Re: [h-cost] Stockings for 1917
Marion wrote: >Where is a good link to buy the Amish cotton stockings? I'd try Gohn Brothers first. They're in Indiana -- their website is really rudimentary, but you can call them or write and ask for a catalog. Call Toll Free - (1-800-595-0031) P.O. Box 1110 Middlebury IN, 46540 It's entirely possible that the phone will be answered by an actual Gohn Brother if you call. They specialize in clothing and textiles for the Amish and Mennonites and their prices are very reasonable. They have been in business for over 100 years. Wonderful folks. 0 Chris Laning | + Davis, California http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Stockings for 1917
Where is a good link to buy the Amish cotton stockings? - Marion ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Stockings for 1917
I wish I could find that article -- I think it was written by Irene Castle and it made the rounds of the Vintage Dance crowd back in the 1980s. Anyway, the good news about the Amish cotton stockings is that they're easy to dye. What I'm trying to remember is if the article advised matching the stockings to the dress, but a light color would work best for your outfit. Sounds lovely! Seamed stockings are hard to find, well, seamed opaque stockings! Delp makes a circular-knit stockings with a purl column up the back that sells to the Rev War reenactment market. Burnley & Trowbridge carry them. I saw them in white cotton (with some nylon content) and they would also be easy to dye. Of course, there's always the option of stitching in a faux seam or drawing something on with fabric paint (a slightly darker shade so it looks like a shadow) -- if the seamed look is important to you. For all my 18thC stocking research, I find it's better to have something plain that does not draw the eye too much, rather than something that is flashy and not right for the time period. -Carol > Thanks for everyone's input. I should have told you that I'll be a > middle-aged woman, small town (15,000 population in hot Texas) but upper > class and well-traveled, a suffragette who has campaigned in Austin and > Washington, DC. The dress is really nice green lawn with a stylized cream > and dark brown vertical ivy motif. The top of the dress is the Armistice > blouse but the collar and cuffs are cut from a white linen table runner > with > drawn threads. I attached a mid-calf skirt and I'm using a self fabric > belt > with an oval mother of pearl(ish) pass through buckle about five inches > top > to bottom and maybe two inches side to side. I'm planning on a cream silk > georgette broad brimmed hat, deep crown, with feathers. I tried to get > some > shoes with a double buttoned strap, but I'm settling for a pair of oxford > type shoes, dark brown to almost black. > > Vicki Betts > > > > ___ > 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] Stockings for 1917
Vicki, You definitely want some upper-class stockings then. Get natural color, or match your shoes. An older woman might match the shoes. I remember my grandmother's stockings (she married in 1913), which were heavy, opaque and had seams. Of course, my memory is from the 50s. . . she hadn't changed her stocking style, or her shoes (black oxfords with 1-1/2 inch heels). She was a conservative dressing farm wife. Your lady might wear slightly less opaque hose, but I'm betting the shoes are the same. Little patterns of holes in the toes, right? lace ups, stack heels. Too bad you couldn't find the double strap kind. They are more flattering for your feet and would look more upper class. Of course, a suffragette who walks in parades probably would prefer the oxfords anyway ;) ==Marjorie Wilser @..@ @..@ @..@ Three Toad Press http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Vicki Betts wrote: Thanks for everyone's input. I should have told you that I'll be a middle-aged woman, small town (15,000 population in hot Texas) but upper class and well-traveled, a suffragette who has campaigned in Austin and Washington, DC. The dress is really nice green lawn with a stylized cream and dark brown vertical ivy motif. The top of the dress is the Armistice blouse but the collar and cuffs are cut from a white linen table runner with drawn threads. I attached a mid-calf skirt and I'm using a self fabric belt with an oval mother of pearl(ish) pass through buckle about five inches top to bottom and maybe two inches side to side. I'm planning on a cream silk georgette broad brimmed hat, deep crown, with feathers. I tried to get some shoes with a double buttoned strap, but I'm settling for a pair of oxford type shoes, dark brown to almost black. Vicki Betts ___ 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] Stockings for 1917
Thanks for everyone's input. I should have told you that I'll be a middle-aged woman, small town (15,000 population in hot Texas) but upper class and well-traveled, a suffragette who has campaigned in Austin and Washington, DC. The dress is really nice green lawn with a stylized cream and dark brown vertical ivy motif. The top of the dress is the Armistice blouse but the collar and cuffs are cut from a white linen table runner with drawn threads. I attached a mid-calf skirt and I'm using a self fabric belt with an oval mother of pearl(ish) pass through buckle about five inches top to bottom and maybe two inches side to side. I'm planning on a cream silk georgette broad brimmed hat, deep crown, with feathers. I tried to get some shoes with a double buttoned strap, but I'm settling for a pair of oxford type shoes, dark brown to almost black. Vicki Betts ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Stockings for 1917
The handknits featured in the Columbia book are very coarse for a day dress, unless you're a farmer's wife. Even then, there would be some pressure to have store-bought hose, which were fairly well available by then. The Amish cotton stockings are fine for the 1860s, but. . . I'm not getting the vibe for the teens. Much depends on where you lived, what your social expectations were, and how fashionably you dressed in general. Since patterned hose were ordinarily available in the previous generation, a young woman in day dress in 1917 would probably not be seen in hand knit stockings unless they were all she could afford, or it was a bitterly cold winter. MHO of course. A definite on seams. They read right. ==Marjorie Wilser @..@ @..@ @..@ Three Toad Press http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On Aug 27, 2012, at 6:21 PM, aqua...@patriot.net wrote: There were so many options by that time. Lots of machine-made stockings. Remember that seams on nylons were around through the 1950s. Shaped, seamed stockings would be nicer than machine-knit in the round. There is something written about that time about how to dress with taste, and I think it had some info about stockings. Also there are Amish cotton stockings that are fairly fine, if you want something opaque and unobtrusive. -Carol Something along these lines: http://archive.org/stream/columbiabookofya02schu#page/202/mode/1up from the Columbia Book of Yarns, 1916 edition. Ann in CT I'm outside my usual area of 19th century clothing. What kind of stockings would be worn with a 1917 lawn day dress? It falls about mid-calf, and will be worn with lace-up oxford type shoes. Thanks! Vicki Betts ___ 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] Stockings for 1917
There were so many options by that time. Lots of machine-made stockings. Remember that seams on nylons were around through the 1950s. Shaped, seamed stockings would be nicer than machine-knit in the round. There is something written about that time about how to dress with taste, and I think it had some info about stockings. Also there are Amish cotton stockings that are fairly fine, if you want something opaque and unobtrusive. -Carol > Something along these lines: > http://archive.org/stream/columbiabookofya02schu#page/202/mode/1up > > from the Columbia Book of Yarns, 1916 edition. > > > Ann in CT > > > I'm outside my usual area of 19th century clothing. What kind of > stockings would be worn with a 1917 lawn day dress? It falls about > mid-calf, and will be worn with lace-up oxford type shoes. > > Thanks! > > Vicki Betts ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Stockings for 1917
Something along these lines: http://archive.org/stream/columbiabookofya02schu#page/202/mode/1up from the Columbia Book of Yarns, 1916 edition. Ann in CT I'm outside my usual area of 19th century clothing. What kind of stockings would be worn with a 1917 lawn day dress? It falls about mid-calf, and will be worn with lace-up oxford type shoes. Thanks! Vicki Betts ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Stockings for 1917
I'm outside my usual area of 19th century clothing. What kind of stockings would be worn with a 1917 lawn day dress? It falls about mid-calf, and will be worn with lace-up oxford type shoes. Thanks! Vicki Betts ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
