Absolutely gorgeous!
SharonC.
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays
At 13:41 25/04/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Suzi,
>Yes, they
Been lurking for a couple of weeks now, and heard about the Tudor Tailor
book, got it and love it..big thanks to all who spoke of it before it came
out.
Question is, I am Scadian, but have a friend who asked me for a pattern for
a Rev war era fitted bodice. She said that they were incorrectly calle
In a message dated 4/26/2006 12:14:32 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I feel that way about Van Gogh.
Fran
**
Fran! Oh no! Too bad! Oh well.
I saw the exhibit in DC a while back. The colors were amazing. Those
paintings of lavender irises in mint gr
At 04:04 26/04/2006, you wrote:
In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:51:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't think the Mona Lisa is really all that great a painting!
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Have you seen it in person?
I have. I don't think it's a great painting either. D
I happen to own 2 copies. When I was there I bought an extra just in
case someone might want it. Do you want it? It's brand new. No
eye-prints on it or anything. Pay cover price & it's yours.
If anyone else on h-cost wants it, same deal. If you live in or around
Silicon Valley, no postage!
In a message dated 4/25/2006 11:43:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If you thought that awful Celine Dion and the skull-scraping heart-going-on
song was bad, you'd better go hide under the blankets for a couple of years.
Someone is doing Titanic the Musical, rehe
In a message dated 4/25/2006 11:22:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have, and I didn't think it was worth fighting the crush of people
standing around it. Also it was so dark as to make it hard to see. The time
spent working my way towards the painting and figh
Hey, I have seen the Titanic Musical, and it is wonderful. I saw both the
movie and the musical, and believe me the musical is worth watching, assuming
it is performed by a competent ensemble. The only thing it has in common
with the movie is the name of the ship and a few characters. Reg
I feel that way about Van Gogh.
Fran
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I know that Picasso is considered fine art. I still don't like
it. It simply doesn't appeal to me.
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Hey, they were in a hurry! :-)
Monica
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> girlfriend or his niece unless he feels that she
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Generally Rev War events, at least on the East coast, have
participants organized in military units. Is it a battle event? If
so, then it's probably mostly reenactment units. The organization is
important for safety and "walk on" participants are discouraged.
I'll ha
I saw the Mona Lisa this past summer. The crowds were very distracting
to being able to see her and appreciate her.
My Sister-in-law had seen her on previous visits and said she was more
fascinated with the large painting at the other end of the room with
all it's details. No one was looking
If you thought that awful Celine Dion and the skull-scraping heart-going-on
song was bad, you'd better go hide under the blankets for a couple of years.
Someone is doing Titanic the Musical, rehearsals start mid-year.
Anyone got an ice maker?
-C.
-
> girlfriend or his niece unless he feels that she can do the job.
>
Then there was the dramatization of the fleeing Russian royal family who all
had thier corsets on upside-down,
-C.
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I don't think the Mona Lisa is really all that great a painting!
***
Have you seen it in person?
I have, and I didn't think it was worth fighting the crush of people
standing around it. Also it was so dark as to make it hard to see. The time
spent working my way towards the p
In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:51:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't think the Mona Lisa is really all that great a painting!
***
Have you seen it in person?
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In a message dated 4/25/2006 8:33:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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I know that Picasso is considered fine art. I still don't like
it. It simply doesn't appeal to me.
What a strange statement, since he paints in many different styles during
Along these lines, I have something to get off my chest:
I don't think the Mona Lisa is really all that great a painting!
Whew. There. I feel much better now.
-E House
(Also, eyebrowlessness is a huge pet peeve of mine.)
Well I believe Leonardo da Vinci would agree with you, he never was
sat
I haven't read Fenimore Cooper (I have tried), but
Mark Twain's "The Literary Offences of Fenimore
Cooper" is a very funny piece.
Ann in CT
p.s. Who is running the Mohegan Sun casino? ac
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>
> I haven't read the book, which hopefully explains
> things
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Absolutely. But some stuff gets canonized that probably never was very
good, either because it's early, or because it's "art."
