Re: [h-cost] Your dream costume
- Original Message - From: Deredere Galbraith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:54 AM Subject: [h-cost] Your dream costume I was thinking of what my next costume would be and I came to an interesting question. What would be your dream costume? If you wouldn't be limited by money or your own expertise. you mean just one? um, well probably something Tudor but what I would really kill for is the knowledge of how a proper c.1530-40 woman's gown was really constructed, I like the Tudor Tailor but actually knowing for sure that this is the right way would be my ultimate dream. My forays into 19th century have shown me just how easy the research can be when you can prove something simply by pointing to one of thousands of extant garments or even buying one of your own off ebay or one of the other antique clothing websites, (if you have the money). There's no speculation or guessing or making assumptions you actually _know_ the way it was done. Elizabeth Elizabeth Walpole Canberra Australia ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] What I (horrifically) wore
Aargh! I'm 5'3 and I can't wear more than 3 heels without seriously killing my feet. Mind you I do have small feet. In 3 heels I am pretty much walking on my toes. As to past fashion mistakes I did wear leg warmers in the 80s. I had a constant running battle with my mother over them. I wanted to wear them around my ankles like the people in Fame. She wanted me to pull them up over my knees (ie to keep my legs warm). Now that is a disturbing look Claire Message: 13 Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:51:42 -0700 From: Carmen Beaudry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] What I (horrifically) wore To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=original 8 platform shoes, -C. Oh my word! How on earth did you walk in them? High heels are such a foreign concept to me. I've been singing my whole life, and singers should never wear a heel over an inch high (throws off your balance, which throws off your breathing). But then, being 5'9, I never had to be concerned about being 'tall' either. ;) Arlys I spent a great deal of my live in musical theater, singing and dancing in 3+ heels. You need to learn how to stand, walk and dance, but believe me, you can sing in them, you just need to know how. I also did ballroom and latin dance professionally, with a dance partner who was 6'8. (I'm 5'2). My dance shoes had 5 heels, because otherwise we looked ridiculous. Even now, after a catastrophic car accident, back injuries and arthritis, I can wear heels, just not for every day, or all day. Melusine ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] new book
I received my copy of this from BN yesterday: Scott, Margaret. Medieval Dress Fashion. London: British Library, 2007. 208 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. hardcover. ISBN: 9780712306751 0712306757 OCLC: 76851681 List Price: $55.00 (but available at a good discount) This is a survey of European dress and fashion (800-1600) through a study of manuscript illumination and contemporary records. Profusely illustrated. A pretty book. An interesting tidbit is the derivation of scarlet as shorn cloth (ie. a fulled and shorn woolen cloth) on pg 19. While no footnotes for statements such as these, there is a nice bibliography organized by chapters in the back of the book. Other books by Margaret Scott: Scott, Margaret. Medieval Clothing and Costumes: Displaying Wealth and Class in Medieval Times. The library of the Middle Ages. New York: Rosen Pub. Group, 2004. ISBN: 082393991X 9780823939916 OCLC: 50919960 Scott, Margaret. A Visual History of Costume: The Fourteenth Fifteenth Centuries. London: B.T. Batsford, 1986. ISBN: 0713448571 9780713448573 OCLC: 60029331 OCLC: 15806913 Scott, Margaret. Late Gothic Europe, 1400-1500. The history of dress series. London: Mills Boon, 1980. ISBN: 0263064298 9780263064292 0391021486 9780391021488 OCLC: 7696226 Beth ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] new book
On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: Scott, Margaret. Medieval Dress Fashion. ... An interesting tidbit is the derivation of scarlet as shorn cloth (ie. a fulled and shorn woolen cloth) on pg 19. John Munro summarized the thinking on this point in the article he wrote in this year's volume of MCT. He gives a pretty good argument that although this theory has been around for a century or so and is still widely accepted, the hard evidence from the period doesn't support it -- many woolens were fulled and sheared, not just scarlets, and there was nothing different or more expensive about the shearing process used for scarlets. He has offered his own theory, first published in his landmark article on The Medieval Scarlet in 1983 and reprinted elsewhere, that links the name to the kermes dyestuff, which is indeed the differentiating characteristic between these cloths and others (and accounts for a huge proportion of the price difference). Scott certainly would have had no trouble finding other sources that repeat the older theory, but it's a shame she didn't pursue the matter by reading the more current (and well-known) work by Munro. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Your dream costume
