Sylrog, I have only come to h-costume since about when It began in the
'90s. My only connection before that was the items accumulating in my
private collection which were all the contact with the realities of the past
re color, fabrics, and fit. I was working very hard to translate this real
info when designing for the stage. One rather amusing attempt at doing
h-costume was a period production in which I was determined to use all the
closures available for a medieval setting. Boy, did I learn some new
concepts re theater at the dress rehearsal. Most of the characters had one
or more costume changes intra acts. So much for ties and lacing!!
Another interesting experiment was several years later when we were doing
"La Ronde". All the women of the circle had to appear in (at least) undies
and such as are previewed in the present pattern under discussion. My
creativity was in designing the intimate apparel that would also project the
station in life as well as the modesty required for a local conservative
audience. This pattern would have delighted me then as it does now for the
other real world of contempory middle America theater.
Kathleen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sylvia Rognstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] new Butterick pattern 5061
On May 2, 2007, at 6:11 PM, Carmen Beaudry wrote:
On May 2, 2007, at 5:54 PM, LLOYD MITCHELL wrote:
This reminds me of.......
One thing I am sure of is that the armseye of the upper garments will
not be as high as the originals nor the bottoms as capacious . These
would grace any stage quite nicely.
That sounds like a veiled insult to theatrical costume designers.
Sylrog
I sure didn't take it as such.
Melusine (who started out in theater and still does theater costume part
time)
You didn't? Am I just being overly sensitive? I often feel like
historical re-enactors and reproducers of accurate historical costumes
look down their noses to a certain extent at theatrical costume designers
because the latter don't usually attempt complete authenticity.
Sylrog
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