Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
My mom's friend made me some Barbie clothes, I'd forgotten that! They were wonderful. One was a green sheath dress that I loved. Unfortunately, my Barbies all went to the Goodwill when I was in high school. (oh, to have had the foresight I now have, back then!) -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Julie Brautigan Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 12:22 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? One Christmas, I got a big box of handmade clothes for my Barbie Doll. My mother, who was a professional seamstress, took all those Barbie clothes patterns and duplicated the same fabrics and colors. I was so thrilled! I wish I had those today! - Original Message - From: "Sharon Collier" To: "Historical Costume" Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 2:07:18 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I loved that the old Barbie clothes had tiny snaps and itty-bitty zippers. They were made just like real clothes (this is before knits). I always felt that after the clothes were on the doll, with all the extra bulk at the waist, that she looked more "normal". So many people got upset at her figure, but failed to take into consideration that she would be bulked up by the clothes. Once clingy knits became available, the ratio between hips-bust and waist became more obvious. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:04 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I had a Barbie doll dress kit. I said that I learned to sew, period.? But I should add that it was sewing for my Babette doll (a cheaper imitation of Barbie) that got me started.? Does anyone else remember how one could buy a dozen or so outfits for the original Barbie, and they were all printed in a little book?? Well, my first efforts were to try to copy those outfits, but I finally started getting creative.? It was easier once commercial patterns came out for them (I still have all the patterns, BTW). Oh, I never bothered sewing snaps on, but just pinned them shut. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Sharon Collier To: 'Historical Costume' Sent: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 8:26 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I had a Barbie doll dress kit. You cut out the fabric, but instead of sewing, they had little, tiny, thin, twisty, hard to work with (can you tell I hated it) double sided tape, which you were supposed to use to put the thing together with. It never stuck correctly. I was bummed. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:02 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I learned how to sew, period. Ann Wass **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) ___ 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-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-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] What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
One Christmas, I got a big box of handmade clothes for my Barbie Doll. My mother, who was a professional seamstress, took all those Barbie clothes patterns and duplicated the same fabrics and colors. I was so thrilled! I wish I had those today! - Original Message - From: "Sharon Collier" To: "Historical Costume" Sent: Thursday, July 9, 2009 2:07:18 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I loved that the old Barbie clothes had tiny snaps and itty-bitty zippers. They were made just like real clothes (this is before knits). I always felt that after the clothes were on the doll, with all the extra bulk at the waist, that she looked more "normal". So many people got upset at her figure, but failed to take into consideration that she would be bulked up by the clothes. Once clingy knits became available, the ratio between hips-bust and waist became more obvious. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:04 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I had a Barbie doll dress kit. I said that I learned to sew, period.? But I should add that it was sewing for my Babette doll (a cheaper imitation of Barbie) that got me started.? Does anyone else remember how one could buy a dozen or so outfits for the original Barbie, and they were all printed in a little book?? Well, my first efforts were to try to copy those outfits, but I finally started getting creative.? It was easier once commercial patterns came out for them (I still have all the patterns, BTW). Oh, I never bothered sewing snaps on, but just pinned them shut. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Sharon Collier To: 'Historical Costume' Sent: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 8:26 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I had a Barbie doll dress kit. You cut out the fabric, but instead of sewing, they had little, tiny, thin, twisty, hard to work with (can you tell I hated it) double sided tape, which you were supposed to use to put the thing together with. It never stuck correctly. I was bummed. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:02 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I learned how to sew, period. Ann Wass **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) ___ 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-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-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