Along these lines, I have something to get off my chest:
I don't think the Mona Lisa is really
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Also, if they make it for your machine, get the teflon foot and
plate. It makes life so much easier when working with leather or
fake leather. :)
I got a walking foot for my project, and loved it so mu
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Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Historical Films
In a message dated 4/25/2006 5:24:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sometimes, the entertainment of previous d
In a message dated 4/25/2006 7:04:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Broadway Theatre Archive
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Yeswell worth checking out...even the "bad" productions. I remember when
"School for Scandal" aired. I was in college then and all my design teach
The Broadway Theatre Archive has DVDs of stage plays--from a variety of
theaters--from an old TV series. That, they say, is why the images tend
to be rather fuzzy. The quality of the performances is all over the
map. There is a very good "Tartuffe," an awful "School for Scandal," a
good "The
In a message dated 4/25/2006 5:24:49 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sometimes, the entertainment of previous days survives as entertainment as
well as art, just because it's GOOD.
*
Why is it assumed that art is not entertaining? Weird.
_
Exactly.
Fran
otsisto wrote:
Perhaps I didn't phrase it right.
Basically, I was switching "ideas" for "interpretation", thus saying,
"you're not always following someone else's interpretation"
De
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Not so much not following someone's ideas but their interpretati
This is why I prefer video/DVD - nobody cares when I
yell at the screen at home. It took several years,
but I finally quit taking costume notes at live
theater. I still notice - I just don't write it down
anymore.
--- kelly grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > but because of my DH the entire fa
>>If the Eagle one is too late, how 'bout using the workmans breeches in
>>"Costume Close-Up", the Williamsburg book?
>It's something about not owning that book...
> CarolynKayta Barrows
>dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
I happen to own 2 copies. When I was there I bought an extra just i
And some of us still see it as entertainment--I found The Pickwick
Papers to be one of the funniest books I ever read, and Sam Weller is
quite possibly my favorite book character of all time. There are parts
of that book that made me positively roar with laughter, and others that
made me cry.
Hi,
Now this topic is up, does any of you know of any good tv plays to buy on
tape or dvd? I remember back some years where i have seen quite many
interresting plays or tv dramas from the end of 17th century. I believe it
was real old plays from 17th century. There is one special i remember ver
Perhaps I didn't phrase it right.
Basically, I was switching "ideas" for "interpretation", thus saying,
"you're not always following someone else's interpretation"
De
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> Not so much not following someone's ideas but their interpretation of the
> information gathered.
You have to follow these instructions to unsubscribe, as detailed at teh top
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Debbie
In a message dated 4/25/06 10:27:32 PM GMT Daylight Time,
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> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web,
no idea on the former question, but on the latter (coat), have you tried jas
townsend's?? (don't have url to hand, sorry, but whenever I need them I
google or yahoo them)
debbie
ps - also have no idea what their patterns are like, as I don't use comm.
patterns, but am sure I've seen rev w
Not so much not following someone's ideas but their interpretation of the
information gathered.
That's not what I meant, either. There is no need to "follow" someone
else's interpretation if you can make your own interpretation from the
same facts.
Fran
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I got mine today! Looks good! Thanks, Kathy
Catherine Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'll be interested in knowing
when people get their copies. I still
don't
>have mine, which is apparently on the slow boat from England.
>
>--Robin
==
I just got an email notifi
Re: eyelets. There's a nice article in Renaissance magazine (the issue
that came out before the current one) on doing those, both without and
with rings--even a costume ignoramus like myself understood what the
author was talking about. Laurie, would you like to borrow it?
Arlys
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Historical Films
**
Hopefully, every once in a while, there's some ART!
The line between entertain
Hi Marc,
Generally Rev War events, at least on the East coast, have
participants organized in military units. Is it a battle event? If
so, then it's probably mostly reenactment units. The organization is
important for safety and "walk on" participants are discouraged.
In which case,
I was informed that at that time in Jewish history/customs. It was the
groom's responsibility to make sure that there was plenty of wine.
So, for Mary to be concerned about the quantity of wine implies some
relation to the groom's side. For her to approach Jesus about it implies
that Jesus is the g
Try using button thread. It most resembles silk button twist and
will not rip through your leather.
Do not use the commercial silk embroidery threads that you find at
your Jo-Anns or Walmart etc., they break, a lot.
