I'm also terminally outta luck--5'10" and just can't win. Too fat to be a
model today, too tall to be a model any other time. (And you'd think that
what with models today being 7' tall, it'd be a bit easier to find clothing
for tall people...)
The great thing about being into historical costu
Even using artificial means, there's no way I could get
down to 24". I don't compress that much - especially as
short-waisted as I am.
This does explain the look of the fashion illustrations,
and why I always thought I was never going to recreate
that look - I can't! The killer is that some
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To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:02 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Could you be a model in 1894???
> - Original Message -
> From: "Penny Ladnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> BTW, E-house are you a princess with all t
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From: "Penny Ladnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> BTW, E-house are you a princess with all that grace?
Hey, I never said I had grace--just 42" hips! My point was that the
description didn't rule out using artificial means to achieve the _physical_
measurements.
-E House
Well I have the bust and hips measurements! But not
the height and waist. I think I was 5' 6" in fifth grade. By 6th grade I
was heading to 5' 11". I grew a lot that year. The hips came from that
time of life and my was size was 24 before son #4. E-house at least you
have grace...not me!
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From: "Karen Heim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I have the right bust and hips, but no way is my
> waist that tiny - and when it was many years ago
> the rest of me was also much tinier. Ay yi yi!
Hey, it only said that the _grace_ could not be acquired by artificial
means
About 45 to 50 years ago I could have but that was before three kids and
quitting smoking.
Margaret
On Fri, 30 May 2008 20:51:16 -0400
"Penny Ladnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was typing the history of the coat & cloak industry
>from 1894. The following were the requirements for a
>mode
Holy cow! I'm too short for them, but models are usually
taller. I have the right bust and hips, but no way is my
waist that tiny - and when it was many years ago the rest
of me was also much tinier. Ay yi yi!
Karen
On Fri, 30 May 2008 20:51:16 -0400
"Penny Ladnier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wro
Penny Ladnier wrote:
> Any young woman who has the height mentioned above, a bust measurement of 36
> inches, waist 24 inches, length of back from 16 ½ to 17 inches, arms 24
> inches, neck 12 ½ inches, hips 42 inches, and 13 ½ inches across the
> shoulders, is a perfect figure and can find stead
I was typing the history of the coat & cloak industry from 1894. The following
were the requirements for a model in 1894 from the book, Cole's Dictionary of
Dry Goods. I thought it was funny when comparing model requirements for
today. So could you be a model in 1894?
"One of the most impor
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