At 02:44 26/11/2005, you wrote:
> I don't know if they are cheap but I have seen corsets where the busk
> was too short and they looked ugly.
> They cut a piece of an other busk and taped it together but is is very
> easy to see.
Never had any complaints from my customers, but then you can't
There is an Australian supplier - I'm now getting my stuff from them -
contact me for details but you'll have to drive to Sydney to look at
what you want.
Aylwen
http://www.earthlydelights.com.au
Elizabeth Walpole wrote:
- Original Message - From: "Ann Catelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> I don't know if they are cheap but I have seen corsets where the busk
> was too short and they looked ugly.
> They cut a piece of an other busk and taped it together but is is very
> easy to see.
Never had any complaints from my customers, but then you can't see that an
extra piece has bee
- Original Message -
From: "Ann Catelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 11:41 AM
Subject: [h-cost] Re: too short victorian busk
If you're already looking outside of Australia, may I
direct you to Greenberg & Hammer,
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From: "Joannah Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 4:18 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] victorian corset with too short busk
Did you look at Farthingales?
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/busks.php
Th
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Hi,
I am from German and look for victorian dressmaking- can you help me?
Welcome. There are many folks here who know Victorian. What are you
working on?
Dawn
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If you're already looking outside of Australia, may I
direct you to Greenberg & Hammer, specifically this
item, pop-front busks with silver clasp, from 6" to
17":
https://www.greenberg-hammer.com/store.asp?ItemID=195
And compare their boning prices.
If you have already purchased your boning, by
At 11:20 AM -0700 11/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The non-existent wall that prevents otherwise intelligent people from
enjoying these delights of Opera and Shakespeare is sewn, here in
America anyway,
by the anti-intellectual brigade. Those usually sports-soaked numb-nuts that
seem to be
For a start, this has become one of my favorite sites.
http://www.vintagetextile.com/victorian.htm
Victorian is not my field of interest so I will let others who are tell you
their sites and tips.
De
-Original Message-
Hi,
I am from German and look for victorian dressmaking- can you help
At 18:20 25/11/2005, you wrote:
The Museum of London's website has a "press pack" in PDF which has
many, many pictures of some of the things -- including larger
versions of the mitten and the sock. Also background info -- well,
it goes on and on. Anyone interested in things from around 500 -
In a message dated 11/25/2005 12:39:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
after the first realization of the fact that the characters are speaking
Elizabethan English, you totally forgot about it
*
Horrors! To forget about all that amazingly beaut
The Museum of London's website has a "press pack" in PDF which has many,
many pictures of some of the things -- including larger versions of the
mitten and the sock. Also background info -- well, it goes on and on.
Anyone interested in things from around 500 - 1500 should download and
read the
One thing that I found interesting about Baz Luhrman's 'Romeo and Juliet', was
that he didn't change the dialogue to modern speech, but kept the language of
the original script/play, and after the first realization of the fact that the
characters are speaking Elizabethan English, you totally for
Did you look at Farthingales?
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/busks.php
They have straight busks up to 16" long, for up to CDN$22.49 ( AUS$26.20 ).
I also thought that these are an interesting idea ( new from the last time I
had a browse through their site ) -
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/lacin
At 15:15 25/11/2005, you wrote:
Greenberg and Hammer have corset busks as short as 6" and longer ones
in 11" 12" 14" and 17" lengths.
https://www.greenberg-hammer.com/store.asp?ItemID=195
They also have ones with gold colered studs.
Katy
On 11/25/05, Deredere Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro
Greenberg and Hammer have corset busks as short as 6" and longer ones
in 11" 12" 14" and 17" lengths.
https://www.greenberg-hammer.com/store.asp?ItemID=195
They also have ones with gold colered studs.
Katy
On 11/25/05, Deredere Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I buy my busks here.
I looked at Vena Cava but they don't have 1/2 inch spiral boning in pre cut
lengths, they only have it in rolls and I don't want to have to cut it up
myself as by the time I've bought a decent pair of bolt cutters it would be
just as expensive as buying from http://www.corsetmaking.com/ (they ha
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