Phoenix dress ?? Silvara [Original Message] From: Jennifer Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 6/19/2007 3:44:27 AM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Your dream costume Without the limitation of time or money, it would be either Queen Elizabeth's dress in the Pelican Portrait or the Phoenix dress with all the proper detail. Just can't imagine... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deredere Galbraith Sent: June 18, 2007 10:55 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] Your dream costume I was thinking of what my next costume would be and I came to an interesting question. What would be your dream costume? If you wouldn't be limited by money or your own expertise. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] volunteering
At 08:54 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote: I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some of the other ladies and they're nice. Wish me luck. I don't know if they're going to interview me tomorrow or have me come back later, but I'm nervous I'll say something stupid and they won't want me. I got turned away from another volunteer job at a site once because I didn't have any experience 'interpreting'. I'm hoping this one goes better. They seem a lot more low-key. Those of you who do volunteer work at sites, how did you get the 'job'? Dawn Out here in Sacramento, I am a long-time docent at Sutter's Fort. We have training classes for new docents, so you are not expected to know a great deal about the Fort when you begin. The interview to be accepted as a docent trainee is to make certain that you know what function of a docent is (you need to like interacting with visitors) and to make certain you do not have unrealistic ideas of what you can do. Most places are in need of volunteers, so I am surprised that any place turns down people without giving them a chance to learn how to interpret to the public. Interpretation is something than one learns, primarily by doing (being a chatterbox is not a handicap ;-) ). Joan Jurancich [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] new book
And that was why it was an interesting tidbit... since no mention was made of other theories. This was surprising with a person of these credentials. It is a survey work, but it makes one wonder what other things she glosses over. I am not very far into it as yet... Beth Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:57:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: Scott, Margaret. Medieval Dress Fashion. ... An interesting tidbit is the derivation of scarlet as shorn cloth (ie. a fulled and shorn woolen cloth) on pg 19. John Munro summarized the thinking on this point in the article he wrote in this year's volume of MCT. He gives a pretty good argument that although this theory has been around for a century or so and is still widely accepted, the hard evidence from the period doesn't support it -- many woolens were fulled and sheared, not just scarlets, and there was nothing different or more expensive about the shearing process used for scarlets. He has offered his own theory, first published in his landmark article on The Medieval Scarlet in 1983 and reprinted elsewhere, that links the name to the kermes dyestuff, which is indeed the differentiating characteristic between these cloths and others (and accounts for a huge proportion of the price difference). Scott certainly would have had no trouble finding other sources that repeat the older theory, but it's a shame she didn't pursue the matter by reading the more current (and well-known) work by Munro. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabeth of Valois [was Your dream costume]]
Here's what I think Chiara was trying to share, although that is the face in the painting, not a Photoshop. http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/1032412662015260226xztqVY?vhost=entertainment or http://tinyurl.com/2oq7fw MaggiRos --- Kimiko Small [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you. I thought it looked funny, but a google dredge didn't show up any other versions of the full gown. Thankfully I have it in print to scan and detail later. And the image you showed seems to be a thumbnail, not a full image. Kimiko --- Chiara Francesca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh ... someone doctored this image pretty good there with her own face instead of the real one. Here is a better shot and a more accurate representation of the painting. http://thumb18.webshots.net/t/57/757/2/58/50/2365258500094285158cCopNf_th.jpg :) Chiara On Tue, June 19, 2007 5:18 pm, MaggiRos wrote: Dopes anyone know for sure, is the main fabric of this dress embroidered, or voided velvet or satin, or brocade, or what? Not the embroidered gardes, but the ground fabric. I LOVE that dress. It's just about the most truly royal gown I can think of. MaggiRos ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Reading: [lunchtime at work] The Pirate Wars, Peter Earle [bedside] The Dresden Files, (all of them), Jim Butcher [about to finish] Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers [CD in the car] The silver Chair, C.S. Lewis Just finished: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick ~Fog is just a cloud that lacks the will to fly. Bill Bryson, A Short History of Practically Everything ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabeth of Valois [was Your dream costume]]
