EVENT: Thursday TODAY: Stephen Speilberg is making a movie in the Richmond,
Virginia area about Abraham Lincoln. They are looking for specific types of
people for extras, so make sure to read the details...Darn I was going for
my long hair but they are looking for a couple of sizes smaller than
VCR means video cassette recorder. Perhaps the writer had seen some
historic garments described on a video?
I thought that women began to wear drawers in the Regency period (in its
broadest sense), when bulky petticoats ceased to be worn for 20 years or so. Am
I wrong?
Kate Bunting
Librarian
Which is why I love the cage crinoline so much more than a regular crinoline.
That doesn't happen. It folds nicely. :) I bet they felt the same!
Teena
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How about this -
Good large picture, especially fabric and sleeve cuff -
http://www.cinematicwallpaper.com/movie-pictures/Harry_Potter_7_wallpaper/Harry_Potter7_mcgonagall
Best wishes
Viv
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I looked her up (her name is on the transcript). She appears to be very
knowledgeable, but of course that's no guarantee of accuracy. Also, she was
faced literally with dozens of bulging plastic garbage bags and may have missed
clues dues to the sheer enormity of her task.
We (two elderly
IMO, the fotki (movie) picture is the closest to how the gown looks in the
movie. The wehartit is too blue/emerald and the wikia photo has been
brightened to an extreme degree to show the texture of the fabric.
unless a person is dyeing their own fabric for this project, you are limited
to
i have no idea! The word i thought i asked for ...begged..id not produce
anything wired
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Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:09:51 pm
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
From: Margo Anderson li...@margospatterns.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] New Pattern Company?
Oh, my goodness, she is one of THE authorities. Of course, all of us costume
historians have learned a great deal in the last 15 years and, as you point
out, she was faced with an enormous task. She might very well have different
readings on some of these things now herself.
Also, even
On Thu, 15 Sep 2011 06:16:25 CDT
Bambi TBNL hippy_dippy_dan...@yahoo.com wrote:
i have no idea! The word i thought i
asked for ...begged..id not produce
anything wired
why don't you just TURN OFF the autocorrect feature?
Denise
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It seemed kick back in randomly even though i do. This phone is agrevating in
lots of ways and Im just writing til i can get something else on a deal i can
afford. Sorry again folks.
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Date: Thursday, September 15,
why don't you just TURN OFF the autocorrect feature?
Here's a link to the Past Patterns Sacque and petticoat:
http://www.pastpatterns.com/808.html
The Pattern has some good historical notes, I can't find my copy but
you could email Saundra for a copy.
Katy
On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 11:29 AM, WorkroomButtons.com
westvillagedrap...@yahoo.com wrote:
Thanks so much to everyone who responded! I never cease to be amazed
by the way colours show on computers, depending on how the image has
been manipulated, what the background in the shot looks like, etc.
The links are all wonderful; I think I'll be spending a lot of time on
those sites. :)
Not only that, but the actual working space was...well, horrible. Dirty,
poorly lit, and very (very) crowded -- not quite attic space, but very close.
It's slightly better now. The ladies have since cleared out a tiny back room,
tearing down filthy tattered 1840's wallpaper (and saving as
Be sure to let us see the result.
Ann Wass
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From: Sharon Henderson henderson.sha...@gmail.com
To: h-costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Thu, Sep 15, 2011 8:37 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Movie Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble
Thanks so much to everyone who
Hey! That episode of Ghost Hunters was on last night!. (Yeah, paranormal shows
are a guilty pleasure of mine *blushes*) They caught what they interpreted as a
full body apparition on the stairs. We now return you to your originaly
scheduled costume discussion. KarenSeamstrix
--
Hey, we're psychic! *cue spooky music*
Apparently, our Board of Directors didn't think to suggest a donation, so of
course... we got nuthin'. And they left the front door open! Hmph!
We don't get Syfy, but I found a preview link for Episode 714 (Ghostly
Evidence)...
She's not only very knowlegeble, but she's one of the authorities on
both shoes and working class clothing in America. I think she did the
best she could with a monumental task.
