A minor correction to Katherine's translation; not sure about Italian, but
certainly in French front means forehead.
Atifet - Cette coiffure sévère, portée par la veuve de Henri II et les
dames nobles de Paris jusqu'a la fin du XVIe siècle, rehaussait par deux
petites arcades les cotés du
Dawn wrote:
I was impressed by the overall quality of the costuming there, and the
relatively large numbers of well-made hostorical costumes that were around.
yup, there are some serious historic costumers around. and in 2 years
it comes to Baltimore where I'm the Historic Masquerade
According to _Handbook of English Costume in the 19th Century_ by C Willett
Cunnington and Phillis Cunnington, a patent for elastic, made of India
Rubber, was filed in Patent Office in 1837. In that same year, elastic sided
half boots first appeared.
Marjorie
Marjorie Gilbert
author of THE
, a patent for elastic, made of India
Rubber, was filed in Patent Office in 1837. In that same year, elastic sided
half boots first appeared.
That would be Charles Goodyear who's first(?) business was
manufacturing boots, gloves, coats other wearables out of India gum
rubber. I believe his
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/prem/200705/postrel-fashion
Try the slideshow in the box to the right.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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If I remember correctly - books at home, me at work - it took several
years (maybe 10-15?) before elastic moved to clothing and corsets
after its initial use in boots.
LynnD
On 4/4/07, Cin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
, a patent for elastic, made of India
Rubber, was filed in Patent Office in 1837.
Which is the title of Margaret Scott's new book, though I'm not positive
she's still alive. Does anyone know if this is new material, or
recycled or retitled from one or more of her previous books?
Thanks for any info.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
At 11:06 PM 4/2/2007, you wrote:
My youngest sister dresses in the Florida teacher casual look, I
dress artsy/dramatic, and my older sister dresses in sexy or in club
wear. My older sister was born at the beginning of the baby boomers
and youngest at the end of the generation. I don't think
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Lavolta Press wrote:
Which is the title of Margaret Scott's new book, though I'm not
positive she's still alive. Does anyone know if this is new material,
or recycled or retitled from one or more of her previous books?
She was actively publishing scholarly articles just
Thanks. I have ordered a copy.
Fran
Robin Netherton wrote:
snip
The blurb for the book suggests something quite
different from what she's done before; it appears to be focused on dress
in manuscript painting (despite the broadly phrased title). I have a
request in to see a review copy of the
On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Dawn wrote:
Here's a pic of a few of us H-Costumers at the Friday Social. Yeah,
that's me in the red and black. :)
http://www.reddawn.net/costume/H-costumecon.jpg
Let's see. I've forgotten the name of the lady on the left, with the doll.
Judy Mitchell is in the
I assume when it says they do not let their faces be seen, we're
assuming masked from the sides rather than covered completely? Or is
there any evidence for veils over the face?
Fascinatingly similar to recent discussions (in the UK) about Muslim
veils - headscarf or face-veil?
Jean
Hi Robin,
When you get in a copy, please let us know your review, even tho Fran already
ordered it. I am curious but not enough to buy it until I know how well it
would work for me. Fran, if you want to give a review as well when you get it
in, please do.
Thank you both,
On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Kimiko Small wrote:
Is there any way we Californians can convince you to visit our area
for next year's Costume Con?
Sigh. Don't I wish.
(Responded privately in more detail to Kimiko.)
--Robin
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On Wednesday 04 April 2007 12:58 pm, Gilbert wrote:
According to _Handbook of English Costume in the 19th Century_ by C Willett
Cunnington and Phillis Cunnington, a patent for elastic, made of India
Rubber, was filed in Patent Office in 1837. In that same year, elastic
sided half boots first
Ed's a guy! Of course he would think it was a disaster! ;-)
On Apr 4, 2007, at 7:33 PM, Gail Scott Finke wrote:
Ed wrote:
The end of the mini-skirt no-bra era was a disaster.
For whom?
You are making that whole post up, right? Either that, or you went to
school
in a different country
On Apr 3, 2007, at 8:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Costume-Con will be in San Jose in 2008, Baltimore in 2009, and
Milwaukee
in 2010. I have been asked to speak at the latter, but I don't know
yet if
it conflicts with Kalamazoo. Somehow I think the Goth Fitted Dress
would
not exactly
Robin Netherton wrote:
http://www.reddawn.net/costume/H-costumecon.jpg
Let's see. I've forgotten the name of the lady on the left, with the doll.
That is Ann Catelli
Judy Mitchell is in the white t-shirt.
yup: I was a rock fan - in my Viking World Tour t-shirt (you never
I pre-ordered my copy last February from Amazon-CA (best price). I
received a note from them yesterday saying that the order was delayed.
Beth
At 09:06 PM 4/4/2007, you wrote:
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 17:02:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kimiko Small [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Medieval Dress
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