I loved that the old Barbie clothes had tiny snaps and itty-bitty zippers. They were made just like real clothes (this is before knits). I always felt that after the clothes were on the doll, with all the extra bulk at the waist, that she looked more "normal". So many people got upset at her figure, but failed to take into consideration that she would be bulked up by the clothes. Once clingy knits became available, the ratio between hips-bust and waist became more obvious. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 7:04 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I had a Barbie doll dress kit. I said that I learned to sew, period.? But I should add that it was sewing for my Babette doll (a cheaper imitation of Barbie) that got me started.? Does anyone else remember how one could buy a dozen or so outfits for the original Barbie, and they were all printed in a little book?? Well, my first efforts were to try to copy those outfits, but I finally started getting creative.? It was easier once commercial patterns came out for them (I still have all the patterns, BTW). Oh, I never bothered sewing snaps on, but just pinned them shut. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Sharon Collier To: 'Historical Costume' Sent: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 8:26 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I had a Barbie doll dress kit. You cut out the fabric, but instead of sewing, they had little, tiny, thin, twisty, hard to work with (can you tell I hated it) double sided tape, which you were supposed to use to put the thing together with. It never stuck correctly. I was bummed. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:02 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I learned how to sew, period. Ann Wass **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) ___ 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-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
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I watched my mother sew from the time I was very young.? She learned from her mother and had designed and made her own formals in the late '40's. At 5'11" in a day with no Tall Catalogs, it was a necessity!? She made a "Princess" dress for me for a second-grade production of Sleeping Beauty.? It was pink with a net skirt.? I also had a Pilgrim's dress in 5th grade for Halloween made from a sheet that she dyed grey.? By the '60's I was sewing for myself>> I was born in '63, so I wasn't exactly learning to sew in the 60's, but my mom sewed, and I used to take the snaps and make clothes for my dolls. I'd leave them scattered everywhere and Mom would get aggravated--she said years later that if she had known what I would learn to do, she never would have said a word! The first costume I remember having, other than Halloween, was when our little town celebrated its Centennial, in 1973. Mom made us all "pioneer gowns", complete with sunbonnets. I think my love of costuming can be traced right back to that dress. Dianne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
I learned to embroider because boyfriends liked their sign of the zodiac embroidered on a chambray shirt. I went through several boyfriends and a lot of astrological signs between '69 and '72! Martha ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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I learned to prefer natural fibers. I learned the beauty of long flows of fabric in motion, as in long full sleeves, long full skirts, shawls, etc. I learned that ANYTHING can be embellished (not only embroidery on blue jeans but also painting on raincoats, making trench coats out of floral print fabric, etc)-- and that anything can be turned into earrings. I learned how comfortably traditional ethnic garments can be integrated into modern western settings. I learned to walk in long dresses. I already knew how to sew and knit, embroider, and do basic weaving; I taught myself to crochet, tat, and knot, and turn elaborate cables in knitting; later I taught myself the basics of bobbin lace. Actually I think I developed a whole new understanding of beauty in the late '60s, and it was the outgrowth of an eye-and-spirit-opening liberal-arts college experience and a new political awareness (into both of which I plunged), not substance experimentation (in which I merely waded)! --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer On Jul 8, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Käthe Barrows wrote: Back in the 1960s I discovered ethnic garments and embroidery. (Any ethnic garment that survived into the 21st Century is strongly historically based, because nowadays "ethnics" all over the world wear things like t-shirts.) So nowadays I use ikat from Guatemala, saree fabric from India, and mud cloth from Africa in my everyday garments, and sometimes I recreate ethnic garments. Also in the 60s I re-discovered natural fiber, especially what it's good for and what polyester isn't good for. So I can usually tell by touch, sometimes even by sight, if bargain fabric is natural fiber when I go shopping for fabric for something historical. But the best things I learned in the 60s were the fiber crafts, like macramé, weaving, and embroidery (crochet was big in the 60s but I learned it later). This shows up in many of my historical garments, as surface decoration or compulsive hand-finishing. I volunteer at a maritime historical park and often do historical nautical macramé demos there. BTW, Laurel Burch-designed stuff, and Folkwear Patterns, are two prominent products of the 60s Hippie movement (and I have photos to prove it). -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” - William Gibson -- ___ 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] What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
I learned to knit with Barbie kits.? They came with needles, yarn, and simple instructions in a round can.? I had the coat with pill-box hat and the skirt and sleeveless sweater kits. I watched my mother sew from the time I was very young.? She learned from her mother and had designed and made her own formals in the late '40's. At 5'11" in a day with no Tall Catalogs, it was a necessity!? She made a "Princess" dress for me for a second-grade production of Sleeping Beauty.? It was pink with a net skirt.? I also had a Pilgrim's dress in 5th grade for Halloween made from a sheet that she dyed grey.? By the '60's I was sewing for myself, but she made the Pioneer dress for my high school Senior week with input from my grandfather (he was born in 1880's), remembering what his mother wore, right down to the bonnet.? I guess that counts as historic costume!? Several years after I started sewing SCA clothes, my mother told me that she had taught me all she could about sewing but I had done so much more.? That just floored me.? This from the woman who, before I was born, had dreams of opening a dress shop with her own designs.? Catherine -Original Message- From: annbw...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Jul 9, 2009 10:03 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I had a Barbie doll dress kit. