In a message dated 11/11/2005 10:14:28 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
that's 112.5 ounces of leather, or slightly over 7 pounds of leather. And that's not counting the weight of the thread and other attachments. Lord....After making a real kilt out of wool, I'd never do a leather one that full. I mean, there's no tartan to match up so you can make the pleats as shallow as the look will allow. That's why I thought just a little more than full return. So if the hips are say 40" and you had like 20 1" pleats in the back with maybe 2" added to each return, that would be 20 X 3 + (20 x 2) = 100" or a little over 2 and 3/4 yards in the back [it does add up, doesn't it]. So the whole thing might be about a 4 yard or less kilt.....like a utility kilt. On "Last of the Mohicans" Daniel Day Lewis's shirt was cut just like any 18th century shirt out of a soft leather the weight of washed cotton. That might be a good weight to use....or a little heavier...just a little. We also made an 1740s coat out of elk hide for a trapper in the film. Boy was it beautiful! and heavy. But the weight made those back pleats swing gracefully. It was something I would have nicked at rap if I could've! _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
