Frankly, I thinking working with fabrics in authentic widths would be a blast. But then, I'm here more for the historical/reenactment end of things. And if I ever win the lottery (not that I play, mind you, but....), then porsches be darned, I'm getting some of those exquisite silk velvets that cost, what was it, 1500? 1600? euro/meter? --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Abel, Cynthia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:45 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost]Theater vs Historic (was:new Butterick pattern > > What most of us couldn't afford to today is the amount of money people > in the past had to spend on a single outfit. One noble person's single > ensemble,during the reign of Elizabeth I, for court wear, could cost as > much as a Porshe or more today. And would we want to have to work with > lengths of expensive fabrics as narrow as 21" wide? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
