Whenever you make something you are transforming the materials into
something else.
As for what eras should be remodeled, durability is a key issue. This is
affected not only by the age of the materials but the fiber, how
thin/thick they are, how they were stored (for example with moth
repellant or not, in the dark or not), how they were prepared for sale
(for example soaked in chlorine bleach or not), and other factors. I
have no idea how purist anyone wants to get about the age (and it's easy
to dictate an age if you never do it anyway), but many of the things
people are going to get really agitated about cutting up or wearing
aren't durable enough to be worth the effort. And/or they are too
expensive on today's market.
Somethings you can't easily buy or even get the look of today, such as
handmade lace. And handmade linen bobbin lace is often quite durable.
Fran
Lavolta Press
Books on historic clothing
www.lavoltapress.com
On 3/30/2013 10:41 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Costumers ARE consumers! Somebody or something is going to be wearing the
product, right? Even if it is made for display on a mannequin, that is
consumption.
And re-making something isn't destroying it.
But I don't collect vintage or antiques clothing or textiles, either. I just
admire others'. I'm strictly making period style things from modern materials.
I have been known to buy 1950s and 1960s era things from thrift stores, though,
and altering them to fit to wear for costume.
So, how far do we go? 1950s? 1040s? 1920s? ????
Ann Wass
-----Original Message-----
From: Marjorie Wilser <[email protected]>
To: Historical Costume <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat, Mar 30, 2013 11:19 am
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Easy way to get a hand sewn T-Tunic (Lavolta Press)
And here I thought this list was for *costumers* and not consumers and
destroyers.
== Marjorie Wilser
On Mar 30, 2013, at 7:40 AM, Lavolta Press wrote:
But apparently you don't even collect antique textiles yourself. You
are certainly welcome to do so, but are in no position to dictate to
others regarding it.
Rather than taking that dress in or out, why not check out the
seam lines and see if you can recreate a pattern from it?
Because I don't want to.
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