Re: [h-cost] Mary I ???

Robin wrote: ... it's something that you pick up after looking at lots and lots of images from the periods in question. Absolutely agree with this! A quick way to get a feel for this would be to go to your nearest library and pull together two piles: costume surveys that are photographic

Re: [h-cost] Mary I ???

Ha on me! Just showed this to my husband. His immediate reaction? Of course it's Victorian, that's a metal engraving. (Not before 18thC, used extensively in Victorian period.) He also opined that there probably is a real painting something like this, and that most of the odd bits could

Re: [h-cost] Mary I ??? now Clouet

Ooh, the French govt site is fun! I paged through the Clouet's and did find something -- the strange furry bits! On this page:

Re: [h-cost] Mary I -- FOUND

My dear husband is loopy tonight, too much work out in the cold today. So he was noodling around on-line, bored with his cheating cribbage program (!), and found the original Mary I painting. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheHouseOfTudor still looking for an attribution. (for

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

Indeed, there are several easily-available theatrical costuming books -- just remember, ease-of-availability doesn't have ANYthing to do with how accurate the patterns are. Hill Bucknell, anyone? chimene ... There's also the theatrical costuming books but I don't collect those... so I

Re: [h-cost] Question about a portrait

If the font is any indication of the date then I would say 1800s and not 1500s. My resident calligrapher says the font is at least 1950's; if earlier, probably confined to cowboys-and-indians Westerns. chimene ___ h-costume mailing list

Re: [h-cost] Primary source for Elizabethan pillbox hats sought

Oh. We had sort of managed to forget this thread, and here it is again. Umm... don't mean to be picky, but... this pillbox thing is driving us CRAZY! This discussion has been nagging at us (my husband and I) since it started. In all the pictures that folks have presented for evidence,

Re: [h-cost] Primary source for Elizabethan pillbox hats sought

Kimiko, I'm very very sorry that you perceived my response as being jumped on, it certainly, absolutely wasn't meant personally. I apologize for my clumsy writing. Yours just happened to be the post that brought the subject up again, so it's the one I responded to... I probably should have

[h-cost] Research problems WAS: Primary source for Elizabethan pillbox hats sought

We are all aware, right, that this book is not proper documentation, being nothing but re-drawings from unidentified sources? Maggie Secara ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 Available at your favorite online bookseller See our gallery at http://www.zazzle.com/popinjaypress

[h-cost] Laudonia in color WAS: Primary source for Elizabethan pillbox hats sought

I had asked Lynn McMasters and she says that it is based off an Italian portrait. http://lynnmcmasters.com/LadyM.html in color and a wee bit larger. http://tinyurl.com/yt6hg9 Some lurking! Thanks to those folks who tried to make me feel better about clunky, non-visual writing problems --

Re: [h-cost] Research problems WAS: Primary source for Elizabethan pillbox hats sought

I dumped my copy of Peacock as useless, and wonder why I ever bought it. At least the illustrations in Wilcox are fun. -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows Indeed, indeed. I keep wanting to buy reference copies of newer books and commercial patterns that are patently awful. Also to watch

Re: [h-cost] Regency Low stomacher

OOH!! Thanks for that link: there's a LOVELY Reform gown about 3 in from the beginning of the 1890-1920 section too, 8-) chimene Dear Melanie There are some lovely regency gowns at http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=6 that might interest you. Bye for now, Aylwen

Re: [h-cost] Remove Moth Ball Smell

THAT takes us back! Don't know about cotton, but getting mothball smell out of wool can be truly daunting. Many years ago we found a lovely dark grey European-military army blanket at the local Surplus store, just the right size for a winter cloak here in the Pacific NorthWET. Polish or

Re: [h-cost] Chalking a line

If you're still worried about the chalk line lasting, you could run a basting thread along the chalk line... the couched cord will cover any holes from the basting, and if you use a fine needle, the holes won't last long anyway... this is actually Gerek's idea, he can't remember where he got

Re: [h-cost] OT regional English for mangle

... they would dry with a crease in them! Ironing meant sprinkling each piece with a little water and rolling it up then putting it in a plastic bag so that everything got evenly damp so you could iron it. This was before steam irons but after the old sad-irons that heated on the top of the

Re: [h-cost] Is this real or not?

