This past week, I was at Pennsic XL (though rather a small Pennsic War, as they
go :().
And I can tell you that my garb was accurate to no specific period, & I was
having all kinds of heat issues to boot. :p
But I picked up a copy of Cloth And Clothing in Early Anglo-Saxon England, AD
450-700
On 8/8/2011 2:07 PM, Anne Murphy wrote:
Is there a costuming presence on Ravelry? Even though it was
specifically founded for knitters, I've found a lot of other textile
people have migrated there... For many, it seems to be because the
format allows them to keep track of many interests in one pl
I joined in 2009, after attending a talk by Robin Netherton where she
mentioned this list.
Emily
On 8/8/2011 12:08 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote:
So here are the questions...how did you find the h-costume email list? And
what year did you join? It will be really interesting how the n
I joined around 1999, I think. We (at work) were directed to a site listing
mailing lists, with the idea that we should experiment with them for work
purposes, but I found H-costume and have been addicted ever since (though my
era of early-mid 17th century isn't a popular one on the list).
Kat
Hi Ron,
It has been a long time since you have posted on the list. What are you up
to in Williamsburg?
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history
FaceBook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Website
>> :
>> : So here are the questions...how did you find the h-costume email
>> list?
>> And
>> : what year did you join? It will be really interesting how the
>> newbies
>> have
>> : found it.
>> :
>> : I found it as one of two costume email lists in 1996 on AOL.
>> :
>> : Penny Ladnier, own
We've learned quite a lot through the years, not only to be specific
with the inquiries and information, but also avoiding absolutes:
"always" and "never."
-
But not, alas, "typical," a frequently abused term.
Fran
Lavolta Press
www.lavoltapress.com
> But the point I was trying to make, was if the list is concerned
about recruiting/retaining new blood, and where everyone has wandered
off to, is it really worth having a 'warning' on the sign-up page that
has apparently outlived it's usefulness? A one-line "This list is not
exclusive to
I agree with you on the teeth grinding - about any group, not just SCA - and
think that your generic notation about period and place are perfectly
appropriate for this group.
LynnD
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Rebecca Lucas wrote:
>
> <>
>
> > It IS very offputting, for a non-SCA member, to jo
<>
> It IS very offputting, for a non-SCA member, to join a list for costume
> or some other historic interest, and then have to deal with a constant
> "We are the m'Lord and M'Lady, and everyone else is mundane" attitude.
<>
Too true! For a while I was running a mailing list that would attrac
Hmmn, looks like I joined by 1997. That's the earliest year of H-cost
saved messages I can find, and I may have joined earlier. Joining H-
costume was one of the first things I did after getting an e-mail
address at work. ;-)
When did Penny compile the directory of H-costume members? I was
Diana was concerned about keeping the list friendly to people making
costumes for all historic eras. She didn't want it to become an
in-group for any especial organization. A lot of the early members were
SCA and she wanted to make sure they didn't turn it into an
SCA-dominated venue.
It IS
<>
> I joined sometime last year. The only way I found out about this list, is
> from the search result regarding the Gothic Fitted Gown.
<>
Much the same timeframe, and reasons for joining - this list comes up when
you're looking for information about Gotic fitted dresses, and so I signed up
s
Fran,
I miss the vintage email list. Cat moved f-costume to yahoogroups. I
forgot that it is another email list that is active. You can find it at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/F-Costume/
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
15 websites of fashion, costume
I joined sometime last year. The only way I found out about this list, is
from the search result regarding the Gothic Fitted Gown. I've my degree in
Theater, with focus in theatrical costuming. However, I am very interested
in the historical aspect of things - why things were worn as such, how they
I joined h-costume when it first started. Diana something? The
moderator, advertised it in various venues. One was a now-defunct
vintage clothing majordomo list. I heard about h-costume there and
joined immediately.
H-costume has never had a bad moderator, but Diana did what was
necessary
I'm finding this fascinating - and *extremely* well timed, for me!
I joined the list in... 1997, I think? I believe I found it from a
reference on alt.stagecraft (speaking of changes in social media -
remember usenet?) I was a theatrical costume designer, with an
interest in historic costume.
I w
I joined sometime between 2002 and 2003 because I was living in Atlanta at the
time. Does anyone else mark time by where they lived? Gotta love the army!
Anyway, I don't remember where I heard about this list. I just remember that it
had something to do with Robin Netherton. I don't know if she
I joined temporarily in about 2003 or so, I'm not sure exactly, when I
was asking for everyone's comments on the vintage phtoo of my
great-grandmother, to help me in reproducing th e dress she wore in
thephoto. Then I dropped out.the volume of mail was just too much
for what I was going throug
--- On Mon, 8/8/11, penn...@costumegallery.com
wrote:
> From: penn...@costumegallery.com
> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
> To: "'Historical Costume'"
> Date: Monday, August 8, 2011, 1:08 AM
> So here are the questions...how di
On 08/08/2011 01:08 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote:
So here are the questions...how did you find the h-costume email list? And
what year did you join? It will be really interesting how the newbies have
found it.
