YES!!! " Sometimes experiments are necessary to understand the process"--this kind of sums it up for me--I am all about the process. The fact that I compete my costumes at SF cons and my county fair and Costume Con--those are secondary to the actual PROCESS.
Yours i n costumign,Lisa A > One experience of mine that might be closer to Michael's intended > discussion: I was learning about mid-18thC French women's clothing, > particularly the "corset" which is more like English jumps: a shaping > upper-body garment not as firm as stays. The information was that > paper was used as an inner layer, but the instructor recommended > heavy weight Pellon. I decided to try paper, using a card-weight > parchment. It held the shape ok, but crinkled a bit. I don't know if > there are extant corsets where you can see the type of paper used. > > Sometimes experiments are necessary to understand the process. > > -Carol _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