I must say, the close-up Beteena provided makes the mystery artifact (the light colored, horizontal whats-it) at her left temple look even more like a photographer's head-clamp than I thought originally! As for her eyes not being completely even, well, lots of people have uneven eyes or very

Re: [h-cost] victorian gown?

After all our discussion here, 8-), one does wonder where this came from-- I mean, who proposed it to McCall's, and who at McCall's thought it would sell (and TO WHOM!)? I also notice it's on sale for half the discounted price (about 25% of the retail price)... chimene How about four

Re: [h-cost] Friday at Costume Con

Next year is in New Jersey. 2012 is in Arizona. maybe, eh? let's hope Papers, Please is sorted (to the garbage heap!) soon ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Hill Bucknell - re-drawings source images

Hi Laurie, A quick google didn't turn up much but I did find this: da Monticello, Catarina [Joyce Cottrell] Since You Ask: Hill Bucknell Patterns for the 16th Century. Compleat Anachronist 40, 1988. Which led me, eventually, digging under the bed!, to Compleat Anachronists #38, 39 AND

Re: [h-cost] OT to Victorian re-enactors

Hi Jill oh my gosh! my husband remembers his grandmother's seed cake too (in BC, before he was about 10), and we've never been able to find a recipe for one like he remembers (small seeds and no liquorice tasting ones, he can't abide liquorice). most we've found include anise, fennel or

Re: [h-cost] pseudo historic costume

umm, as a former 4-H-er from back when rocks were soft ... it MIGHT be possible that the green horse barding was judged higher for reasons such as: MAYBE the young lady in pink did her own machine sewing? MAYBE the two-part green body draping was more complicated? MAYBE the full-head

[h-cost] ping please?

I'm wondering if I've gotten knocked of the list somehow??? Or is it just Pennsic time? The last post I can track down is ICG Archives from Aug 5 (Thurs). ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] ping please?

thanks much all! (from the foot of the Valley of Death -- no, really, that's what the Indians called the Willamette Valley, pre-whites, because of the grass pollen! or maybe not) On Aug 9, 2010, at 10:54 AM, Betsy Marshall wrote: DFW (home of Il Papa Gunthar (currently on sabbatical to

Re: [h-cost] Antiques Roadshow

I agree, the Diana stuff is probably your highest probability. I'd vote for the 1814 book next, myself. Have fun!!! chimene On Aug 18, 2010, at 11:12 PM, penny1a wrote: We are going to Antiques Roadshow Saturday in DC. We have 9 am tickets. I am so excited. We can bring four items. Is

Re: [h-cost] FW: [Alderfolk] Fashion Crisis!

I just looked up his webpage... http://www.tomtierney.com/index.htm He's in his 80's by now, majority of his career he was a fashion artist for various large east coast department stores (in the 50s-70s). The paper doll books were a late development. There's nothing in his bio that

Re: [h-cost] Name of horned 14th century headdress?

It could be a form of minotaur? See the last illustration on this page: http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=abbottbook=richard2story=anne Extremely Victorian drawing style! and apparently from a Victorian era children's history book. A couple really look like bull's horns, and my

Re: [h-cost] Opinions on Manesse Codex diagonal stripes

umm, the link to an image didn't come across?? chimene On Oct 20, 2010, at 9:47 PM, Heather Rose Jones wrote: With the caveats that artistic representations aren't always intended to represent actual clothing construction, and that representations of clothing decoration are sometimes

Re: [h-cost] Sherlock

not due to be on until Sunday night, the 24th, here in Oregon, the first one... Study in Pink. It's been set up in the recorder for several days now! We enjoyed the Downey/Law movie of last year, a lot; otherwise Jeremy Brett is our fav' (right, except for the Private Life of SH movie, 1970,

Re: [h-cost] Hill Bucknell Cloaks - sorry for cross-post, but...

well, a wool lining won't exactly keep you DRYER in the rain, but you won't freeze when it does soak through! Wool's insulating qualities are not affected by wetness, and it does take longer to soak through wool than many other fabrics, so two layers would extend the time you have until the

Re: [h-cost] Costume-related calendars

wow, the Lithuanian is GREAT! I poked around on-line a little and found these, among others... mostly 19thC. oh well. enjoy. chimene Erte at: http://www.amazon.com/Erte-Glittered-Wall-Calendar-2011/dp/B0040YSI9C Costume Society of Ontario: http://costumesociety.ca/wordpress/ Lacis

[h-cost] 50's handwork transfers crochet patterns

Anybody interested in embroidery transfers (Woman's Day magazine inserts, Gerek recognized them, his mom got them too) crochet patterns (all Alice Brooks) from the 50's early 60's? Almost none of it is dated, but he used the transfers to teach himself embroidery when he was around 7 or 8

[h-cost] eek, quick opinion pls...

