Re: [h-cost] Known World Costuming Symposium

So in November? In Chicago I was wondering if anyone was going to the SCA's Known World Costuming Symposium? Yes, I'll be going. It'll be the first one I've been too, so I can't really comment on the event, although my friends really enjoyed the one 5ish years ago that was over Thanksgiving

Re: [h-cost] Herald's Renaissance Dress in Italy

Charlene Charette wrote: And the last couple of copies I've found were in the US$2000+ range. OK, I know it's a good book. Is it really *that* good a book? Is there that much in there that isn't anywhere else? No, imo it's not worth $2000. However, I'm very happy with the $200 I spent

Re: [h-cost] Book review requested - Nineteenth Century Fashion in detail

I've just got some bonus money and I'm planning on spending some of it on books. I'm looking for a book that will show me internal construction details of Victorian era clothing preferably using detailed photos. Looking on Amazon I found Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy Johnston,

Re: [h-cost] Elliptical crinolines

Next october I'm attending a Civil War ball which is supposed to take place in New Orleans in may 1862. Would it be too early to wear an elongated crinoline (something along these lines : http://trulyvictorian.com/catalog/103.html ) ? It would not be too early if you were in Europe or had

Re: [h-cost] Books with scaled patterns (pre 1600)

The Cut of Men's Clothes 1600-1900 by Norah Waugh - I think it has something from 1600, but I'm at work and my copies' at home so I can't check... The Cut of Women's Clothes 1600-1930 by Norah Waugh - ditto the above comment Patterns of Fashion 4: The Cut and Construction of Linen Shirts,

[h-cost] Rabbit - was: What kind of fur would you use for this?

Someone told me that rabbit (and cat) are one of the few furs that sheds and is a terrible mess? Anyone have that experience? Yes, rabbit sheds amazingly. However, it is a relatively cheap fur to learn how to work with fur on - especially if you look for fur coats on eBay or someplace like

Re: [h-cost] Silk Velvet Seller in the U. S.

My spy has reported back that she spoke with the very helpful Silk Baron, who said that the silks were in fact silk pile and rayon ground. As I have not heard it this way round, I assume that in fact they are a silk ground with a rayon pile, the same as is available in England. No

Re: [h-cost] Silk Velvet seller in U.S.?

Has anyone dealt with this company? I am told I can get 100% silk velvet here. http://www.silkbaron.com/silk/ Hi Suzi! I've bought from them. My bleach test suggests that it's not 100% silk - that the PILE is silk while the backing is not (which is the reverse of most silk-velvets one can

Re: [h-cost] Striped Regency day dress fashion plate?

I have just acquired some striped silk which I want to make into a Regency day dress, to wear with a spencer. Although not technically correct, I am prepared to look at fashion plates between 1790 and 1820. However, I am unable to find stripes worn during the day between these dates. I

Re: [h-cost] early 16c Spanish court dress

I know I have seen examples of? 1530s or so? spanish court gowns but i cant for the life of me remember wherecan anybody help? _Hispanic Costume: 1480-1530_ by Ruth M. Anderson is a _wonderful_ resource for early 16th cent. Spanish gowns. It was recently in print but looking on Amazon it

Re: [h-cost] What can I do with this fabric?

If you're interested in slightly later Victorian, there is at least one early bustle era (about 1870) extant sheer solid pink (and lace) dress - I don't know where I found the picture from though... it reminds me of the Tissot painting Too Early:

Re: [h-cost] Houppelande fastening question

I'm about to do a short version of houppelande or burgundian-style men's doublet, however you call it. The style seen on this picture: http://www.virtue.to/articles/images/1468_claricedegasconne.jpg My question is, are the pleats sewn fixed together or are they just folded into the

Re: [h-cost] Washing silk taffeta

Can anyone tell me what happens to silk taffeta when it is washed in soap and water? I have machine washed and dried a lot of silk dupioni, and am very pleased with the fabric that results (it shrinks a lot, but the resulting fabric is thus denser and more closely-woven; the colors and

Re: [h-cost] Hose lining

I haven't done any research on the question myself, but last year at Pennsic I attended a class on hosen by Master Emrys Eustace, hight Broom - an older version of the handout is available on-line: http://www.greydragon.org/library/underwear3.html I'd have to check my notes, but I remember

Re: [h-cost] Where to start

I'm interested in playing with Regency England fashions but know almost nothing about them. Can anyone recommend a good book or two on this topic? I just finished a regency dress :-) (you can see it here: http://sbuchler.livejournal.com/61788.html ) 'cause of that I have an enormous regency

