Thank you for this list Fran. I will add it to mine. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lavolta Press" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kitty Felton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] the 20th century-influences
> I don't know what you think is interesting . . . > > A couple good eBay sellers of "gypsy" skirts are aonneo (the Thai > seller; very cheap and great service) and funtique-23 (in California). > Tons of other people sell them there though. China-usa (actually also > in California) sells lovely Victorianish hand-crocheted things, very > high quality, at good prices. Don't overbid, they are a manufacturer > and have more of almost everything in stock. For embroidered kebayas, > you can search "kebaya" on eBay and sometimes find a couple, but I got > mine from www.kebayas.com, who is not on ebay and says she has no plans > to sell there. She will custom size her ready-to-wear to some extent > (they're not quite RTW, I think she may pre-embroider them but she sews > them after you order), and she will send fabric swatches. Which you will > need because her web pictures have little to do with her fabric colors. > http://www.charitysalesonline.org is a company in Nepal that sells > hand-loomed (knitting machine, I think) cashmere ponchos. They knit > them in white and will dye them any color you want. You can get several > at a lower price and get one color of each. Meaning you can go in with > some friends, or have a bunch of ponchos if you want. They will send > you color swatches too, but they charge for them. Peruvian alpaca ones > are cheaper and there are lots on eBay, you can just do a search. You > can buy embroidered Indian kurtas and other Indian clothes all over the > place, including lots on eBay, but the quality varies from great to > awful. http://www.shalincraft.com, who sells on Amazon apparel but not > eBay as far as I know, has good quality in my experience. A good online > seller of "wearable art" is www.artfulwears.com. Some of their stuff is > RTW but a lot of it appears to be handmade, limited-edition items. > > For vintage and antique clothes on eBay, your best bet is to get into > (for example) clothing/vintage/women/1920s, or whatever subcategory > interests you, and browse. Unless you're looking for something really > specific. Then you can get into the category and search on (for example) > "black velvet jacket." > > Hope this helps. > > Fran > Lavolta Press > http://www.lavoltapress.com > > > > > > > Hi fran, could you tell me what you search for on ebay to find > > interesting stuff? thanks, Kitty > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