Don't know if I actually have time to still get this by Xmas, BUT! Himself re-iterated interest in a Steampunk/Victorian outfit again last night, so... Anybody know anything about any of these particular patterns or vendors... Laughing Moon #109, men's frock coats vest Folkwear #222, set

[h-cost] loot query...

Anybody know? Did Medieval Clothing and Textiles #6 have an edition that came without a dust jacket, or do we need to yell at the vendor? Our Christmas copy unexpectedly has a very nicely printed hard cover, but no dust jacket, and 1-5, as we have them, all have DJs. thanks! chimene ps, my

Re: [h-cost] What costume-related holiday gifts did you get?

Well, the aforementioned Med Clothing Textiles #6. Stella Mary Newton's Health, Art Reason! (to feed my Reform Dress jones!) And there's SUPPOSED to be a frock coat pattern on the way. That one serves me right for dithering so long, but both of us had multiple items not arrive in time

Re: [h-cost] loot query...

Thanks for the information. I think we'll scan the cover and make ourselves a dustjacket. Our books need the actual extra protection, although we're not collectors or anything. chimene On Dec 26, 2010, at 12:10 AM, Robin Netherton wrote: On 12/25/2010 2:00 PM, Patricia Dunham wrote

Re: [h-cost] eek, quick opinion pls...

www.goblinrevolution.org/costumes On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 14:56, Patricia Dunham chim...@ravensgard.org wrote: Don't know if I actually have time to still get this by Xmas, BUT! Himself re-iterated interest in a Steampunk/Victorian outfit again last night, so... Anybody know anything about any

Re: [h-cost] Thank you and 1940s Halo Hat Question

seems to cover a lot of ground, see the following: http://www.etsy.com/listing/60844056/vintage-1940s-schoolgirl-wide-brim-two http://www.millistarr.com/hats/40beret.xhtml http://www.rubylane.com/item/460150-1270/1940s-Vintage-Halo-Hat-x2aRoses http://www.tias.com/973/PictPage/3923253103.html

Re: [h-cost] Historical figures

Umm, I did go and read the website. They are not THAT small, he does them one-quarter scale. So the average figure would be about 15-18 inches tall. (60=5 feet, 72=6 feet). I think Barbie is about 12 inches tall??? There certainly are some amazing things there, but not everything is

Re: [h-cost] loot query...

On Dec 26, 2010, at 4:04 PM, Patricia Dunham wrote: Thanks for the information. I think we'll scan the cover and make ourselves a dustjacket. Our books need the actual extra protection, although we're not collectors or anything. chimene On Dec 26, 2010, at 12:10 AM, Robin Netherton

Re: [h-cost] loot query... DUH!

... sorry to waste folks' bandwidth! c. On Jan 31, 2011, at 12:39 PM, Patricia Dunham wrote: umm, Robin? Just checking on pre-ordering #7 with a coupon we have, and Barnes Noble is (still?) listing $6 as a hardback, and says #7 will be hardback-only... so that's pretty confusing

Re: [h-cost] Robe or train???

In our experience, this definition feels closest: Robes are a long, loose or flowing gown or outer garment worn by men or women as ceremonial dress, an official vestment, or garb of office. Robes in the context of your photos, and modern Mardi Gras, is sort of a generic term for a complete

Re: [h-cost] How to cover your head tutorial? Lost link - help.

let's see ... *mistress cori on headrails is a short text piece *there's an East Kingdom class description: Veils, Headrails Turbans, by Lady Brangwayna Morgan, but I haven't yet been able to find any more on that one *this http://www.virtue.to/articles/veils.html is

[h-cost] ping? no posts in 3+ days?

this: From: Kimiko Small kim...@kimiko1.com Subject:Re: [h-cost] Hoop storage (was (no subject)) Date: March 16, 2011 1:28:14 PM PDT is the most recent post I've received. Do I have a problem, or have things just gone REAL quiet? thanks, chimene

[h-cost] Henry VIII, embroiderer?

