In a message dated 4/16/06 7:01:53 PM GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> And, though the men's things look > pretty good, there is something unconvincing about all the clothes. They > look > costume-y to me. I can't quite put my finger on why. Maybe it's because > everything looks like it's hot off the sewing machine. Maybe it's what to me > looks > like skimpy yardages... Although I agree that an awful lot of people who buy the book may not have need of the patterns (I myself don't), but I do know of quite a lot of people who have used the patterns to date, who don't have the ability to cut patterns from scratch using only paintings, etc (not everybody has that kind of 'spatial' (for want of a better word) awareness - for them it has been helpful. As to the above statement - this is harsh to say the least - not to mention fairly unfounded. Ninya Mikhaila is one of the best historical costumers in the UK, if not the world (and no, she's not a friend - I have never met her). And having seen several of the costumes 'in the flesh' I can attest that the fabric has not been skimped on (at least not in the outfits I've seen). They may be machine made (I didn't look closely enough to pull the seams apart), but I believe they are, like all of Ninya's clothing, hand finished (if this is incorrect, no doubt someone will put me right). Debbie. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