Re: [h-cost] Corset pattern 1895

And I was wondering if anyone could recommend me a pattern for a corset for 1895 I am very fond of the Past Patterns late 1890s hourglass corset (pattern 213) http://www.sewingcentral.com/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=213T.htmlcart_id=5688090_4173 or

Re: [h-cost] Painting ID

Hi Robin, I was wrong,_Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women_ does not have the Bronzino portrait you were asking about - it was a different green dress from that time period :-S I'm afraid I couldn't find a book with the portrait you're interested

Re: [h-cost] Partlets

The earliest partlet I can think of is Brugundian, Portrait of a Lady by Rogier Van Der Wyeden's workshop: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=ng1433 It's not worn on top of the dress, and its probably not as structured a partlet

Re: [h-cost] Re: Painting ID?

Do you still need a book reference? If so, I'm pretty sure the Bronzino portrait is in _Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women_ edited by David Alan Brown. -sunny NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail,

[h-cost] Sunshine K Buchler is out of the office.

I will be out of the office starting 03/07/2008 and will not return until 03/17/2008. If you have an urgent request, call me at 510-882-4399 or talk to Amy Sordi. Thank you! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

[h-cost] Re: Your Wardrobe Unlock'd (was: other email groups)

I came across this site: http://yourwardrobeunlockd.com/content/view/62/103/ Has anyone used it, any opinions? I doubt I want to pay $10 per month for a subscription. I've enjoyed all three issues so far - each one has had at least something to make me think about. I thought the article

[h-cost] Re: Your Wardrobe Unlock'd (was: other email groups

Of course, I may be biased - I'm being profiled in this month's issue ;-) Minor correction, the month hasn't changed yet; I'm being profiled in _next_ month's issue. Bjarne was profiled this month :-) -sunny NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail,

Re: [h-cost] How do you like your iron? - again - OT

I _adore_ my Rowenta DG-980 Steam Generator, but unfortunately it isn't available any more :-( I use it all the time, and have had it for about 5 years. It makes loud noises now when the water reservoir gets low (which it didn't used too) and very occasionally spirts rust (probably 'cause I

Re:[h-cost] nice hems

I put my dress form on a stool, and mark the hem as if the dress form were a person wearing the outfit. I mark this height by using a solid ruler and measuring from the floor to my desired level. The longer the hem, the closer to the floor I declare to be the level (remembering that there's a

Re: 12th Cent Norman Men's Garb was [h-cost] Margarete I: Queen of theKalmar Union

I have a little Norman here at the house who is convinced that Norman Boys didn't wear no clothes (doo dah, doo-dah!) because he can't find anything but 12th century pictures of armor (Boy is 38). I was hoping this might help since he is into sewing his garb by hand and being as period as

[h-cost] Whitening age-yellowed fabric

So, ideas for me to tell them about how to get the fabric back to white, does anybody have ideas for me to tell them? We had this problem with thrift store finds in some of the theatres I worked in; I had good luck with soaking a fragile child's dress in woolite overnight, and then carefully

[h-cost] A bit OT doll bustle dress question for bonnet

It as been so long since I was able to make a historic costume. Not much time anymore so now I make them in smaller size :-) . It is for a doll that hopefully will arrive soon from Korea. I am making her a beautiful sheer cotton bustle dress. http://www.deredere.dds.nl/Dolls/BJD.html I

Re: [h-cost] Speaking of Dress forms...

My plan for now is to get a Uniquely You dress form at my hoped for future size (or smaller), a different sized cover to fit the current me, and pad it up to fit. Besides being pinnable, the other bonus is that it is squishable, so I can hopefully corset it, too... with a little added

[h-cost] Re: opinions of Past patterns #001 for Regency

Hi everyone, I've been inspired by fabric (an embroidered organza) to start thinking about Regency, my biggest problem has been underwear but as Past Patterns has a 20% off sale I thought that I might use Past pattern #001 http://www.pastpatterns.com/001.html (as it's significantly

Re: Tango in a Hoop (was [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's wearing?)

I'm confused, I thought you were considering making a dress that goes with the 1830s suit he'll be wearing...? 1830s dresses don't have hoops, those weren't invented until sometime in the 1850s (I can't remember the exact date). Which isn't to say that the corset might make Tango a bit

[h-cost] Re: Henry VII Fashion (was: Dress topics, medieval Britain: Your wish list)

A well-researched and well-illustrated book [or 2, or 3] about English middle-class and upper-class Dress in England during the Reign of Henry 7th. Almost every book I've been able to look at purporting to deal with Tudor Dress or Costume slides over the Reign of Henry 7th (1485-1509) as