I am agreeing with Dawn on these two books, not sure about the third, I
don't own it.
The Survey of Historic Costume comes up to modern times, I think the late
1970's/80's and has quite a bit on modern fashion that should be helpful
when tying the course into the rest of your fashion program.
At 16:33 30/08/2006, you wrote:
Yes, I'm starting to realize that my costume library from when I
studied costume history eons ago is full of inaccurate information.
Does anyone know of a comprehensive book on costume history that is
really good with lots of primary sources?
Sylrog
Francois
Susan B. Farmer wrote:
Quoting Sylvia Rognstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
In light of the negative responses to this question, what book would you
use?
The current favorites, based on a quick web survey of posted class
syllabi, are:
The History of Costume: From Ancient Mesopotamia through
In a message dated 8/30/06 7:02:01 PM GMT Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> In light of the negative responses to this question, what book would you
> >use?
history of costume by james laver
(actually has a couple of names, depending on the version, as it's been
re-issued a couple of
I don't think much of Kohler. There are better sources.
Janet Arnold's 3 books "Patterns of fashion" are a good start if you are
doing 16th-20th Centuries. There are no perfect costume books. Start with
the primary sources (art) and extant clothing of whatever period you need.
Powerpoint is a good
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 10:51 pm, Dawn wrote:
> The list seems to have eaten my first response:
>
> The current favorites, based on a quick web survey of posted class
> syllabi, are:
>
> The History of Costume: From Ancient Mesopotamia through the Twentieth
> Century. Payne, B., Winakor, G., an
The problem with costume books is that they are all too general. If you want
to see the most artwork-- use Davenport. However, the book is in B&W, the
pics are small and the text is gossipy. If you are looking for specific
periods , a how to : The Janet Arnold books, Norah Waugh, The Tudor Tailor,
I just finished a college level program that used "Survey of Historic
Costume: A History of Western Dress" by Phyllis G. Tortora, Keith
Eubank. It's current and it brushes past history and costume, combining
social and political influences. As someone who was already very
interested in histor
> I don't believe in wool gabardine for medieval clothing; it looks way
> too
> shiny, even if it is 100% wool.
>
> Fabric.com does have nice flannels from time to time, though the color
> choice
> is often too restricted for my taste. The selection varies a lot; they
> often
>
I am aware of the generality problem and will definitely use more
sources when I teach a costume history class next semester, but the
class I am currently teaching just requires a broad overview of
history, something that will only require a couple of weeks at the
most.I was really trying t
For what it's worth, I recently did a thread count comparison between the
counts given in "Medieval Textiles" and "Woven into the Earth," and some
common types of modern wool (including gabardine). To my surprise, even the
normal-to-coarse modern wools that should have been comparable based on t
Here's an interesting problem we could use your
collective input on:
I ran into a woman I know yesterday and she presented
me with an interesting question. Seems she has taken
over the costumes for a local Bethlehem Walk and is in
a little bit of a panic.
A little background - a Bethlehem Walk
Nylon broom straw, in red if you can find it. Or regular broom straw,
dyed, or painted.
put a bunch together with a rubber band, make a puddle of glue (hot
glue) stand the bundle up in it.
?
Bridgette
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Marie Stewart wrote:
Nylon broom straw, in red if you can find it. Or regular broom straw,
dyed, or painted.
put a bunch together with a rubber band, make a puddle of glue (hot
glue) stand the bundle up in it.
?
that's what I was thinking of as well, just remember to take the handle
off the
I used the James Laver book last semester to teach a general Western
European/American clothing history class. It was cheap, which is always
good for the students, but it's very much a brief history and has about
five pages on the entire middle ages. It was extremely lacking in
details, and y
- Original Message -
From: "Guenievre de Monmarche" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Historical Costume'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 9:24 AM
Subject: RE: [h-cost] Is this wool flannel appropriate for any costuming
uses?
> I don't believe in wool gabardine for me
So the question is - Any ideas for cheap, easy to
apply replacements for the boas?
IIRC the boa lengths were pretty cheap at Joann's ($5-10?), and they
could get several helmets covered with one length.
However, there are places that sell plastic costume helmets pretty cheap
too, for exa
> All that said, the major frustration at the moment is
> the helmets for the Roman soldiers. Currently they are
> using baseball batting helmets worn backwards with -
> get this - red feather boas glued across the top.
> There is nothing to be done about the helmets - they
> were donated and there
Working in a museum as an educator, I know what these skills are,
but don't proclaim to be an expert. Cataloging skills generally means
knowledge of how to properly catalog an object for accession into a
museum's collection. That is, a systematic way of describing objects
that (ideally) allo
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 11:52 am, Suzi Clarke wrote:
> At 16:33 30/08/2006, you wrote:
> >Yes, I'm starting to realize that my costume library from when I
> >studied costume history eons ago is full of inaccurate information.
> >Does anyone know of a comprehensive book on costume history that i
On Thursday 31 August 2006 9:24 am, Guenievre de Monmarche wrote:
[actually, I said:]
> > I don't believe in wool gabardine for medieval clothing; it looks way
> > too
> > shiny, even if it is 100% wool.
> >
> > Fabric.com does have nice flannels from time to time, though the color
>
>
> So the question is - Any ideas for cheap, easy to
> apply replacements for the boas?
Yeah, those curved acrylic brushes woven into a twisted wire that are usually
shoved onto a long pole and used for cobweb removal and chimmey
cleaning...similar construction to pipe cleaners and some toile
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