In a message dated 7/27/2006 4:12:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The French word for "knight" is
"chevalier", though IIRC "cavalier" means "rider".
Ooops...I knew that butwell, I don't speak French. I get similar words
mixed up.
And the period "Cavalier"
I thought "Cavalier" referred to the " English" Civil War (though
reenactors of that period prefer to speak of Royalist/Parliamentarian
rather than Cavalier/Roundhead). The French word for "knight" is
"chevalier", though IIRC "cavalier" means "rider".
Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenac
In a message dated 7/26/2006 7:19:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
That is not because
most of them are unaware of the dates when the Prince Regent performed
that office, or because they think their readers are ignorant, or
because they are trying to deceive them.
I think often that 1790-1810 fashions are just all grouped under
Regency, just because the general public is supposedly too dumb to know
what Revolutionary, Directorie, or Empire fashion is.
I can hear the pitch now: "Hey, just group it all under Regency, because
enough people will think "Re
*tsk* *tsk* Oh those "Regency" patterns. Why, oh why, do the commercial
patterns insist on making those back curved princess seams when it would
be so easy to make the beautiful "diamond back" shape that characterizes
this period? And that Short Stays pattern--what are they trying to
do--make e
Yes, I noticed that right off. And said to myself that the Heideloff
plate and Seriziat portrait are way too early for Regency. Well, unless
one is dressing as Jane Austen's mom! And Mamma Austen would probably
not have been caught dead in any of the three "bonnets" shown. I
suggested to Dover Pub
Eeew, that isn't Tudor. Men's skirts for a Tudor outfit has pleats, and the
pants are too long. And that hat is huge! It reminds me more of their old Ben
Franklin outfit, sorta, in the body, but that hat has got to go.
Kimiko
Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Susan B. Farmer wrote:
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In a message dated 7/26/2006 12:27:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Noted that the far left pic in the
trio of styles was taken from Heideloff's Gallery of Fashion so someone
has been doing some serious research!
Well, both Heideloff's Gallery and Madame Seriziat,
In a message dated 7/26/2006 12:39:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Simplicity has taken up two of the Sense and Sensibility Patterns by
Jennie Chancey, a gown set and an underthings set. These were
available from July 21st. The numbers are #4055 and #4052.
That
Susan B. Farmer wrote:
There's a men's "Renaissance" 4059
Is that Long Thing (tm) supposed to be an Elizabethan Skirted Doublet?
It *does* have a waist seam . Really bizarre .
It reminds me more of an early Tudor doublet. Or maybe the cuffs and
breeches are supposed to be baroqu
There's a men's "Renaissance" 4059
Is that Long Thing (tm) supposed to be an Elizabethan Skirted Doublet?
It *does* have a waist seam . Really bizarre .
susan
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Susan Farmer
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University of Tennessee
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
http://www.goldsw
Abel, Cynthia wrote:
Thanks for the link, Dawn! Hmm--Wonder if Simplicity is going to do
Regency-style gown and clothing patterns next? Not a lot of inexpensive,
fairly accurate patterns out there. Noted that the far left pic in the
trio of styles was taken from Heideloff's Gallery of Fashion
At 17:26 26/07/2006, you wrote:
Thanks for the link, Dawn! Hmm--Wonder if Simplicity is going to do
Regency-style gown and clothing patterns next? Not a lot of inexpensive,
fairly accurate patterns out there. Noted that the far left pic in the
trio of styles was taken from Heideloff's Gallery o
Thanks for the link, Dawn! Hmm--Wonder if Simplicity is going to do
Regency-style gown and clothing patterns next? Not a lot of inexpensive,
fairly accurate patterns out there. Noted that the far left pic in the
trio of styles was taken from Heideloff's Gallery of Fashion so someone
has been doin
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