Royal School of Needlework, Hampton Court, on CBS Sunday morning today. Took some hunting but I finally found it: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7363014n enjoy chimene ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

[h-cost] kate's wedding dress skirt

is the part of the dress I'm interested in. Anybody have any ideas on how the pleating at the side of the waist and in back interacts with the welt seaming (?) between the skirt panels? OR any educated guessing on if or when there might be a real commercial pattern available for this exact

Re: [h-cost] piping on Civil War era dresses

I believe this is you? at about minute 20:45, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FUACCHaNgE very nice. chimene On May 3, 2011, at 3:40 PM, Lisa A Ashton wrote: Costume Con 29 is over. And I won major awards with the Civil War era dress of Sarah Ballou, in a historical presentation we called

Re: [h-cost] 1st White Wedding Dress Trend: Anne of Brittany or Queen Victoria

Apparently Anne wasn't even first; numerous ref's online to, I think, Princess Philippa, daughter of Henry IV (Bolingbroke), 1406 She was married on 26 October 1406 to Eric of Pomerania [Scandinavia, Sweden] in Lund Cathedral. Philippa was actually the first documented princess in history to

Re: [h-cost] 1st White Wedding Dress Trend: Anne of Brittany or Queen Victoria

hi Penny, turns out most of what I found on-line is circular, back to an article History of Matrimony, from some Italian wedding planner company!!! Will look more tomorrow (Wed) in printed sources. No help on either Philippa OR Anne! Although I did find one reference in Spanish

Re: [h-cost] Archeological find of 15th-century textiles

thanks much, Fran. While I was there (at the url you provided), I noticed many other abstracts of great interest, and if you fiddle with the URLs, you can get to several quite detailed versions of the schedule (i.e. http://www.nesat.org/m1/programm.html and a bit of a casual report from

Re: [h-cost] FOUR DAYS DOWN?

yeah, I've been sitting on my hands for days, waiting to see if anything turns up! 4 days does seem like a long time. chimene On Jul 13, 2011, at 1:04 PM, AVCHASE wrote: Hi All! I've not gotten any posts since July 9. Has no one posted? Is the list down? What's up? Audy in the high

Re: [h-cost] Miss Universe 2011 national costumes

thanks, Cin, for a really fun half-hour!!! let's see... yes, lots of them look like overblown las vegas showgirls, esp. the Carnivale types. And so many are completely made-up, even for countries that used to have national costume! wow, saw a website with the 2010 national costumes -- this

Re: [h-cost] Miss Universe [TOP TEN] 2011 national costumes

OK, I taped it and am finally getting to taking a look... here you go, Penny: 10 Japan 9 Nigeria (red beads pointy hat!) 8 Bolivia (feather Carnivale) 7 Tanzania (spiky Xena armor) 6 Trinidad Tobago (all red feather Carnivale) 5 Curacao 4 Venezuela (!) 3 Thailand 2 Mexico (huh?!) 1 Panama

Re: [h-cost] Miss Universe [TOP TEN] 2011 national costumes

And Also... found these funny, catty comments: http://www.tomandlorenzo.com/2011/09/miss-universe-2011-national-costumes.html be sure to look at Pt 2 also. On Sep 13, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Patricia Dunham wrote: OK, I taped it and am finally getting to taking a look... here you go, Penny

Re: [h-cost] Movie Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble

very interesting the color variation: the fotki picture looks relatively moss-green, while the weheartit picture is very emerald-jewel-tone. It's the same picture with two different color-balances. I prefer the toned-down color, myself. ALL the colors are differently balanced: the

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

Re: [h-cost] Movie Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble

. 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 3076. LynnD On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Patricia Dunham chim...@ravensgard.orgwrote: Hi Lynn, Unfortunately, the URL below (for pattern 3076) now re

Re: [h-cost] Saques

My immediate reaction to the pictures (thanks!!!), was... hmm, look at the discolorations, maybe hard-used... reminds me of the idea of a pinafore or apron, for the top half of the body! I had descriptions from both grandmothers, I think, of their childhood wardrobes, of one dress for

Re: [h-cost] Movie Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble

robes someday; and LOTS of my son's WoW loot has huge shoulder constructions, so, who knows? On Sep 16, 2011, at 2:24 PM, Patricia Dunham wrote: well, that's a relief, actually, because the only thing I could find at simplicity 3076 was some 1930?'s vintage women's slips! thanks!! about

Re: [h-cost] Movie Costume Question: McGonagall's Yule Ensemble

I also noted a BUNCH of interlining mentioned, it probably will be stiff as a board by the time all layers are in place. which it would need to be, to deal with the gathered-on sleeve-ishes. On Sep 22, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Sharon Henderson wrote: I bought the discontinued Simplicity 2529 both

Re: [h-cost] Pink?

