Re: [h-cost] Photos of abandoned garment factory

2009-01-19 Thread stilskin
scene from Taming of the Shrew > Liz's duds are not by Donati, they are Irene Sharaff's designs. They don't > suck or anything, but you can see they don't have the same feel as Donati's. > > Donati also did Zeffirelli's "Romeo & Juliet", I hate it when some star uses pull to get thier own des

Re: [h-cost] Silk Velvet Seller in the U. S.

2009-01-19 Thread Sunshine . K . Buchler
> My spy has reported back that she spoke with the very helpful Silk > Baron, who said that the silks were in fact silk pile and rayon > ground. As I have not heard it this way round, I assume that in fact > they are a silk ground with a rayon pile, the same as is available in > England. No r

Re: [h-cost] 100% Silk Velvet is available

2009-01-19 Thread Debloughcostumes
In a message dated 19/01/2009 19:00:34 GMT Standard Time, h-costume-requ...@indra.com writes: > Oh good grief! You'd "feed your body" with more energy by eating the silk > than wearing it. What they're describing here sound more like it'd just > make > your hair stand on end. > the price d

Re: [h-cost] Photos of abandoned garment factory

2009-01-19 Thread Sharon Collier
I saw "Romeo and Juliet" in high school, and I remember my teacher pointing out that the Capulets were in warm colors-reds, yellows, oranges-,while the Montegues were in cool colors-blues, greens, browns, and after Juliet marries Romeo, she's in the cool colors. I wouldn't have noticed that on my o

Re: [h-cost] Photos of abandoned garment factory

2009-01-19 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 1/19/2009 5:21:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, sha...@collierfam.com writes: the Capulets were in warm colors-reds, yellows, oranges-,while the Montegues were in cool colors-blues, greens, browns, This is a much seen design concept for the play. It com

[h-cost] tape stickem problem

2009-01-19 Thread REBECCA BURCH
Anybody have any ideas how to remove duct tape stickum from ultra suede? I have a beautiful throw, dark blue ultra suede on one side, long pile on the other. Eldest son used it to cover a Nagahide chair with duct tape repairs. End result is that body heat melted the tape stickum which is now in

Re: [h-cost] tape stickem problem

2009-01-19 Thread Sharon Collier
Try freezing the sticky stuff with ice cubes. Or take off with something oily--like salad oil, hit the oil stain with Simple Green and wash. If it's ultra suede, it should be polyester, right?, and therefore washable, I think. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h