> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:37:22 -0700 > From: Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com> > To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Subject: [h-cost] Where is everyone hanging out these days? > Message-ID: <4e3d97f2.6060...@lavoltapress.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > For well over a year, I've been noticing a relative scarcity of posts on > pretty much every costume-related mailing list and bulletin board of > which I am a member (several dozen). Many of these groups, including > h-costume, were formerly very active. The general, noncostume sewing > groups are an exception--they seem to be as active as ever. > > I don't really consider Facebook a substitute because their message > limits and format don't cater to either long messages or complicated > interchanges.
Facebook and the like are other communication tools and I do use them, but they are just that - tools, and no one is a replacement for the others. (Tangential - do feel free to look for me on Facebook and Google+ - as far as I know there are no costume communities on G+ yet but I'd love to be proven wrong!). > > Is costuming going out of style, as it were? Is reenactment less > popular? Are people traveling less to events because of the recession, > therefore making fewer outfits for attending events, therefore not > discussing those projects? Is everyone hanging out on new lists I've > never heard of? Where ARE all the costumers hanging out, if not on > h-costume? I don't think costuming is going out of style - far from it. Younger people tend not to do historic costuming, but there does seem to be a huge interest in sci-fi/anime character costuming (cosplay) and events/mailing lists/other internet to match. Could be we're just not seeing them here. For my own self, I still read H-costume regularly but haven't posted lately because I am not costuming as much as I used to. My other hobby is competitive fencing and it eats a lot of my time both for making things and going to events. I AM going to try and make Dress U in Philly next June provided it doesn't conflict with major competitions. There's also the factor that when I do sew I'm usually trying to complete an outfit (several pieces) instead of experimenting, so I suspect that part of the reason I've gone silent is sticking to tried and true = fewer questions (which also means I'm not challenging myself enough, but that's another post :P) > > Fran > Lavolta Press > Books on making historic clothing > www.lavoltapress.com > www.facebook.com/LavoltaPress Allison T. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
