RE: [h-cost] RE: Off Topic: What's your day job?; Was: robe a la francaise grande panier.
My Ren Dress is cotton velvet, and silk. I got both at a bargain store in San Jose, Fabrics R Us. I got real pearls from a bead catalogue for less than I could get fake ones. I had some trim that a friend gave me and bought the rest. The whole thing was under $150, because I made it myself. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jennifer Byrne Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 5:56 PM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: [h-cost] RE: Off Topic: What's your day job?;Was: robe a la francaise grande panier. 2 months is an impressively short amount of time for such a project! I get the sense from messages I have read that most folks on this list do not make/study/write about historical clothing for a living. Is this true? If so, what do you all do to fund your need to build historical clothing? I am an attorney by day but I am fascinated with all types of historical clothing from about the 15th century through the 19th. Someday I will focus on one time period but I haven't yet. Jennifer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bjarne og Leif Drews Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 3:04 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier. Hi, Manny thanks for the phraise of my work. It has taken me about 2 months to complete this dress, and remember i have a full time job besides making the costumes, hense the long time. Bjarne ___ 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] RE: Off Topic: What's your day job?; Was: robe a la francaise grande panier.
I had an expensive education, went to be a costume designer, four years study at an artschool in Copenhagen. But couldnt find a job, so i made another education to a kind of nurse, where i take care of elderly people living in their own home. This is a full time job 38 hours a week, with work every 3rd weekend + hollidays. But as i simply cant live without making historical costumes, i make them in my sparetime, some for myself, others for reenactors and museums. Bjarne - Original Message - From: Jennifer Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Historical Costume' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 2:55 AM Subject: [h-cost] RE: Off Topic: What's your day job?;Was: robe a la francaise grande panier. 2 months is an impressively short amount of time for such a project! I get the sense from messages I have read that most folks on this list do not make/study/write about historical clothing for a living. Is this true? If so, what do you all do to fund your need to build historical clothing? I am an attorney by day but I am fascinated with all types of historical clothing from about the 15th century through the 19th. Someday I will focus on one time period but I haven't yet. Jennifer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bjarne og Leif Drews Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 3:04 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier. Hi, Manny thanks for the phraise of my work. It has taken me about 2 months to complete this dress, and remember i have a full time job besides making the costumes, hense the long time. Bjarne ___ 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] RE: Off Topic: What's your day job?; Was: robe a la francaise grande panier.
Costume is what I can't help going on ad nauseam about with anyone who makes the mistake of asking about my passions. During the day, I work in a small university art museum, handling shipping, insurance, etc. details for exhibitions, doing the physical shoving about of walls and painting and hammering to install and de-install exhibitions, and take care of our own (mostly 19th c. and up) collection. Every now and then I get to play with the costume collection at the university's history museum, and am hoping in coming years to step away from this job to make archivally-sound mannequins for the correct and safe display of historic costume collections (I do that on the side now.) With a husband recently in grad school, funds for costuming were non-existent. But in truth, time is the biggest lack. Full-time job, wife mother, side jobs--there simply isn't much time. And I'm supposed to be working on a book! (more focused version of Medieval Tailor's Assistant, with lots more references) It's only two years late...sigh... Someday Sigh. Astrida ** Astrida Schaeffer, Assistant Director The Art Gallery University of New Hampshire Paul Creative Arts Center 30 College Road Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-0310 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: (603) 862-2191 ** ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] RE: Off Topic: What's your day job?; Was: robe a la francaise grande panier.
2 months is an impressively short amount of time for such a project! I get the sense from messages I have read that most folks on this list do not make/study/write about historical clothing for a living. Is this true? If so, what do you all do to fund your need to build historical clothing? I am an attorney by day but I am fascinated with all types of historical clothing from about the 15th century through the 19th. Someday I will focus on one time period but I haven't yet. Jennifer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bjarne og Leif Drews Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2007 3:04 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] robe a la francaise grande panier. Hi, Manny thanks for the phraise of my work. It has taken me about 2 months to complete this dress, and remember i have a full time job besides making the costumes, hense the long time. Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] RE: Off Topic: What's your day job?; Was: robe a la francaise grande panier.
2 months is an impressively short amount of time for such a project! I get the sense from messages I have read that most folks on this list do not make/study/write about historical clothing for a living. Is this true? If so, what do you all do to fund your need to build historical clothing? I am an attorney by day but I am fascinated with all types of historical clothing from about the 15th century through the 19th. Someday I will focus on one time period but I haven't yet. Jennifer I make costumes, mostly for reenactors, but I do a few theatrical productions, too. Melusine ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] RE: Off Topic: What's your day job?; Was: robe a la francaise grande panier.
On Monday 04 June 2007, Jennifer Byrne wrote: 2 months is an impressively short amount of time for such a project! I get the sense from messages I have read that most folks on this list do not make/study/write about historical clothing for a living. Is this true? I'm an attorney by day also, and I'm fascinated by all types of historical clothing myself--so long as it's pre-20th century. :-) -- Cathy Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] You've got to have the proper amount of disrespect for what you do. -- George Mabry ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
