The Costume Gallery website's 10th year Anniversary is Jan. 6, 2006.
Many, many thanks to all of you for making my dream job come true. A very
heartfelt thanks to the h-costumers who have been around for all these years.
You encouraged me and gave so much guidance from the very beginning.
For
Oh, okay. :)
I don't recall the magazine she said it came from I just remember that what
my friend relayed to me sounded like the person didn't do very good
research. Also had the myth in the article about people in the Renaissance
never bathing.
De
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Gack! I wasn't, really
Gack! I wasn't, really, trying to aim the "flaming" reference at you!
Heavens, no. I'm sorry that wasn't clear (mea culpa!).
What I was trying to say, in my clumsy/wordy fashion, was that I really
didn't want this thread to degenerate into another tirade on fat Americans.
We've had those on this l
Thank you for reminding me of the Dutch paints, I had forgotten about them.
:)
Though I am bias I do not think that my post was flaming.
Your statement is not the first time I have heard about comparison of weight
from the Renaissance to modern. I may have assumed that you had read the
article that
this is another plot spoiler, so...
spoiler space...
another reason for the weirdness of that corset may be that there were
some action scenes coming up, as she and casanova make a dramatic
escape from the scaffold. there may have been need for a harness or
some sort of safety gear or paddin
Bummer!
*sigh* (sue scratches it off her list)
--Sue
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From: "Helen Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:55 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] bossoms
> "Let Them Eat Cake" was a very short-run British comed
"Let Them Eat Cake" was a very short-run British comedy set at the cusp of
the French Revolution, starring the comedy team of Dawn French and Jennifer
Saunders (of Ab-Fab fame). It's out on DVD, but not in the US.
-Helen/Aidan
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I haven't seen that movie! Is it an American production, or done by another
country? (I'm asking because my local video stores tend to put American
drama in a "drama" section, and non-American films in a "Foreign" section.)
I'm in the mood for a few costume movies ...have "Restoration" on my
list,
That was my post, and I didn't read an article to come to that conclusion.
In fact, it wasn't a conclusion, really, just a "toss it out there" idea,
based on my own personal experience and observation.
I'm aware of the paintings in which fleshier women appear (some of the Dutch
ones in that same ti
That and there is a huge difference in cut between the early elizabethan
stays and the 18thC stays. Even the effigy stays are cut with only three
pieces...the 18thC ones are cut in five or more. That seaming adds a lot to
the position of the breast within the stays.
Kelly/estela
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From: "otsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 5:32 PM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] bosoms was: Have you seen this painting?
I still consider this conical.
http://www.tudor-portraits.com/Mary1.jpg
http://www
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