I just looked up his webpage... http://www.tomtierney.com/index.htm He's in his 80's by now, majority of his career he was a fashion artist for various large east coast department stores (in the 50s-70s). The paper doll books were a late development.
There's nothing in his bio that indicates any experience with academia, archaeology, costume history, history or even theatrical costume design. A quick scan of the covers of his works (which are voluminous!) -- very colorful, highly decorated, make Iris Brooke look like a paragon of research! He gets some of the silhouettes and main lines right, but the colors and patterns he fills in with are dizzying. chimene On Aug 19, 2010, at 11:45 AM, Alexandria Doyle wrote: > I think the same for the Elizabethan, Italian Renn and the medieval > periods that I've seen. I have a couple just because, but I wouldn't > even use them for the "let's get you in the general area and then look > for better examples" type of search. They seem rather outlandish in > most cases... > > alex > who would only use these for halloween costumes when historical > accuracy is no where in the picture > So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… > > > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:33 PM, <aqua...@patriot.net> wrote: >> >> Maybe the Victorian is ok, but the 18thC is bad. Take Tom Tierney with a >> huge bag of salt — if you think he did actual research for the period in >> question, track down the sources. The more you rely on someone else's >> creative efforts, the farther you get from the facts. >> >> >>> I'm not SCA, don't know anything about Irish Celts in the 6C except >>> that they were there. >>> >>> Having said that, Tom Tierney's colors should be in a little girls >>> bedroom, all pastels, even when pastels are not the appropriate color. >>> From my research, his designs come from other research books or >>> original information (i.e., Godey's Ladies Magazine for Victorian >>> dresses) and aren't too bad. I just can't abide his color schemes. >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> OK my SCAdian family...I have a book by Tom Tierney on Celtic Fashions. >>>> What I would like to know is how reputable is this source? What I am >>>> looking for is Irish Celt in the 6th Century. I really like the style >>>> on the cover but the illustration states "Frankish Celts, ca 450 B.C." >>>> PeaceDub Essa/Cliodhna _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
