Milk??? Hmmm, now I have heard of textiles made from the cellulose in soy, but milk? I can't remember right now which product, but either Silk soy milk, or Vitasoy has a little history of all the textile stuff that Henry Ford tried to use soy for. Some of my spinner friends don't particularly like spinning with soy silk, but then I suppose it is all what you get used to and what you have access to. Funny, when I tried to google on soy silk, I got this: Soy Silk and Ingeo Corn Fiber http://www.earthguild.com/products/spinning/spsoycor.htm Soy Silk is made of left-overs from the tofu manufacturing process. ... Blending 75% Soy Silk with 25% fine wool adds memory and bounce while maintaining ...www.earthguild.com/products/spinning/spsoycor.htm - 4k - But when I clicked on it, I couldn't find anything else about the Inego.I wonder how long it has been around? Bummer that it can melt when it gets ironed...I wonder how bad it isthanks for sharing! Sg Carolyn Kayta Barrows wrote: I found the link in a friend's blog - fabric made from corn. Really! There are knitting yarns made of this already, and yarns made of milk. In, I believe, the 1880s, the new fiber was one made of wood (Rayon). ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Has anyone heard of the new fabric?
Corn - the new peanut. Sounds like they are trying to make corn into everything from clothes to gas. However, thin, not stretcy fabric sounds good and the dress in the picture looks floaty enough for anyone. Hope they don't use all the corn up - I like eating it. Lalah, Never give up, Never surrender _ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
