She just called me with more info. Sometimes there was a clip that attached onto the cord. The clip was actually the mouth of the critter, so it wouldn't look like a clip, but if you squeezed the mouth (like an alligator clip works) it would open.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ruth Anne Baumgartner Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 2:31 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] My Latest Finds: Fur and hats My theater's costume collection also has a stole, or scarf, or shoulder drape (we're not sure how it was meant to be worn) with two minks sewn side-by-side and a single mink below. There are no clips, but the single mink has a cord with crocheted ball hanging from the underside. --Ruth Anne Baumgartner scholar gypsy and amateur costumer On Oct 23, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Robin Betzhold wrote: > I have some minks from my boyfriends grandmother and they are a > combination. > Two are sewn side to side and two have the clips. I know they were all > worn together but I haven't figure out how yet. But the definitely are > sewn side by side. > Robin > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:39 PM, landofoz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> There are not clips on my little critter. I checked it again and >> there >>> doesn't appear that clips were removed. Have you seen the critters >>> lined up side by side and worn over the shoulder? >>> >> >> >> I'm pretty sure they wore them end to end, not side by side. I've >> seen them in older movies, both mink and foxes, sometimes a few worn >> around like a large collar, sometimes many worn draped across the >> front and back and hanging down both like a large taxidermy scarf. >> >> Denise >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