You can find good quality silk threads online now a days if you
really want to go
The only two things I've found to worry about with leather are:
A) The thickness of the leather, & making sure that your sewing machine can
handle it--for the browncoat, I used suede that was nearly 1/8 thick, and
though my machine actually was capable of handling 5 layers of it, it caused
all
OK, but there is a difference between research (finding data) and
intepretation (of the data). One of the first things I learned in
upper-division history seminars is there are often serveral, equally
believable ways of interpreting the same data. After a certain point,
all you can give the
I love to play a kind of game when
watching a "historical costume" film or TV show I call: Find all the
things in the costumes that give away the year the film was made.
Hairstyles and makeup of the leading actors is a dead giveaway. If you
want to see a costume designer's original intent: chec
In a message dated 4/25/2006 4:02:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
three historians spork
historical movies. In the archives are Braveheart,
Sound of music, The patriot, and many more
I never could figure out why everyone was so crazy about Sound of Music,
especi
Whether in the classroom, symposium, or casual conversation, the key
is documentation.
Not for the last--at least, it tends to become a focus for tiresome
"prove yourself to me" games. There is a difference between a doctoral
dissertation and a conversation.
If I can't cite t
Oh, on marking technique: Realistically, I know they probably didn't
measure. I've stopped using numeric measurements for almost every part of
my fitted dress construction, and I think I'm at about the point where I
don't need to measure eyelets either. I imagine the medieval seamstress
spaced eye
In the spirit of these movie related threads:
I would like to draw your attention to History Spork,
where two (or sometimes) three historians spork
historical movies. In the archives are Braveheart,
Sound of music, The patriot, and many more.
http://history-spork.livejournal.com/
In the same vei
You will have to go to
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There is nothing that the list members can do to unsub you.
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On Tue, Apr
In a message dated 4/25/2006 3:07:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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becomes evident in the art as well, when you look at paintings of
Magdalen in her wilderness-hermit phase.
Doncha love those George De la Tour paintings??? So beautiful.
In a message dated 4/25/2006 2:33:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Liz Taylor was dressed
in a VERY hollywoodized version of Lorenzo Lotto.(I am surprized she wore a
balzo !) Because she was the star.
*
She had her own designerlike Raquel Welc
Quoting S Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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I believe that you have to go to the web site that's at the bottom of
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I've just been having a costume-a-thon at my house (coronation is Saturday
and we have to dress the queen ). As we're sewing we've been watching
movies and of course snarking the costumes.
We watched Kiss Me Kate. My daughter wants the red dress the shrew wore.
It was Hollywood Italian Ren.
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Interesting - Mary Magdalene also has the association of being a
> penitent wandering in the desert for many years, and long hair is one
> of her identifiers! There was a lot of confusion between the Marys,
> so I guess Mary of Egypt is where t
In Maeder's opinion, the Italian-Anglo film, "The Leopard" was the most
historically accurately designed and costumed film up the year he wrote
the book.
Cindy Abel
Hi, i completely agree with him, its fantastic costumes. Especially the
elderly women in the great ball scene, who dresses very ear
Please remove me from your list. 2nd request.
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Look at ebay,some UK suppliers ship to the USA. Tried Tefal's website but it
is down at the moment
Brin Kendall
Joannah Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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<(which is more than I do!)
<
Sorry, I can't help for a US source, but thank-you for the opinion ab
For reasons that are somewhat complicated, I may be at a rev war event in
virginia on the 14th-16th of July. First the off topic - can anyone give
me a hint on what to expect - how much this sort of thing costs, tha tsort
of thing (I've done re-eacting elsewhere, but not RW and not in VA).
A
> Um, *that* was a throwaway line, and meant to amuse. This is Mary of
> Egypt:
>
> http://www.wga.hu/html/m/memling/3mature1/17rein4.html
> (right side)
>
> See, no implications for costume study there.
Interesting - Mary Magdalene also has the association of being a
penitent wandering in th
I have spent years in the theatre-- BA and MA in costume design and history
(15 years). Then I was a designer for the garment industry (24 years) . Now
I teach fashion history in a college.
>From my experience-- The "look" is the thing, not historical accuracy. If
you have a director like Franco
On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Robin wrote]
> > I rather wish that Dan Brown had picked a saint who wasn't quite so
> > central to costume study. Say, Mary of Egypt.
>
> Except Dan Brown didn't make the "choice".
Um, *that* was a throwaway line, and meant to amuse. This is M
In a message dated 4/25/2006 12:38:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hairstyles and makeup of the leading actors is a dead giveaway. If you
want to see a costume designer's original intent: check out some
background extra.
