Hi Bambi, I own that book and it's wonderful! i think it's out of print but am not certain. I'm still at work, so I can't give you the correct name but will try to remember to do so when I go home. I found it in a second-hand bookstore a few years ago for $4US. It's not the kind of costuming I do and was going to put it back but realized who had modeled some of the costumes and had to have the book for the fun of it.
Other than the Queen Elizabeth costume, my two favorites were the elf ona a mushroom (a child who's torso was used, stuffed legs set onto a mushroom shape and the child's legs and feet were the stem of the mushroom) and the jelly fish, which depended on a whole lot of bubble wrap cut in long, flowing streams. Really fun stuff, and possible for almost anyone to make. And yes, she and her costuming partner used all sorts of unexpected things to make these costumes. These are more for a fancy dress party than for trick or treating. LynnD On 11/16/07, Bambi TBNL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > HAs ANybody got a copy of or know how to get a copy of the Jane Asher..( > remember the ORIGINAL Paul McCartney gal back in the 60's?) book for fancy > dress or costuming or somthing.. ,I had a copy onece but in all the oves and > after an unfortunate 5 year marriage with a book fobic neanderthal...many of > my books were destroyed, but this string reminds me of that book. what I > remember > 1. JAnes own daughter or granddaughter dressed in a little girls Queen > Elizabth I jeweled costume made out of thirft shop antique draperies, a > humongous paper doily ruff , and jewles out of individually wrapped hard > candies like Charmes nestled in gilded hot glue settings with gilded hot > glue "couching" drawing hatching patterns between each one...really pretty > COOL!!! > a grown man ( JAmes Coburn) actually modeling a "jailbird" costume of > horizontally srtiped shirt with a convits number written on a card across > his chset and the piece de ressistance... huge bird feet . > Haly MIlls dress I believe in a huge brightly colored tube with milar hair > decorations...( she was a firecraker) > I do not remember the title of the book but it was TOTALLY UNFOGETABLE > and reminded me even then to keep my sence of humore about all > costuming..even the most serious period stuff.. > THe LAte GREAT Jante Arnolde ,herself told stories of costuming for the > BBC's 6 Wives of HEnry the Eight , which sort of launched her popularity > among the unenitiated back then..and yet...she admited that with no budget > to speak of,and no time to do it in...she and her "little shop" resorted to > thift shop curtains, sometimes tunred insied out and spray painted with > cake doilies for templated to make large brocade like patterns and stiffent > the fabrics... chuckle. She also said if she had has a clue they were going > to be asked for to used in other series...that SHE was to costume much > later...she might have paid a bit more attention to whater or not the paints > and the goddess know WHAT fabrics were compatible or would eat each other up > in storage..chuckkle > Bambi > > Pierre & Sandy Pettinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Me too - we do > mostly Fantasy / Science Fiction costumes, and we have > several racks of them in the attic, etc. However, probably 98% of > them require knowledge of the source, or at least an appreciation of > SF, to "get" what they are. So what do I wear to work for > Halloween? A 20-year old pirate coat, with suitable shirt and > breeches. People at least "get" pirates..... > > There were only about 20 who dressed up, most were "closet > scrounging" costumes. My fave though was a co-worker, who's a bit of > a Goth anyway, who did a pretty good version of Abby from N.C.I.S. > (the TV show). > > Sandy > > At 08:09 PM 10/31/2007, you wrote: > > >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:15:10 -0400 > >From: "Audrey Bergeron-Morin" > >Subject: [h-cost] Halloween and the perception of costume > > > >I know I'm not the only one... > > > >I wanted to go to work all dressed up. I looked at my medieval > >clothing and I just couldn't bring myself to wear this to work. For > >one thing, it would be like cheating. And it wouldn't really be > >something unusual to wear, from my perspective, even if people at work > >have never seen me wearing it. And it would be kind of boring. And, > >also, well... they're not really costumes, are they? > > > >So, with a closet full of beautiful costumes, I had to go out of my > >way to scrounge together a fantasy gypsy outfit... and it's very nice > >too! > > "Those Who Fail To Learn History > Are Doomed to Repeat It; > Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly -- > Why They Are Simply Doomed. > > Achemdro'hm > "The Illusion of Historical Fact" > -- C.Y. 4971 > > Andromeda > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > Bambi (To be named ater) TBNL > > I am made for great things by GOD > and walk with Pride!!!! > Walladah bint al Mustakfi c 900ad > (please correct me if i have the date wrong!) > > --------------------------------- > Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. 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