Re: [h-cost] victorian corset with too short busk

2005-11-25 Thread Katy Bishop
Greenberg and Hammer have corset busks as short as 6 and longer ones in 11 12 14 and 17 lengths. https://www.greenberg-hammer.com/store.asp?ItemID=195 They also have ones with gold colered studs. Katy On 11/25/05, Deredere Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I buy my busks here.

Re: [h-cost] victorian corset with too short busk

2005-11-25 Thread Joannah Hansen
Did you look at Farthingales? http://www.farthingales.on.ca/busks.php They have straight busks up to 16 long, for up to CDN$22.49 ( AUS$26.20 ). I also thought that these are an interesting idea ( new from the last time I had a browse through their site ) -

[h-cost] Modern interpretations of period plays

2005-11-25 Thread Joannah Hansen
One thing that I found interesting about Baz Luhrman's 'Romeo and Juliet', was that he didn't change the dialogue to modern speech, but kept the language of the original script/play, and after the first realization of the fact that the characters are speaking Elizabethan English, you totally

Re: [h-cost] dates of knitted mitt, and vest?

2005-11-25 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 18:20 25/11/2005, you wrote: The Museum of London's website has a press pack in PDF which has many, many pictures of some of the things -- including larger versions of the mitten and the sock. Also background info -- well, it goes on and on. Anyone interested in things from around 500 -

RE: [h-cost] I am new!

2005-11-25 Thread otsisto
For a start, this has become one of my favorite sites. http://www.vintagetextile.com/victorian.htm Victorian is not my field of interest so I will let others who are tell you their sites and tips. De -Original Message- Hi, I am from German and look for victorian dressmaking- can you

[h-cost] Re: high brow stuff

2005-11-25 Thread cahuff
At 11:20 AM -0700 11/25/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The non-existent wall that prevents otherwise intelligent people from enjoying these delights of Opera and Shakespeare is sewn, here in America anyway, by the anti-intellectual brigade. Those usually sports-soaked numb-nuts that seem to be

Re: [h-cost] victorian corset with too short busk

2005-11-25 Thread Elizabeth Walpole
- Original Message - From: Joannah Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 4:18 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] victorian corset with too short busk Did you look at Farthingales? http://www.farthingales.on.ca/busks.php They have

Re: [h-cost] victorian corset with too short busk

2005-11-25 Thread Elizabeth Walpole
snip I don't know if they are cheap but I have seen corsets where the busk was too short and they looked ugly. They cut a piece of an other busk and taped it together but is is very easy to see. Never had any complaints from my customers, but then you can't see that an extra piece has

Re: [h-cost] Re: too short victorian busk

2005-11-25 Thread A J Garden
There is an Australian supplier - I'm now getting my stuff from them - contact me for details but you'll have to drive to Sydney to look at what you want. Aylwen http://www.earthlydelights.com.au Elizabeth Walpole wrote: - Original Message - From: Ann Catelli [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: [h-cost] victorian corset with too short busk

2005-11-25 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 02:44 26/11/2005, you wrote: snip I don't know if they are cheap but I have seen corsets where the busk was too short and they looked ugly. They cut a piece of an other busk and taped it together but is is very easy to see. Never had any complaints from my customers, but then you