On Sep 25, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Bambi TBNL wrote: this is a two part question . first is the flower originally called the pink, what we , today, call a carnation or the origin of that flower? yes, see esp the Dianthus caryophyllus article on Wiki,

[h-cost] costume on book covers, argh

Just ran across, by accident, 2 new CECELIA HOLLAND's -- hooray. THEN I looked them up online and the covers -- argh! Obviously art-directed at the bodice ripper set! The King's Witch is a Richard II period piece with a not-very-good Ren-faire wench in green, @

Re: [h-cost] Venting a bit: sourcing

go to the about button at the top of the page there's a contact me link at the very bottom of her bio/intro... she's a middle-aged lady from Jamaica, may be a good seamstress, and mean well, but not be very sophisticated about crediting and borrowing and stuff... IMHO a gentle approach might

Re: [h-cost] mystery term

having just spent 20 min searching HARD, and finding nothing but several references to the Lanvin skirt Beteena linked to... where did YOU come across this term? I can't find ANYTHING on-line! the vintage lanvin pattern search starts in the New Wave. have found a couple of vintage pattern

Re: [h-cost] Steampunk shoes, anyone?

fascinating. anybody know what you would call (for googling purposes) the JADE cut shoe, if it was plain black leather, also lace-up top, with a plain heel about the same height? looks SO close to the funny little shoes my farm/ranch grandma used to wear, all the years I ever noticed them!

Re: [h-cost] Salt Source

depending on where you live, you MIGHT be able to find bulk salt at a hardware store, for de-icing sidewalks and steps and so-forth? or possibly at a farm supply. this would be the time of year it would be in stock... OR, the husband remembers, when we did our REALLY BIG dye job (canvas

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes

Hi Aylwen, Is there some reason you preferred the first pattern? As someone said, it doesn't look much like -my- idea of Italian Renn. looks almost German to me, but my DH says it just looks real middle class (on the right) and lower class (the serving woman on the left). The overgown and

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance dance costumes

/TQqjLw4JHxI/AWg/DPT5w-h7vLk/s1600/Ghirlandaio-Girl.jpg http://www.artbible.net/3JC/-Luk-01,39_Mary%20visits%20Elizabeth_La%20visitation/15%20GHIRLANDAIO%20DOMENICO%20JB%2002%20VISITATION.jpg Teena From: Patricia Dunham chim...@ravensgard.org

[h-cost] SCAM ALERT - HEPHAESTUS BOOKS

Warn your loved ones away from this item (my DH thought he had found something new and appropriate for my birthday on Dec 4) and this bogus publisher. This may not be news to some of you because this outfit has a lot of professional science fiction authors all riled up too (they are printing

Re: [h-cost] What costume-related gifts did you get?

Well, I got Medieval Clothing Textiles #7 for my birthday on Dec 4... don't know if that counts, 8-) But this morning there were 2 books about SCA-period cooking recipes, lots of other books, a lovely set of long scarves that Santa found at the flea market, but not really anything

[h-cost] ping? nothing since Jan 13 WAS: buttons

On the one hand, I know that's probably 12th night weekend a lot of places, but it does seem like a long time... thanks! On Jan 13, 2012, at 7:46 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote: fran, if there is any special type of button you might need for a project, I too havea wonderful collection of said

Re: [h-cost] [spam posted Sorry just found out I got jacked

if it might be a cookie, you could purge your whole cookie file. we do that occasionally on principal, and sometimes when things have slowed down a bunch. Safari. good luck! should be able to do it on Firefox too. it's not terribly inconvenient, probably 99% of cookies will replace themselves

Re: [h-cost] Grrrrr ... !

there are lots of articles on-line about making your own at home. including a number about how to fix various problems that occur with home-made, 8-) cornstarch, potato-water starch, etc, etc. chimene On May 16, 2012, at 3:49 AM, stils...@netspace.net.au wrote: Guddammut, time for a

Re: [h-cost] Grrrrr ... !

wow does that sound familiar... the secret computer report on what MY household buys, so they can quit carrying exactly those items! oh, and my DH's theory that the MOST POPULAR items are highly likely to get dropped, because it's so much bother re-stocking the popular stuff all the time...

