Re: [h-cost] 1880s hair-styling terms: crimps and "fedoras"

Maybe these folks would have some answers? http://www.thehistoricalhairdresser.com/category.php?id_category=21&id_lang=1 The Fedora Lounge website seems to deal w/ a lot of fashion from that era, given some of their web pages, so you might find some knowledgeable folks there, if you haven't tried

Re: [h-cost] Women in Art Retrospective

No, I reacted the same way -- had to quit half-way through. I found it very disturbing. KP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/13/2007 1:05:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Am I the only one that thinks this is quite horrible? *** H

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

Robot silhouettes! A fellow Mistie! Best show EVER! Obligatory costume comment (although not period) -- great skit from Teenagers from Outer Space, w/ all the duct tape costumes -- and quite prescient, given the proliferation of "Make Your Prom Dress from Duct Tape" kinds of contests.

Re: [h-cost] RE:Hair color ; FREE "TUDORS" ONLINEV.I.P.SCREENING

Actually, Katherine of Aragon was relatively dark blonde/reddish when she was younger, but she got darker as she got older, although even in that famous minature (where she looks so dumpy), her hair still isn't what I'd think of as "Spanish" black. I found both portraits on the web here:

RE: [h-cost] OT....another Christmas Carol

Yes, I would be interested as well. Thanks. KP "Sharon at Collierfam.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would love to have copies if you still have them. Dickens Fair is coming fast. Sharon C. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ruth Ann

Re: [h-cost] amusing fashion plates

She's a tortoise -- looking up toward the sky. If you blow it up, you can see the beaky snout w/ the two little nostrils. Poor Bess! On the other hand, the hairline is right... KP Kimiko Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Any idea what Queen Elizabeth is supposed to be, animal wise?

Re: [h-cost] re: soir? d?hiver

It's a banyan, isn't it? KP katherine sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Bjarne - thank you so much for these lovely photos. What a wonderful weekend you look to have had! Now I want to do 18th century!!! Katherine p.s. can you remind me of the name of the loose gown the gentleman is wearing

RE: [h-cost] Alexandrian cap

in such a context? Thanks for the image search! I'll have to explore using that more! KP "Susan B. Farmer" wrote: Quoting Kathryn Parke : > Alas, that helps me not -- what does a Phrygian style hat look like? : ) > google image search is your friend http://images.goog

RE: [h-cost] Alexandrian cap

such a context? Thanks for the image search! I'll have to explore using that more! KP "Susan B. Farmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Quoting Kathryn Parke : > Alas, that helps me not -- what does a Phrygian style hat look like? : ) > google image sear

RE: [h-cost] Alexandrian cap

Alas, that helps me not -- what does a Phrygian style hat look like? : ) otsisto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Would it not be a Phrygian style hat? -Original Message- Could someone either describe or point me to a picture of an Alexandrian cap? I've googled to no avail. Thank you

[h-cost] Alexandrian cap

Could someone either describe or point me to a picture of an Alexandrian cap? I've googled to no avail. Thank you! KP - Yahoo! Mail Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. _

Re: [h-cost] Re: opera dvds

If you want dynamite G&S, check out the productions by the Stratford Festival of Canada. I haven't seen them all, but the ones I've seen have been fabulous, and their Mikado is particularly fine. (Oddly, I don't see a link to that one here, but I know it's available, although it may take a lit

Re: [h-cost] Other paintings on this site, was Man's Doublet closure

Leonardo looks a little Orlando Bloom-ish, doesn't he? Especially around the eyes. WickedFrau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If you have the time and patience, there are a number of paintings on this site that I've not seen before: One example (besides the one Bjarne shared) : http://www.