*
Indeed! I love how, o
Or watching a modern military action film with a vet. "That is the completely
wrong insignia..." etc. Apparently "A Few Good Men" was pretty accurate with
its uniforms.
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On Tue, 25 Apr 2006, Lorraine Herr wrote:
> I'm looking for advice about vertical spacing of holes on the front
> lacing of a gothic fitted dress. Three weeks of fittings, sewing,
> bleeding, etc., and it's down to the finish line! Has anyone got
> thoughts about how far apart (vertically) th
Same with the costumes, too ... otherwise no costumer would enjoy any
film he or she hadn't costumed personally.
Fran
Sharon at Collierfam.com wrote:
I drive my family nuts saying stuff like" Why doesn't he/she do ..?" My
husband says,"Then the movie'd be 15 minutes long." We just have to
Actually, if it wasn't stupid characters doing stupid things in most
movies(and TV shoes), that would eliminate the plots of most of our
entertainment from those mediums! And that would lead to the loss of a
lot of fun watching them.
I kind of wondered at the trailer for Marie Antoinette which
Genie Barrett wrote:
>Actually, the book is so different from that movie that you could call
> them two different stories with people who share the same names.
That was my original reaction to Clive Owen's "King Arthur". Though it makes
a great movie, it was not at all what I had expected. It get
Robin wrote:
>I rather wish that Dan Brown had picked a saint who wasn't quite so
>central to costume study. Say, Mary of Egypt.
I can just see it now.
0 Chris Laning
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That's good to know!
Fran
Genie Barrett wrote:
At 11:53 PM 4/24/2006, you wrote:
I haven't read the book, which hopefully explains things like this.
But in the film, I thought they were idiots.
Actually, the book is so different from that movie that you could call
them two different stor
Email me offlist -- I do custom orders and short-run items, and would be
interested in discussing this with you.
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Behalf Of E House
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:41 AM
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Subject:
I recently realized that, duh, there are a lot of metalworkers in the
h-costuming world who can probably make a replica of the interesting
fastener buckle thingies on the browncoat for me, so after thwacking myself
on the head, I will now go find someone to do a custom order.
Which reminds me
Hi Suzi,
Many thanks for this, coming from you makes it even more nice.
Bjarne
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From: "Suzi Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays
At 13:41
> And working in the other direction, often the clothing is part of our clue
> to identification. This is a large part of that lecture. So part of my
> answer to someone who wants to try to read an image of Mary as being
> Magdalen has to do with how we use the clothing symbols to make the
> distin
Those of you who are or plan to be in New York city this spring may want
to visit:
https://www.nyhistory.org/web/default.php?section=whats_new&page=detail_pr&id=5765978
"GROUP DYNAMICS: FAMILY PORTRAITS AND SCENES OF EVERYDAY LIFE AT THE
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY EXHIBITION OPENS
A visual
In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:48:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think you mean Pierrot - Poirot is Agatha Christie's Belgian detective!
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Oops.and HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:44:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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In the final scene it had one of the most inventive costumes I've seen
in a long time.
***
In the musical "Dream Girls"...a story of a 60s girl group like the
Supremes...there'
There are certain movies that I will not see. Titanic was one. Not because
of the costumes, but I really didn't want to spend 10 bucks to see 1500
people die. I figured the story's ending wouldn't be changed, so whateve
came before would make it worse.
Monica Spence
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F
Help!
I'm looking for advice about vertical spacing of holes on the front
lacing of a gothic fitted dress. Three weeks of fittings, sewing,
bleeding, etc., and it's down to the finish line! Has anyone got
thoughts about how far apart (vertically) the holes ought to be? I
know they should
>I'll be interested in knowing when people get their copies. I still
don't
>have mine, which is apparently on the slow boat from England.
>
>--Robin
==
I just got an email notification from Amazon that my pre-ordered copy
is on the way.
At this rate it could beat my pre
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25/04/2006 13:48 >>> wrote
>... or the sad love lorn character [Poirot]...
I think you mean Pierrot - Poirot is Agatha Christie's Belgian detective!
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A couple of weeks ago we went to see Spamalot (I highly recommend it
if you like Monty Python, I had a fabulous time, made me forget my
troubles and I thought by friend would fall off her chair laughing).
