Re: [h-cost] questions about wool

nt that are required for fulling, just in order to make sure that it can handle the gentle cycle. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Nouveau riche in 1926

For images of the era, if you go to: http://www.loc.gov and do a search for 1926, you'll find more than you know what to do with, especially here: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html and here: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html -E ___ h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Nouveau riche in 1926

- Original Message - From: "Abel, Cynthia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sources would be 1926 films. Seems like a great chance to get acquainted with Harold Lloyd's films to me! Mmmm, Harold Lloyd. -E "Don't need no steenken Chaplin" House ___ h-

Re: [h-cost] middle ages: braies for women?

xts in question, but I seem to remember running across quite a few crude gothic-era jokes about women, particularly mothers-in-law, falling down stairs or the like and landing with their nekkid bum in the air. The jokes wouldn't have worked nearly so well if th

Re: [h-cost] middle ages: braies for women?

t with no bra, especially since dashing females are said to have dampened their dresses to make them cling. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] Lucrezia (was: Laudonia de Medici/Laudomia)

I really liked the picture someone posted of Lucrezia: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Agnolo_Bronzino%2C_ritratto_di_Lucrezia_de%27_Medici.JPG Does anyone have a higher resolution version of that one? -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h

Re: [h-cost] Blackwork in Lady in Green

/1q4zn Not my era/area, but whenever I see such wonderful detail I'm tempted to make the thing anyway! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] tea as dye

rocery store tea to find out what color each yields. Unless anyone knows of a website out there where someone has already done the work for me! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Ice, was: ironing washed linen and misc.

asons I am slowly but surely switching to tea. Costume content... uhm... uh... Ohyeah. I'm saving all my used tea bags for future dying projects! And I'm learning which types of tea dye what color. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-co

Re: [h-cost] Looking for detail of image ca. 1510

ulips will need to be metal-based for this to work, right? The loops appear to hold their shape rather than pulling out of shape under the pressure, which screams metal to me. -E House (I've really got to start experimenting with cast pewter.) ___

Re: [h-cost] Looking for detail of image ca. 1510

Here's the biggest I could find on the web: http://www.utfinalese.it/pagine/abiti.html (scroll down 1 screen) -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] ironing washed linen--warning

ment EVERY SINGLE TIME before wearing it to keep the seams from puckering horribly. Voice of experience, in case you couldn't tell... -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] OT but amazing: early color photography

e, and I expected to be disappointed that there's only a handful of pictures of c1910 western European costume, but no. It's the Russian costumes I'm drooling over, even though I still don't want to make them! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] OT but amazing: early color photography - Cossack Couple

Thanks, Julian! Mine were just semi-educated guesses--it's nice to see them confirmed. -E House (certifiable gun & obsolete technology nut) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] OT but amazing: early color photography

4.html or much less likely, cleaner bullets: http://www.fototime.com/F3B7ACC989A3679/orig.jpg They would have been a good 50 years or so out of date at the time of this photo, but still used in areas like this. -E House (Mmm, a handy dandy pocket-sized time machine, like I always wanted!) __

[h-cost] OT but amazing: early color photography

I had reason to re-find this site recently, and thought I'd finally get around to sharing it: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ These are _color_ photographs (not colorized, but actual color) from the first 2 decades of the 20th century, and--ob. costume content--show some amazing ethnic & Edw

Re: [h-cost] Headwear to go with Gothic Fitted Dresses

in the 15thC pops up with relative frequency around the western part of the continent. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] need a wee bit o'help

rt sleeve puff, but the edges don't match up properly, and the 1st dress doesn't _have_ sleeve puffs. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] help dating a portrait of Mary Tudor

scripts.jpg (Simon Bening, c1515) http://www.formfunction.org/temp/c1518portraitofawoman_circleofandreadelsarto.jpg (Looks Victorian, but was actually done by a visiting Italian, hence the different style--and yep, that looks like a split skirt to me too.) -E House ___ h-c

Re: [h-cost] straight/bias gore question

. Another benefit is that your gown will need little if any hanging before being hemmed; I don't even bother any more, since hanging didn't make any visible difference even after weeks. Also, it will make your cutting layouts much more efficient!