I found the H-costume list website by searching the web shortly after I
g
LynnD,
H-needlework was the other group that I joined at the same time as
h-costume. I just remembered that it was 1995 when I joined...my first
costume history course in college. I will forever be grateful to the
h-costume old-timers!
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costu
>>> As for sewing...it is the #1 hobby for women this past year.
This was on the news during the past six months. I don't recall the actual
source. I was just surprised to hear this.
>>>It's not just the cons, it's the battles and other big reenactment
events. I hear people saying they are not
en a
couple
on Aol and a bbs. :)
Franchesca
: -Original Message-
: From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-
: boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of penn...@costumegallery.com
: Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 10:08 PM
: To: 'Historical Costume'
: Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyo
> : From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-
> : boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of penn...@costumegallery.com
> : Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 10:08 PM
> : To: 'Historical Costume'
> : Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
> :
&g
: To: 'Historical Costume'
: Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
:
: So here are the questions...how did you find the h-costume email list?
And
: what year did you join? It will be really interesting how the newbies
have
: found it.
:
: I found it as
> So here are the questions...how did you find the h-costume email list? And
> what year did you join?
Word of mouth from friends in the local chapter of the costumer's
guild. I dont think the list was much more than a few weeks old at
the time. 1994?
Obligatory costume content: not working on
So here are the questions...how did you find the h-costume email list? And
what year did you join? It will be really interesting how the newbies have
found it.
I found it as one of two costume email lists in 1996 on AOL.
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
Heather,
Numbers 1-6 sound like the Fashion Life Cycle!
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history
FaceBook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579
I started my own costume blog and mostly blog there, or on the costume
blogs of other interested friends. It can be found at:
http://cathyscostumeblog.blogspot.com/
On 08/06/2011 05:42 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
> I don't do Twitter, but on Facebook, there has been a lot of in depth
resear
I don't post very often but I read h-costume daily. I also like the fact
that it comes to my in box and I dont' have to search for it.
I'm not on facebook or twitter or anything but email. I have only so much
time to play on the computer and I find that the few email lists I'm on are
sufficient to
Is it because costume is visual? For your other e-mail lists, are they
about visual arts, or can everything be expressed with writing?
When pictures are necessary people post links to them. But I don't think
a picture is worth 1,000 words in costume. Usually accompanying words
are necessar
On Aug 7, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
Yet, some noncostuming email lists I am on are so active, every
single day, that there is no way I can follow all the messages.
including a couple of majordomo lists.
Is it because costume is visual? For your other e-mail lists, are
they
On 8/7/2011 4:01 AM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote:
A lot of people
are still out of work. People were sending a lot of posts from work.
People may have backed off of doing so, probably scared they might lose
their jobs if caught. Many businesses are also monitoring employees emails
too.
Th
> Though I have not been vocal for long stretches of time, I have been
on this list for about 7 or 8 years. I know many of you have been around
for much longer. And I am sure that this was once the best place for
everyone to congregate and share and explore the topic together. But as
technology
On Aug 7, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Beteena Paradise wrote:
> Though I have not been vocal for long stretches of time, I have been on this
> list for about 7 or 8 years. I know many of you have been around for much
> longer. And I am sure that this was once the best place for everyone to
> congregate
-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
I don't think costuming is going out of style - far from it. Younger
people tend not to do historic costuming, but there does seem to be a
huge interest in sci-fi/anime character costuming (cosplay) and
events/mailing lists/other internet to ma
> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:37:22 -0700
> From: Lavolta Press
> To: Historical Costume
> Subject: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
> Message-ID: <4e3d97f2.6060...@lavoltapress.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> F
When you guys are talking about LiveJournal and Facebook being only
replying to something the page owner posted.. you are completely
forgetting about the 'community page' option! I know Lj has community
pages, I've been moderator on a couple (though pretty inactive). and I'm
on a few FB communi
I have been following online trends for years. As for the slow time on
email lists & web, July/August and November/December are slow months. This
is due to holidays/vacations months. The busiest months are Sept., Oct.,
Jan.-March. Sept-Oct is due to Halloween and schools/colleges going back
int
On 8/6/2011 5:23 PM, Beteena Paradise wrote:
No, it doesn't really work like that. All of my costuming friends on LJ, of
which there are many, post similar to a handwritten diary. So some days it is
about how they can't get a seam right and the next day it is about their cat or
whatever. (Some p
From: Lavolta Press
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Sat, August 6, 2011 10:26:11 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
Beteena,
I've read a fair number of LJ posts. I still think both LJ and other blog
formats work like this:
One person (or a group of peo
On 8/6/2011 7:08 PM, Sylvia Rognstad wrote:
Geez. I'm even more out of it than I thought I was. i thought all I was
missing out on was facebook and twitter (and texting). Now I see it's
Live Journal too. When do people find time to do all this computerized
social networking and have a life?
Li
Geez. I'm even more out of it than I thought I was. i thought all I
was missing out on was facebook and twitter (and texting). Now I see
it's Live Journal too. When do people find time to do all this
computerized social networking and have a life?

