Kimiko, As wonderful as Farthingales' Hoop Connectors were, they are no longer available (I'm referring to the Connectors, NOT the Hoop Steel Ends).
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news... Margaret Roe Dance resources at www.mroeproductions.com Clothing resources at www.margaretroedesigns.com Check out the new article, "Foreign Influences on Women's Elizabethan Fashions"! > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:40:37 -0700 > From: Kimiko Small <[email protected]> > To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> > Subject: [h-cost] Hoop storage (was (no subject)) > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I don't have but a French farthingale I store right now, > and that is flat enough I hang it on a hanger in the closet > by its ties. It's support roll I keep in the box I store the > whole garment in. > > At one of the classes I took from Linda Sparks of > Farthingales some years ago at Costume College, she showed > us how to prepare a farthingale or large crinoline so that > the steel boning could be rolled up & stored in a large > zip-lock baggie. That's how she took her hoops on the plane. > Basically, you shorten the channel tapes by a few inches > where the steels are inserted into the channels, so they > could be easily put in and pulled out. It didn't affect the > way the steels stay in the channel. It does help to use the > connectors that Farthingales sells, of course. It will > require a few minutes of prep before wearing or storing the > garment, but worth that extra time I think. I'm not sure how > to work this with reeds used for boning. > > This is what I plan to do when I make my next farthingale, > as my storage space is limited. > > Kimiko > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