Re: [h-cost] Article on Russian Viking-era find

t, it makes a lot more sense to me that way. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Questions: Tibetan Panel Coat

n about an inch because the heads of people who are 5' tall are generally the same size as people who are 5'6" tall, winding up with a new length of 42". -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] OT: Aluminum Swan Garb Competition

d: low-budget 70s & 80s) saris that should really be turned into something... Ok, so just because I can't enter, doesn't mean I can't make something! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] OT: Aluminum Swan Garb Competition

he contest participant and winner To: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PreRaphaeliteGarb/ or directly to me, at formfunc (at) formfunction.org. Entries must be submitted by Oct 1, 2007. Winner will be announced Oct 15, 2007, or at my convenience. -E Hous

[h-cost] V&A free high res downloads!

plus/page/registration.html For usage information on the high res images, go to: http://images.vam.ac.uk/indexplus/page/T%26C+High+Resolution+Images.html Ooohh boy am I ever going to make use if this if I can ever make use of it! -E House ___

Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabeth of Valois [was Your dream costume]]

mon. That was the only thing that stopped me from at least buying it and hoarding it until my taste in time periods changed yet again. Still kind of wish I had... the thing was up for sale for months and months. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list

Re: [h-cost] Your dream costume

save up for the fluffy stuff. Wah. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Edwardian Straight Front Theory (x-post)

straight and in no way curvaceous in an Edwardian straight-front corset. Everything else curves. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Re: applique attachment

's a nice cheap easy alternative. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] embroidery question

- Original Message - From: "Julie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <> Maybe try putting the Wonder Under on the right side of the netting before you sew it to the applique? It'd make it a little tough to get the applique "pillow" flat before applying it, but it would probably also make it easier

[h-cost] Stuff of interest in Seattle?

It looks like there's a good chance that within the year, I'll be moving to the Seattle area. Is there anything out there of interest to h-cost type folks? -E House, dreading packing and planning to start EARLY this time... ___ h-costu

Re: [h-cost] lacing rings

I get mine from Fire Mountain Gems-- http://www.firemountaingems.com/search.asp?skw=closed+jump I like the 7 or 8mm ones in 20 gauge, but have used ones as small as 5mm 23 gauge with no problems. They're surprisingly strong! -E House ___ h-co

Re: [h-cost] 16th Century Hats

strangely like translucent fiberglass (but is some form of leather). You could CARVE a hat out of that stuff. Melanie, do you have any idea how the felt was stiffened? I have a big bag full of wool dryer lint I've been meaning to experiment with, and an e

Re: [h-cost] not Perpignan, but... (stretchy wools)

Definitely not crepe; it's a basketweave, plain and simple. Ok, not entirely simple! =} It was from fashion fabrics, but I'd be surprised if they still have it, sigh. -E House (avoiding FFC on account of how they treated Cathy...) ___

[h-cost] not Perpignan, but... (stretchy wools)

cal reports of worsted textiles made from yarns spun with a high twist before; I am now going to go back and give them a much closer look. Somehow, I doubt that the archaeologists who studied those textiles gave 'em a good stretch... -E House ___

Re: [h-cost] Looking for 15th century replica frame-openingstyle purse

Lacis has a very large range of them: http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/ls58.html -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] weirdish terminology question

lishe key words that will help me find these, like 'velwet' and 'vellat' and 'velvett.' Can anyone help me think of properly spellt English (sticking with that for now) costume terms from say, 1100-1650, that seem likely to result in ward

Re: [h-cost] Re: Bildindex in English

t looks like it works--exact same results for "schloss" and "schloß", at least. Thanks! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting

My thought (on the February image) was always that it was due to lice or the like... -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Bildindex is in English now!--sorta

ex whilst keeping a window in the background with Google's translation utility: http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en After years of using Bildindex and the like, I now have a bizzarely specific German vocabulary... -E House ___ h-costume mai

Re: [h-cost] Re: theatrical vs. historic costuming

I remember, but at least accurate for _a_ period. Having never seen "Breakfast at Tiffany's," which outfit was that? and which painting? -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Need fabric selection advice

- Original Message - From: "MaggiRos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I find myself thinking hmm... Cavalier, or better, Restoration. Ooo. OoooOoo! Perfect! And I've been looking for an excuse to make some c1665 sta