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?

skirt elastic, not too bad... well, the channel in one really cheap skirt is unstitching itself, but the elastic is pretty OK. On another hand, has anyone else had inexpensive sweat pants suddenly start burning up the waist elastic in the dryer, and stinking up the whole dryer-ful something

[h-cost] OP - Pret-a-Papier, Isabelle de Borchagrave exhibit

Oh, I do waste so much time these days skimming the Daily Mail gossip articles, 8-), BUT~ !!! Sometimes you find things like this: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2164388/Pret-papier-The-incredible-period-gowns-recreated-paper-glue-paint--stitch-fabric.html related article at the

Re: [h-cost] What is a Whip?

from context on this page http://vasportsman.com/Coaching_in_Newport.pdf, I believe that in the modern sport of Coaching, whip may refer to the main driver, usually the owner or at least the organizer of a coaching group, the one who weilds the literal whip. Coaching, as is currently quite

[h-cost] PING PLEASE?

It is now 12.30 am (just after midnight) Friday morning. There has been nothing come in since about 9.30 AM Friday. that's 15+ hours and seems like a long time. I know it's just before SOME 4th-of-July-long-weekend events, but it seems early for EVERYbody to have disappeared? see you soon,

Re: [h-cost] What is a Whip?

On Jun 28, 12, at 10:58 PM, Patricia Dunham wrote: from context on this page http://vasportsman.com/Coaching_in_Newport.pdf, I believe that in the modern sport of Coaching, whip may refer to the main driver, usually the owner or at least the organizer of a coaching group, the one who

Re: [h-cost] Dyed cloth from the Iron Age

the Urumchi/Taklamakan textiles are dated 1900 BC to 200 AD (Wiki article on Tarim Mummies); and that article notes that EJW Barber compared the textiles to those at the Halstatt salt mines, which are dated 8th to 6th centuries BC (European Early Iron Age) in the Wiki Halstatt article. (I had

Re: [h-cost] [12thCgarb] Sari Bliaut

well... I'm afraid I have no idea why it's not working for you. FWIW, I am using an iMac, OSX 10.6.8, Safari 5.1.7, Firefox 13.0.1 I have not seen anything about passwords at all. umm my husband (my techie) says if you're using a PC, the line-breaks in the urls may be confusing your browser?

Re: [h-cost] Looking for Cherry Dawson's Stays Instructions

you might try the Wayback Machine at http://web.archive.org/web/20080516072118/http://cherrydawson.com/StaysWorkshop/stays_notes.htm#Choosing Most of the instructions appear to be there, except for the Measuring, but if you search for cherrydawson.com and poke around some more dates besides

Re: [h-cost] Looking for Cherry Dawson's Stays Instructions

in touch with Ms Dawson, I would offer her webspace on our Ravensgard pages for this article or anything else she wanted to put back on the web. (we're in the process of creating a Steampunk/Victorian/Post-Renaissance page, at Ravensgard.org) Chimene On Aug 3, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Patricia Dunham

Re: [h-cost] Copper

Part of the problem, it could possibly be a version of several different types, so one name may not get you what you're looking for. This hat, yes?

Re: [h-cost] Sharing links, was: Puts the burden where it belongs!

??? I have had a puzzlement understanding the flurry about this. It never occured to me that those links might be a virus danger. Why not? 1. All three links had the same modesty glasses phrase IN THE LINK; the Huffpo link had a LOT more verbiage than that, which made the subject even more

[h-cost] OT OP greasy-strings hairdressing???