[h-cost] leg o' mutton sleeves

Please forgive me if this comes through twice! Since there was a recent discussion on the list about leg o' mutton sleeves, I thought you might be interested in seeing this lovely example currently on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=ADME:B:FSEL:US:1&Item=83449570

Re: [h-cost] Fan

You can get the link to work if you get rid of the "From" on the end of it. In any event, here's the eBay link: http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-1720-Ivory-Fan-of-Moses-the-Brazen-Serpent_W0QQitemZ8343479166QQcategoryZ20288QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem KP Joan Jurancich <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [h-cost] Organ pipe pleats

the same from the outside. How they are constructed makes the difference. I haven't seen anything online for how to make the former. I took a class at Estrella years ago from Julie Hirsch and have been promising for years to write up how to do it.guess I'd better get on it... Sg Ka

Re: [h-cost] Organ pipe pleats

Would someone please be so kind as to provide a thumbnail description of either or both "organ pipe pleating" or "rolled pleating," or post an informative link or two? I can't even begin to picture what this might be... Thanks! KP WickedFrau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm not sure if you wan

Re: [h-cost] Napoleonic train

Cut and paste the two bits separately. Copy the first line into the location field, and then type the 482 on after that, and it'll come up. It's gorgeous, and you especially need to see it, Bjarne! KP Bjarne og Leif Drews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Lorina, It doesnt work. Not in tiny u

Re: [h-cost] Re: puffed sleeves

If you love good kids' lit -- as I do, passionately -- then you owe it to yourself to find everything you can by Edith Nesbit, if you haven't discovered her already (The Story of the Treasure Seekers, the New Treasure Seekers, The Wouldbegoods, The Magic City, The Magic World, Wet Magic, The Rai

Re: [h-cost] Re: Embroidered Coif from V&A/ stitch question

Apparently he's merely changed his web address -- I googled him from your info and got this: http://www.leonconraddesigns.freeserve.co.uk/ Looks excessively festive! KP Catherine Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As several folks have already mentioned, this gold braid is also called plait

Re: [h-cost] Embroidered Coif from V&A/ stitch question

The problem is that there's an extra underscore at the end of the address. Cut and paste it (instead of clicking on it), and then remove the last _ before hitting enter, and it comes up. KP Suzi Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 20:31 24/09/2005, you wrote: >Greetings~ > >I am looking to m

[h-cost] question for the list

Hello, all -- It dawned on me that I really should ask the list if any of you happened to know my sister, April Parke, who was a professional costumer (I don‘t know why it didn‘t occur to me sooner). She got her degree at the NC School of the Arts (late 70s or early 80s, I think…), had a lo

[h-cost] belted houppelandes

Could someone walk me through the process of belting a houppelande just below the bustline? How did they keep the belts there, without having it "walk" itself down to the natural waistline? Was it tacked in places, and if so, wouldn't that interfere with the drape? And how were they fastened

[h-cost] Cinderella question

Hello, all -- I’m posting this on a couple of lists, so please forgive me if you get this more than once. I’ve agreed to costume the local HS’s production of Cinderella, and I wanted to pick your brains about the magical transformation into the ball gown. This is what I’m thinking: A fitted,

Re: [h-cost] OT: transcription, translation, and ... ?

Do you mean editing? Charlene Charette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: When you take an original, handwritten document and type it up keeping the original spellings, punctuations, special characters, etc. that is a transcription. When you take a work and put it into another language, eg Latin to E

Re: [h-cost] For those who like "Dangerous Liasions"

I think it was just a slip of the finger...earlier in your post you said "chemise," but then you said: "No-one professing to be a lady, or even of the class of >>Clarissa, would have gone without a corset." I think you probably meant to write "would have gone w/o a chemise" -- hence the conf

Re: [h-cost] French hood gold

Would one of those "perfect pleaters" work, the kind Clothilde sells, or are the pleats not small enough? That might be a pretty fast and easy way to do it, I would think... KP Kimiko Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 08:59 PM 7/27/2005, you wrote: >Find somebody with a pleating machine li

Re: [h-cost] elizabethan dress trim question

It's not just his term: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=ouch Anybody else finished the new Harry Potter yet? Yowser! KP Kimiko Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At 06:15 PM 7/16/2005, you wrote: >Kimiko wrote: >> I also need "ouches" or > something similar for the hat