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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I had a Barbie doll dress kit. I said that I learned to sew, period.? But I should add that it was sewing for my Babette doll (a cheaper imitation of Barbie) that got me started.? Does anyone else remember how one could buy a dozen or so outfits for the original Barbie, and they were all printed in a little book?? Well, my first efforts were to try to copy those outfits, but I finally started getting creative.? It was easier once commercial patterns came out for them (I still have all the patterns, BTW). Oh, I never bothered sewing snaps on, but just pinned them shut. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Sharon Collier To: 'Historical Costume' Sent: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 8:26 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I had a Barbie doll dress kit. You cut out the fabric, but instead of sewing, they had little, tiny, thin, twisty, hard to work with (can you tell I hated it) double sided tape, which you were supposed to use to put the thing together with. It never stuck correctly. I was bummed. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:02 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I learned how to sew, period. Ann Wass **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) ___ 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-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
I had a Barbie doll dress kit. You cut out the fabric, but instead of sewing, they had little, tiny, thin, twisty, hard to work with (can you tell I hated it) double sided tape, which you were supposed to use to put the thing together with. It never stuck correctly. I was bummed. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of annbw...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 4:02 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? I learned how to sew, period. Ann Wass **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) ___ 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
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Betsey Johnson had some cute, Laura Ashley-ish patterns; I still have one! -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Käthe Barrows Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 11:47 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s? Back in the 1960s I discovered ethnic garments and embroidery. (Any ethnic garment that survived into the 21st Century is strongly historically based, because nowadays "ethnics" all over the world wear things like t-shirts.) So nowadays I use ikat from Guatemala, saree fabric from India, and mud cloth from Africa in my everyday garments, and sometimes I recreate ethnic garments. Also in the 60s I re-discovered natural fiber, especially what it's good for and what polyester isn't good for. So I can usually tell by touch, sometimes even by sight, if bargain fabric is natural fiber when I go shopping for fabric for something historical. But the best things I learned in the 60s were the fiber crafts, like macramé, weaving, and embroidery (crochet was big in the 60s but I learned it later). This shows up in many of my historical garments, as surface decoration or compulsive hand-finishing. I volunteer at a maritime historical park and often do historical nautical macramé demos there. BTW, Laurel Burch-designed stuff, and Folkwear Patterns, are two prominent products of the 60s Hippie movement (and I have photos to prove it). -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed. -William Gibson -- ___ 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
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> What costume things did you learn in the 60s? Tempera paint & crayon masks, cutting holes for eyes in sheets. I think I learned to crochet about then to make bridles for my Breyer horses. I was a small kid in the 60s. PS. Really enjoying stories of what the college kids were doing in the 60s. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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I learned how to sew, period. Ann Wass **Looking for love this summer? Find it now on AOL Personals. (http://personals.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntuslove0003) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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In a message dated 7/8/2009 2:52:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kay...@gmail.com writes: and Folkwear Patterns, are two prominent products of the 60s Hippie movement I love that Folkwear is in Barnardsville, NC. Alas, I'm on the coast and Barnardsville is near Asheville in the Mountains (That makes some sense. The Black Mountain School is near there too. Very big and hugely influential in the arts in the '60's) so it's about a 6 hour drive, but, still **Popular laptop deals plus free shipping! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221917659x1201411421/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.media plex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D2) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] What costume things did you learn in the 60s?
Back in the 1960s I discovered ethnic garments and embroidery. (Any ethnic garment that survived into the 21st Century is strongly historically based, because nowadays "ethnics" all over the world wear things like t-shirts.) So nowadays I use ikat from Guatemala, saree fabric from India, and mud cloth from Africa in my everyday garments, and sometimes I recreate ethnic garments. Also in the 60s I re-discovered natural fiber, especially what it's good for and what polyester isn't good for. So I can usually tell by touch, sometimes even by sight, if bargain fabric is natural fiber when I go shopping for fabric for something historical. But the best things I learned in the 60s were the fiber crafts, like macramé, weaving, and embroidery (crochet was big in the 60s but I learned it later). This shows up in many of my historical garments, as surface decoration or compulsive hand-finishing. I volunteer at a maritime historical park and often do historical nautical macramé demos there. BTW, Laurel Burch-designed stuff, and Folkwear Patterns, are two prominent products of the 60s Hippie movement (and I have photos to prove it). -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William Gibson -- ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