Watching news tonight, noticed, again, some woman on national TV, a national-level government consultant (!) -- her hair looks like a wet string mop. Like she's been dressing her hair with olive oil to make it look greasy stringy ON PURPOSE. Or MAYBE? this is supposed to look like it's still

Re: [h-cost] red for marriage dress

Nothing I've found on-line indicates any academic background at all for Ms Simeti. She has written 4 books, mostly based on her life in Sicily with her Italian husband, including 2 cookbooks. chimene On Nov 13, 2012, at 11:29 AM, snsp...@aol.com wrote: The statement comes from Mary Taylor

Re: [h-cost] Is anyone there?

well, h-cost. I got v.8 of the Kalamazoo papers for my birthday back on Dec 4. I got (for Himself) a couple more steampunk patterns for my Mad Scientist wanna'be, 8-). Myself, I mostly got children's illustrator books, and a few cookery bookeries, but quite satisfied overall. well, Himself is

Re: [h-cost] 14th c. German interpretation assistance

Braun et Schneider is really Victorian, the plates you mention are available on-line at http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME4_INDEX.HTML Personally, I see a short length of decorated, CENTERED opening at the top neck. I do not get any impression of off-centered-ness from this gold-colored

Re: [h-cost] Hairdresser recreates ancient hairstyles

wow, thx! that's a great article. nice to see the reporter take it seriously. (now I want to go look up the Roman fort article, too! 8-)) reminds me of the Caryatid Hair Project, Fairfield College http://www.fairfield.edu/cas/ah_caryatid.html chimene On Feb 7, 2013, at 10:33 AM, Lavolta

Re: [h-cost] Welcome to

hello there, have you been hacked? if this is a real url, please let us know what the subject matter is. kthxbye On Feb 11, 2013, at 11:58 PM, dotson...@yahoo.com wrote: http://kseroserwis.pl/17/17friends.php?onuxa=b3%ro%t2%70%h8%m6%x8%i3%c1%a8%h1%68okigevup=6538016

Re: [h-cost] Welcome to

woops! sorry, meant that to go just to dotsontwo !! chimene On Feb 13, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Patricia Dunham wrote: hello there, have you been hacked? if this is a real url, please let us know what the subject matter is. kthxbye On Feb 11, 2013, at 11:58 PM, dotson...@yahoo.com wrote

[h-cost] ventilation of fabric storage

We recently found that SOME of the fabric in our wooden fabric cupboards had become sort of damp-musty smelling. So far it has all washed out. However, we are now in the middle of re-habing the cupboards. Gonna' get them up on legs for better ventilation under (crawl space is not insulated);

Re: [h-cost] University of NH exhibit

Just looked at your photos, could you please confirm that the exhibit and book deal exclusively with women's garments? (My husband is interested in men's Victorian fashion, as a foundation for his Steampunk interests, for himself.) thanks much, chimene On Mar 14, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Astrida

[h-cost] stains on stored linen?

We're in the process of sorting, washing-musty-out, and re-packing the fabric stash and have discovered about 5 pieces of mostly-white, mostly-linen that has a FEW, random pink and/or blue-y/black-y spots. We've only really noticed this tonite. Doesn't seem to be occuring on the white cottons

Re: [h-cost] stains on stored linen?

since I'm also washing a separate load of dark red theater curtain velvet, that does sort of make me wonder if there were miniscule tufts of velvet left in the machine when I washed the linen stuff originally (out-sizing first wash) -- bleedy red velvet tufts? the bra was left for quite a

[h-cost] OT hairdressing, Dineh

This is very OT for 12thC, but I've always wondered how it was done... Navajo women's traditional double-bun hair-dress. I think I'm going to ponder for a while if a similar technique might be of assistance in achieving the Viking women's ritual knot hair-dress, which, admittedly, is also OP

Re: [h-cost] OT hairdressing, Dineh

) hair dress that kinda looks oriental too. Lemme see if I can find pics. Sg On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote: On Jul 24, 2013, at 1:35 AM, Patricia Dunham wrote: This is very OT for 12thC, but I've always wondered how it was done... Navajo

[h-cost] names for velvets...

my steam-punker has been attracted recently by victorian velvet outfits from the OMG that dress site, so he's been looking on-line at velvets. we have hit a term we can't find a real definition for. does anyone know what is meant by doux cotton velvet. doux literally means sweet. some of the

[h-cost] about bath towels...

Thanks all for the responses about those velvet terms; much appreciated. NOW... we need to replace some bath towels. BUT! where do YOU buy decent bath towels these days? JCPenney used to be our go-to for almost all bed bath linens, but not so much these days. They appear to be suffering the

[h-cost] Loot-n-Booty Report, 2013

Nobody has started this thread yet? Amazing, 8-) Well... Medieval Clothing and Textiles #9, thanks to a coupon that brought the price down to what the DH could stand! Dress Accessories, 1150-1450 (finally) Wearing the Cloak, Dressing the Soldier in Roman Times (this goes with

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