Re: [h-cost] Ottoman silk/silk faille -was need fabric selection advice

fference, at least as sold by FFC, but that's definitely the general idea. (Faille as I think of it is a bit lighter in weight than what I got.) I'd never heard of it either, until I saw it for sale there--I think I might have actually had to ask on the list here to find

[h-cost] Queen's compliments

- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to get back to costumey topicness, the queen apparently once said some of my costumes were nice (huge grin that smiley won't express) Neat! Which ones? Do you have pics? -E House __

Re: [h-cost] China silk?

service I got. It turns out I don't like charmeuse anywhere NEAR as much as I thought I would, but that's another story... -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Need fabric selection advice

cs with the same name/description/price/appearance can be wildly different. Also unfortunately, this sort of stuff rarely goes on sale! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] OT--Q for any/all professors

orts of questions, while he's still in the planning stage? Is it a good idea for him to get a bit of teaching experience in wherever possible, as with the part-time instructor plan? And so on, and so forth, and the like, etcetera. Thanks in

Re: [h-cost] The Tudors & other costume shows

Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the least trying to criticize people who do enjoy watching that kind of thing--I'm actually wishing that I COULD enjoy it, like everyone else seems to! I want in on the fun! But I'm the sort of person who has never seen a single soap opera episode and could nev

[h-cost] The Tudors & other costume shows

quit beating me over the head with it, already!) Am I the only one?! I'd love to be able to settle down and listen to a nice costume flick whilst handsewing, really I would. Sigh. -E House (keeps forgetting which email address to use with this list, argh!) _

Re: [h-cost] RE: marking embroidery designs

when the embroidered piece is washed, and I generally want my embroidered pieces to be washable. (And fourth, unlike the Victorian era, in my period messy stitching was considered perfectly acceptable!) -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costum

[h-cost] marking embroidery designs (was: Crayola Erasable Colored Pencils)

narrow designs, a colored pencil works well for me. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Crayola Erasable Colored Pencils -work great!

oidery motif. At least, _I_ can't use them that way, since I rarely use a hoop and therefore get my fingers all over the fabric, wearing off the marks. If I see the erasable ones for sale, I'll probably try them, though. =} -E House _

Re: [h-cost] Help finding an article?

- Original Message - From: "Carmen Beaudry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I am trying to find a copy of Janet Arnold's copy of: "Elizagethan and Jacobean Smocks and Shirts" that is in Waffen-und Kostumkunde Pt. 2 (1973) pp. 109-124. I'd be ver

Re: [h-cost] CostumeCon and projects

rple/black taffeta, orange rayon dupioni overlayed with gold/purple silk organza, magenta sari 'silk') that'll be involved, it doesn't look like that's going to happen by March. I have yet to figure out what I'm going to do for headwear, either, sigh... -E House

Re: [h-cost] 1450 - pregnant?

r of styles shown that I can at least match up to secular depictions, and a few that are so basic and undecorated that I feel reasonably safe in using them, for example, as a good gauge of what the back neckline should look like. Again, though, they mostly feed into my obsession with back views!

Re: [h-cost] 1450 - pregnant?

in the way of citation on the two that it probably _isn't_ from, but that's not much help! valerius maximus 1462 france hague kb 71 d 42 valerius maximus c1475 france hague kb 66 b 13 -E House, off to Christmas Eve service ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] 1450 - pregnant?

while both are pregnant. Compare the figures shown there (if you can see them under all the drapery) with the ideal woman's figure of the time: http://www.formfunction.org/temp/1485flembathsheba.jpg This is Bathsheba, and again definitely not meant to be seen as pregnant. Or Eve, by Memling (h

Re: [h-cost] 1450 - pregnant?

to look at too!! Try this instead: http://www.formfunction.org/temp/1475-80ValeriusMaximus.jpg -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] 1450 - pregnant?

.org/temp/17rein21.jpg http://www.formfunction.org/temp/RdelaRbrugesCropped.jpg is a late 15thC variation of the slightly-open-front style, and though often dismissed as medievaloid, is actually seen quite often in paintings/illuminations. -E House (quote at will) __

Re: [h-cost] post- Christmas gift exchange

Hee! That's a great idea. I could certainly come up with several things to submit, though none from this Christmas. (Any quilters out there? I've got quilting cottons out the wazoo!) It might work best if there's absolutely NO secrecy about the items, though...

