Sandy & Pierre, Thank you for the advice! You guys are always educating me about how the world wears costumes. I am floored by the Mummers costumes. I had never heard of Mummers until you mentioned this museum. WOW!!!!!!!!!!! I have been looking at videos online at You Tube and http://www.myphl17.com/community/mummers/video/ . I will call the Mummers Museum and see if I can do a photo shoot. Do they have a lot of costumes on display?
I generally do not travel to cold weather places this time of year. But my husband has a business trip and I am tagging along. I am really struggling through the winter and trying to wait to go to Mardi Gras in March. I hate that MG is this late...my winter escapes are always in Feb. Either I go somewhere or I will have my entire house and yard decorated for Valentine's Day followed by Mardi Gras. A friend sent me his photo link of his New Orleans Mardi Gras Marching Club. I am hoping to be in N.O. early to see all the parades...including his marching club. Here are his photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/witty_name/sets/72157623337623319/ Kate, Thank you for your suggestion. Is it your daughter who used to work at the Fine Arts Museum? I think that I can catch the Fine Arts Museum in May when we drive to New Jersey for Costume-Con. Both exhibits will be open. It also gives me time to work out a photo shoot with the curator. I pray that we make it out of Richmond, Virginia Wednesday. We are supposed to receive a big snowstorm Tues-Wed. We are driving to Philly. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierre & Sandy Pettinger Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 12:20 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Philly places to visit The Mummers Museum! It's been 10 years since we've been there, but we liked it. Not too far away from the fabric district on 4th St. (we walked it, though it wasn't the best neighborhood). http://www.mummersmuseum.com/home.html Sandy At 12:28 PM 1/21/2011, you wrote: > Check out the Philadelphia Art Museum. The Perlman building houses > their costume/fashion section. They also have some Asian stuff and > textile/fibre arts. Depends on your interest. They have some Elsa > Schiaparelli and might be open to showing you stuff not on display if > you contact them. "The Peacock Male: Exuberance and Extremes in > Masculine Dress" opens tomorrow. And plan to come back for the " > Roberto Capucci: Art into Fashion" exhibit that opens in March. > >http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/733.html > >Philly also has a Textile museum and a small fabric district on 4th >near South Street. > >Kate Pinner > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >[email protected] >Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 5:10 AM >To: h-costume >Subject: [h-cost] Philly places to visit > >I am going to be in Philly Thursday and Friday next week. Are there >any museum exhibits that are fashion/costumes related that I should see? > >Penny Ladnier, owner International Costumers' Guild Archivist http://www.costume.org/gallery2/main.php "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 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
