[h-cost] Re: h-costume Digest, Vol 5, Issue 414

2006-05-12 Thread Purple Elephant
- Original Message - From: Jayne Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:13 AM Subject: [h-cost] Re: What's your dressmakers dummy wearing this spring? Mine has neither name nor form at the moment, being disassembled in the shed. But if she

[h-cost] about shaping bones in stays

2006-04-25 Thread Purple Elephant
Message: 12 Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:19:35 +0100 From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed At 10:04 25/04/2006, you

[h-cost] turban/veils

2006-02-21 Thread Purple Elephant
Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice about 14th/15th century habit of wrapping one's veil about one's head to become a kind of turban. I have a general understanding of the procedure, but every time I try it it seems to end up looking bulky and wierd. I was wondering what

[h-cost] Re: h-costume Digest, Vol 5, Issue 141

2006-02-15 Thread Purple Elephant
Hi Kimiko, I walk and dance quite easily in 14th century dresses that are about 10-15cm longer than me at the front. The only time it becomes inconvenient is going up stairs or up a slope, or when you are carrying a lot of stuff as then it becomes difficult to get into the right way of walking.

[h-cost] Harris Tweed

2006-02-04 Thread Purple Elephant
Message: 5 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 19:31:32 + From: Caroline [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Harris Tweed To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I have been very fortunate and have come into the posession of just