[h-cost] OT--Fashion Fabrics now ships int'l

bsite isn't set up for it yet--and with the delays we've had, it'll be a while--but if you call in an order you'll be able to request it. If the person who takes your order isn't aware of this, have them ask the owner, Tom. Australia/NZ wasn't mentioned, but

Re: [h-cost] H-Cost: Fwd: New Google Patent Search

Love it! Be sure to check the advanced search option--you can search by date range as well. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Shoulder-strap-less Tudors?

- Original Message - From: "Elizabeth Walpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://photos.ladybrooke.com/sca/gowns/velvetgown/gettingstarted.htm is a strapless Tudor gown, it is not an uncommon theory on Tudor construction her finished product does look good except for the bumroll under the skirt

[h-cost] Shoulder-strap-less Tudors?

Can anyone remember the topic/link? -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] Mixing fibers (was: Re: striped skirt)

hichever guild applied. The only source I can think of for examples at the moment is Mizzoui's cotton book, which I don't have, or possibly textiler hausrat, which ditto. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http:

Re: [h-cost] Silk Gazar?

lity fabric for interlining/stiffening of a small area, but never again shall I try to use it as a fashion fabric layer for an entire garment. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Silk Gazar?

. I think there were some posts about it on here a few months back--you might want to see if you can find it in the archives. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] Anglo-Saxon clothing book

othing in Early Anglo-Saxon England, AD 450-700 (CBA Research Reports) (Paperback) by Penelope Rogers Paperback: 250 pages Publisher: Council for British Archaeology (December 20, 2006) Language: English ISBN: 1902771540 ---- -E House __

Re: [h-cost] corset boning

u can't combine the two. A combination of steel boning and whalebone is very common in corsets of the era. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Re: striped skirt

- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Are stripes ever found anywhere outside of Italy? If you want to crossdress, there are plenty of 15th & early 16thC Franco-Flemish & German males wearing stripes! Especially striped hosen, which is an interesting effe

Re: [h-cost] corset boning

What style of Victorian corset do you plan to make? Do you have a pattern/image picked out? How regularly do you plan to wear the corset--will it be a daily thing, on the weekends, a few times a year, or only once? -E House PS-- you might want to join http://groups.yahoo.com/group

Re: [h-cost] striped skirt

ntervals and therefore the effect of a stripe. (Not that I don't think they used stripes, as stripes are pretty easy to find elsewhere.) Is it just me, or does anyone else see that? -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.co

Re: [h-cost] Madame de Canaples by Jean Clouet--need better image

cular stretch of time so much--they come up with so many weird variations, before settling on the 'Tudor' style... -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Madame de Canaples by Jean Clouet--need better image

Ignore this--for some reason this message took a day or two to come through to the list, and I've already gotten a great image from an x-post! -E ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] Madame de Canaples by Jean Clouet--need better image

Does anyone have a larger/higher resolution version of this painting? http://nationalgalleries.org/collections/artist_search.php?objectId=4764 I'm especially interested in the sleeves, but also the neckline and the headwear. -E House ___ h-co

Re: [h-cost] question on velvets

some in the past that at least claimed to be 100%. I've been meaning to get some for a while now, but always seem to spend the money elsewhere first--if you get some, let us know what you think of it! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@m

Re: [h-cost] Shopping conundrum

Here are a few places that have it in poly: http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/catalog_itemdetail.aspx?ItmID=X065 http://dollarfabric.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=3575 http://www.dazian.com/cgi-bin/page.pl?action=show_style&style_id=321&group_id=161&cat

Re: [h-cost] Catherine's waist measure

I'm not saying that's universal or anything, but the general principle generally holds. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Shopping conundrum

Are you looking for 100% silk, or will man-made fibers/blends do? -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Tailoring guidance request pass-along

Vintage sewing books online: http://vintagesewing.info/ -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] silk prices in USA

ht consider setting myself up as a semi-official forwarding agent--I'll discuss it with the boss. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] silk prices in USA

brics you're considering first, but given the shipping time involved, I'll suggest calling in your order, explaining your situation to whoever you talk to (ask for Cathy) and ask for suggestions from her; she's used to working with people like us! -E House _