It looks and sounds like you need an off-site storage and workroom for
the clothing collection. Any chance of
No chance at all. We're lucky we have an extension cord for the light
fixture! No heat or AC, so the work is seasonal lest we freeze/roast up there.
Dede
--- On Thu, 9/15/11, Carmen Beaudry moreplen...@earthlink.net wrote:
It looks and sounds like you need an off-site storage and workroom
Thank you for the link! It appears to be very close, although ours are all
plain cotton (sheeting weight) and have no front closures (a few have ties at
the neck, I think). Straight pins, maybe? We JUST started working on them,
and I'll look for pin-holes.
Dede
--- On Thu, 9/15/11, Katy
I think the fokti example is done quite well, the only quibble I would have
is that the original fabric is clearly a densely textured fabric (someone
mentioned the original designer said it was like a snake's skin) and the
fabric used in the reproduction is not a textured fabric.
This same
I don't know about the rest of you but I find that since 1995 there is a
great deal more information readily available AND that I am constantly
learning more and more about the history of garments, the acquisition of
information is not static.
Either scenario is possible here - the 1995
VCR means video cassette recorder. Perhaps the writer had seen
some historic garments described on a video?
Well,
I know THAT (I'm not that young). There was some context missing in the
quote (get on the VCR... and what?) so it's possible that this was an
acronym for something else. If she
I don't remember what the date you gave is, but ready-to-wear clothing
has been around a lot longer than most people think. See Claudia
Kidwell'sSuiting Everyone: The Democratization of Clothing in America.
Fran
Lavolta Press
Books of historic clothing patterns
www.lavoltapress.com
On
Hi
When did the tie on pockets come into use? i know they are 18th
century, but am drawing a blank on how early they where worn. Or
perhaps the question should be when did the pouch get replaced by the
pair of pockets, worn under the 'dress'?
Thanks
Carol
Off the top of my head, much earlier than the 18th c. See the
Alessandro Alliori frescoes in the Chiusa Sta Maria Nuova, Florence,
1570s and a second group in the 1590s. Another set of his frescos
showing a gal putting up her hair, in the PItti Palace, are c1588.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
There's pictures of them in Mode e Firenze (known around here as the
Elenor of Toledo book), and I believe one of the Spanish museums has a
couple dating from the early 16th cen.
Carmen
On 9/15/2011 12:41 PM, fastusminimus wrote:
Hi
When did the tie on pockets come into use? i know they are
Just one, late 16th brown velvet w/ gold silver embroidery -
couched, I think. Textiles Museum, Madrid... cant think how it's said
in Spanish.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
cinbar...@gmail.com
On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 12:58 PM, Carmen Beaudry I believe one of the
Spanish museums has a
couple dating from
This isn't the Yule gown but the color is similar.
De
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How about this -
Good large picture, especially fabric and sleeve cuff -
http://www.cinematicwallpaper.com/movie-pictures/Harry_Potter_7_wallpaper/Ha
rry_Potter7_mcgonagall
Best wishes
Viv
And it looks like the same pattern.
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of otsisto
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:06 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Movie Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble
Hi Lynn,
Unfortunately, the URL below (for pattern 3076) now re-directs to what you were
probably referring to as the dreadful costume cape, pattern 2529. Do you
have any idea where one might find even an image of the real 3076?
thanks in any case,
chimene
On Sep 14, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Lynn
Hi chimene,
I don't quite know how #3076 got involved in the link, but Simplicity 2529
is indeed the cape with the pointy bits on the shoulder that I wrote about.
If you hold your cursor over the shoulder area it will zoom in and you can
see the points. I don't eve know if there is a pattern
Your right it does, shoulder points and twin tail collar. Difference is the
whole gown is simple brocade, nothing fancy like the pintucking on the Yule
gown.
De
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And it looks like the same pattern.
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This isn't the Yule gown but the color is
Now I feel like a total beeyotch - I have Rexford's book after drooling all
over a university copy! (mopped it up with a tissue as fair as I was able)
would recommend it to anyone and everyone.
Still - I'm sure that she's learned reams and realms in the ten for fifteen
years since she worked
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