There is a lady in Houston that can definitely help you with this. However she is not on this mailing list. If you are interested please send me an email and I will get the two of you together on this.
She is Japanese. Chiara On 8/12/07, Andrew Trembley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At the beginning of September, PEERS (our local vintage dance society) > is doing "The Mikado Ball: A Topsy-Turvy Event" and (since we have other > events that need it too) I'm doing some Japanese costume for it. > > I'm looking for some good resources on Japanese clothes to help me along > the way. > > Here's what I've already got: > Folkwear 151: Japanese Hakama and Kataginu > John Marshall's _Make Your Own Japanese Clothes_ > Jenni Dobson's _Making Kimono and Japanese Clothes_ > Norio Yamanaka's _The Book of Kimono_ > _A Step to Kimono and Kumihimo_ (no author credited, Kyoto Kimono Gakuin) > Alan Kennedy's _Japanese Costume: History and Tradition_ > (and a few other things) > > I've also got a few websites bookmarked at > <http://del.icio.us/bovil/costume> > > So at this point I'm likely doing Edo period costume; the patterns and > books I have are sufficient for that. Does anybody have better resources > on earlier Japanese costume, say Heian and Kamakura styles? > > andy > > _______________________________________________ > 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