Re: [h-cost] Kyoto Cotton Satin Corset 1780

Drat. I don't have the Kyoto book--is there an image of this corset anywhere online? -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] organ/pipe pleats

stuffing, but straight down where the stuffing ends. (Sigh--I'd already stitched the rolled pleats in place and called it done; sooo much work I'm making for myself now! And people wonder why I rarely get things 100% finished At least this one has a must-be-wearable-by date,

Re: [h-cost] my new dress

Looks beeyoootiful, Dawn! I especially like the sleeves, and that gown fabric! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] burn test

a new sample instead. -E House (This post brought to you by Ridiculous Small Print, Ltd.) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Casanova on PBS, rambling OTwards

ch is quite an improvement from the previous none. I think that's part two. Wish they would rerun part one sometime during the week. Grumph. Oh well, it's better than nothing! At least I know to keep an eye out for it now. -E House

Re: [h-cost] Casanova on PBS

just plain bore the crap out of me. Here's hoping that they or bbc america show it again sometime! (Oooh, look, Dr. Who!) -E House PS--Ah ha! They're showing it again on the 15th. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indr

Re: [h-cost] Early 1800's "underpinnings" and accessories questons.

husband and I hope that this winter, we'll finally take our long-planned wander-around-the-west trip, and if there's something I can see on the way I'd be delighted. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] 1520s french headwear--fresh eyes needed

uzzles me is the odd pink splotchy part _inside_ the hole! Somehow, it just doesn't look like that's how Clouet intended it to look, you know? I don't know the dimensions of the painting, though, so maybe it wasn't meant to be examined this closely. -E House

Re: [h-cost] 1520s french headwear--fresh eyes needed

hen added on (or will add on) a separate stiffened piece for the whatchamadoohickey, lappety type piece with the pearled edges. -E House (PS--thanks, Suzi; I've got that site bookmarked, but I've got pretty much ALL the other sites boo

[h-cost] 1520s french headwear--fresh eyes needed

Any ideas as to what on earth it could be? Anyone know more about the history of this painting than I do (ie, more than nothing)? -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] book: Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII

tp://www.maney.co.uk/search?fwaction=show&fwid=649 Any idea how much the book will cost? I'd like to put my name on the reserve list, but I don't want to feel obligated to buy a $200 book! -E House ___ h-costume mailing

Re: [h-cost] wheel farthingale yeat another time.

sed on the floor look like a wheel? On the other side of the argument, though, what about that drawing seen in Waugh's C&C, of the dancers wearing wheels around their waist? Or would you say those are for dancers only? -E House ___ h-c

Re: [h-cost] Costumes/fashion history classes in college

It sounds like you have a great teaching approach, Penny. Though it's very different, it reminds me of the way my favorite history professor, Mr. Butler, gave tests. (Mind you, he didn't start being my favorite until the day AFTER I was done with his classes!) On test day, we were to come in,

Re: [h-cost] cataloging the #$%&#^ growing pile O patterns soIdon'tbuy them more than once...

r everything, so I'd have to print it out on my black & white printer... should work anyway, though! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] cataloging the #$%&#^ growing pile O patterns so Idon'tbuy them more than once...

, but there's only a dozen or so basic variations of the form-fitting dresses that I tend to make. I haven't gone into my corset pattern box for a few years, so there's no telling what's in there... -E House ___ h-costume ma

[h-cost] iridescent fabric/weaving (& mind over matter)

light was a _3_ color iridescent. It looked taupe, but was actually pink and green weft on black warp. Very cool! Anyway, the whole thing has gotten me wondering: how practical is it to make 3+ color iridescents? Are they as uncommon as I think? Are there any weavers on here who can expoun

Re: [h-cost] Basic medieval "costume" sources

e students ideas for how to make them look sort of semi medieval. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Basic medieval "costume" sources

, but still, very easy pattern (the person who started the project had zero sewing experience). -E House PS--there's a chance it was Simplicity 4797, though I remember more of a rectangle-based cut. I'll see if I can find out which one we used, but I doubt it.

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