Sylvia Rognstad
Costume/clothing des
On Aug 6, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
> But still, you can't post anything very long in any discussion. I'm a member
> of a number of Facebook groups, and I ran into their posting length limit
> immediately.
Quite true. It is more suitable for back and forth short chatting and sharin
On 8/6/2011 5:26 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
Beteena,
I've read a fair number of LJ posts. I still think both LJ and other
blog formats work like this:
One person (or a group of people who have assembled for the long term
specifically to post the blog entries) posts on a regular and/or
frequent ba
On 8/6/2011 5:17 PM, Sylvia Rognstad wrote:
I never even heard of this live journal thing. i know you said what it
is, more of less, but I guess I don't understand how it works. Is it
different from looking at a bunch of individual blogs?
LiveJournal and DreamWidth have the idea of "Friends List
On 8/6/2011 5:09 PM, Beteena Paradise wrote:
The live journal community is VERY strong. It isn't a group reading a
journalistic type of blog. It is all of us reading each others personal blogs
and interacting as a community. These days LJ has been under a lot of attack so
some people are moving t
The other thing is, fake IDs really bug me. Everyone has legitimate
concerns about the safety of themselves and their property. I think it's
a bad idea to post publicly, anywhere, either that you will be leaving
your house empty or that you own very expensive, easily resalable
property. Also, t
> I don't do Twitter, but on Facebook, there has been a lot of in depth
research type discussions going on in the two Groups I'm a part of.
Elizabethan Costume http://www.facebook.com/groups/29374273995/ (being
able to discuss with Ninya, Jane, and Melanie among many others about
different aspe
I mentioned my two FB Groups that I enjoy.
On LiveJournal, I've got too many feeds and blogs that I enjoy, but one that I
think really helps feed the creative soul for costuming is DressDiaries
http://dressdiaries.livejournal.com/
It is open to anyone who wants to share how they created whatever
On Aug 6, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
> No one else has to respond to keep the blog going. And the formats of
> Facebook and Twitter basically encourage announcements rather than
> discussions.
I don't do Twitter, but on Facebook, there has been a lot of in depth research
type discu
the
top of my head) or blogspot. But they are still keeping their LJ
journals open
as the format of it is more conducive to community.
Teena
From: Lavolta Press
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Sat, August 6, 2011 9:31:19 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone
they are still keeping their LJ journals open
as the format of it is more conducive to community.
Teena
From: Lavolta Press
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Sat, August 6, 2011 9:31:19 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
Of course,
a Press
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Sat, August 6, 2011 9:31:19 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
Of course, blogs have been around for a long time. But, I typically
see them
used more as form of journalism (one person posts regularly/
provides most of
th
e: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
Of course, blogs have been around for a long time. But, I typically see them
used more as form of journalism (one person posts regularly/provides most of
the content, a few others briefly comment) rather than discussion.
I'm really mor
On 8/6/2011 2:01 PM, Sylvia Rognstad wrote:
I myself can't seem to get into blogs or facebook (except to try to
promote my belly dance veils). Maybe it's just that I haven't a clue
how to find what I might be looking for.
Maybe people could post links to their favorite blogs or other groups
>II find email groups are taking up too much of my time and its easier
to keep tabs on blogs and facebook for now.
That's one thing I was wondering about. Is the enthusiasm for lots of
back-and-forth discussion waning because of the time it takes? Blogs
are very time consuming too, but
I myself can't seem to get into blogs or facebook (except to try to
promote my belly dance veils). Maybe it's just that I haven't a clue
how to find what I might be looking for. I am not interested in one
particular area of costuming so I'm not aware of what's out there.
What I have alwa
I'm travelling right now, seeing costumes and dancing in all places, just
saw an amazing collection outside of Copenhagen. I'm planning to do less on
email groups when I get back and focus more on my blog and using it to keep
me honest and producing more reproductions and research. I find email gro
>But I will agree that there is less going on with costumers in a
variety of costuming mailing lists. I kinda miss that, but it seems with
all the new technology out there, times change along with the various
formats available to communicate with.
Of course, blogs have been around for a long t
Maybe it was that so many costumers were at Costume College last weekend??
Would you believe that some of us are actually congregating on Facebook? Their
new Groups format is actually making things somewhat easier to chat about
Elizabethan costumes at least. Traffic and conversations ebb and flo
Which blogs?
Fran
On 8/6/2011 1:00 PM, Beteena Paradise wrote:
Lots of people on blogs.
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h-costume mailing list
h-costume@mail.indra.com
http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Lots of people on blogs.
From: Lavolta Press
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Sat, August 6, 2011 8:37:22 PM
Subject: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days?
For well over a year, I've been noticing a relative scarcity of posts on pretty
much
For well over a year, I've been noticing a relative scarcity of posts on
pretty much every costume-related mailing list and bulletin board of
which I am a member (several dozen). Many of these groups, including
h-costume, were formerly very active. The general, noncostume sewing
groups are an
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