Yeppers, I think we collectively should just start our own community website and start collecting said images. When we hit critical mass we begin to ask permission from the various museums for permission to publish a coffee table book of all those images with proceeds going to some charity. :D
♫ Chiara Francesca « Ehi Prof.! Che cosa facciamo stasera?» « Quello che facciamo tutte le sere, Mignolo: tentare di conquistare il mondo! » (hint: italian) > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Käthe Barrows > Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 2:37 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Another "view of the back" of a costume > > Thereal trick is to look at dozens of sources. Eventually you'll find > side and back views of some of it. Not common. > > > A long tme ago, someone on this list suggested that the book we need > someone > > to publish would be called "Hey Lady, Turn Around!" > > > > My problem is that so often a painting includes one gown from the > front and > > one from the back, but how do I know that this back is the back of > this > > front? :-) The perils of research... > > -- > Carolyn Kayta Barrows > -- > “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” - > William Gibson > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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