In the final scene it had one of the most inventive costumes I've seen
in a long time. It wa
In a message dated 4/25/2006 9:28:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And, I believe also in various forms of Japanese theater, yes?
**
Most definitely! And Indian and Tai, Bali, Indonesiaetc...etc...
Notice how all these, and the Greek
My husband realised he had been going to costume films with me too
long when his first thought at a lady taking off her bodice in a film
was "Hey, she's not wearing a chemise."
Katy
On 4/25/06, Sharon at Collierfam.com <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I drive my family nuts saying stuff like" Why doe
In a message dated 4/25/2006 8:55:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This relates to theatre. Since Greek theatre [and no doubt before] the
costume is a symbol.
And, I believe also in various forms of Japanese theater, yes?
Ann Wass
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In a message dated 4/25/2006 7:35:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Our favourite thing to make us yell at the screen...
***
I hate it when someone gets shotin the arm or leg or shoulder and
then runs around for the rest of the film as if no
In a message dated 4/25/2006 7:13:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think it's because the public is becomming better educated about costume
history, I also think that it will get better in the future too. Costume
Literature has jumped tenfold since I left Univer
At 13:41 25/04/2006, you wrote:
Hi Suzi,
Yes, they also steamed the bones in 18th century, acording to Janet Arnold.
I can bend my wissner boning, so that it gets a curved shape, and it
works nicely i think.
Anyway, i replaced the thick 2 mm. bones inside with thinner bones
1mm. Its the more so
Hi Albertcat,
I just thoaght, that looking at Hogarts drawings, the stays lying on the
floor, if the shaping bones, had ben thin, they would not be able to stand a
lone, and keep the whole body shape, like a dress stand.
Even the body heats the vertical bones, they could not alone hold the shape
In a message dated 4/25/2006 5:09:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
they are shaped like the body, and i would say, its the
horzontal bones that keep them in shape. Would this not provide heavier
boning?
**
Good question.
Does not real wha
In a message dated 4/25/2006 4:21:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And working in the other direction, often the clothing is part of our clue
to identification.
This relates to theatre. Since Greek theatre [and no doubt before] the
costume i
Hi Suzi,
Yes, they also steamed the bones in 18th century, acording to Janet Arnold.
I can bend my wissner boning, so that it gets a curved shape, and it works
nicely i think.
Anyway, i replaced the thick 2 mm. bones inside with thinner bones 1mm. Its
the more soft plastic boning i used for them
In a message dated 4/25/2006 4:02:27 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Pick any public trial - no matter what the jury ultimately says, we
all have our own opinion on the guilt or innocence of the defendant.
And it does not change any facts about what they were wearing.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24/04/2006 23:42 >>>
>Considering how many people tragically died on the Titanic, and
>considering that something is known about the more upper-crust ones at
>least, I was amazed the producers didn't use a real story with main
>characters who were really there.
In a message dated 4/25/2006 12:54:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
because
almost everybody else in the film had gotten colorfully killed.
***
All the major characters I made the costumes for die horriblyCpt.
Heyward [the escort], Col. Monr
At 13:11 25/04/2006, you wrote:
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Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:19:35 +0100
From: Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays
To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; for
I am not Suzi, but when I interned at Jamestown I also got to play in the
Yorktown Collection. There was a pair of extant stays that were of similar
construction and definately 18th c. but cut more like C&C page 40 but still
like the 1740's - almost wall-to wall whalebone with the cross boning.
Message: 12
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:19:35 +0100
From: Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays
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At 10:04 25/04/2006,
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From: "kelly grant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:07 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Movies-things that make you cringe!
but because of my DH the entire family is known to yell >at
the screen in any movie hi
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To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 2:19 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Historical Films
Robin wrote,
(Sample question: How can I be sure that such-and-so-image of the
Madonna and Child isn't really Mary
At 12:12 25/04/2006, you wrote:
Dear Suzi, Bjarne and others who do stays
I'm debating whether to use the plastic whalebone or
rigilene: while the narrowness of the whalebone gives
what looks to me like a very authentic appearance
(with the narrow rows of stitching)
You can buy narrow Rigilene
>
> Our favourite thing to make us yell at the screen...
I have been known to sit up back during The Sound of Music and, at the
appropriate moment, shout, "They're behind the tombstone...!"
-C.
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