Ah1 I guess there's more than one posted on Webshots. :) MaggiRos --- Chiara Francesca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry .. http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/557253511xAShgE?start=12 Try that link and scroll down to her picture then click on it for the larger images. :) Chiara Reading: [lunchtime at work] The Pirate Wars, Peter Earle [bedside] The Dresden Files, (all of them), Jim Butcher [about to finish] Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers [CD in the car] The silver Chair, C.S. Lewis Just finished: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick ~Fog is just a cloud that lacks the will to fly. Bill Bryson, A Short History of Practically Everything ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] re: volunteering
I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some of the other ladies and they're nice. snip Those of you who do volunteer work at sites, how did you get the 'job'? Hey, Dawn I just started showing up. Every month. (That's when the site did living history: just once a month.) Pretty soon I was on the events planning committee, the next year head of another committee, another year later I was on the board, then president. Unless it's Sturbridge or Billburg (er, Williamsburg) most sites dont say no, thank-you. That said, we had our own problems, like the park ranger we had for a few years who was an ex-LA cop. She wanted to issue citations (like traffic citations, not like merit badges) to volunteers who, in the ranger's opinion, didnt measure up, usually in some trivial way. I remember the fashion violation she tried to issue... --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabeth of Valois [was Your dream costume]]
Wow, that really does look like goldwork, in the closeup of the skirt recently posted. Having done a wee bit of that myself, the mind boggles at the amount of time it would take to do that much of it! Though it would take even longer to embroider it in silks. Even though I'm not particularly interested in this time period/style, I did have to fight off a strong temptation to make this dress a year or two ago, because there was a large hunk of fabric for sale on eBay that was almost exactly like what's seen here--except it was pale apple green/salmon instead of gold/salmon. That was the only thing that stopped me from at least buying it and hoarding it until my taste in time periods changed yet again. Still kind of wish I had... the thing was up for sale for months and months. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] volunteering
What does interpreting mean? On Jun 20, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Joan Jurancich wrote: At 08:54 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote: I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some of the other ladies and they're nice. Wish me luck. I don't know if they're going to interview me tomorrow or have me come back later, but I'm nervous I'll say something stupid and they won't want me. I got turned away from another volunteer job at a site once because I didn't have any experience 'interpreting'. I'm hoping this one goes better. They seem a lot more low-key. Those of you who do volunteer work at sites, how did you get the 'job'? Dawn Out here in Sacramento, I am a long-time docent at Sutter's Fort. We have training classes for new docents, so you are not expected to know a great deal about the Fort when you begin. The interview to be accepted as a docent trainee is to make certain that you know what function of a docent is (you need to like interacting with visitors) and to make certain you do not have unrealistic ideas of what you can do. Most places are in need of volunteers, so I am surprised that any place turns down people without giving them a chance to learn how to interpret to the public. Interpretation is something than one learns, primarily by doing (being a chatterbox is not a handicap ;-) ). Joan Jurancich [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: Elizabeth of Valois [was Your dream costume]]
Ah1 I guess there's more than one posted on Webshots. :) MaggiRos --- Chiara Francesca [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry .. http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/557253511xAShgE?start=12 Try that link and scroll down to her picture then click on it for the larger images. :) Chiara Reading: [lunchtime at work] The Pirate Wars, Peter Earle [bedside] The Dresden Files, (all of them), Jim Butcher [about to finish] Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers [CD in the car] The silver Chair, C.S. Lewis Just finished: The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Brian Selznick ~Fog is just a cloud that lacks the will to fly. Bill Bryson, A Short History of Practically Everything ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Your dream costume
Ah - yes - wildly extravagant dress you can see here: http://www.elizabethancostume.net/gallery/images/qe-phoenix.jpg Fit for a Queen as they say. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Silvara Sent: June 20, 2007 4:42 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: RE: [h-cost] Your dream costume Phoenix dress ?? Silvara [Original Message] From: Jennifer Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 6/19/2007 3:44:27 AM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Your dream costume Without the limitation of time or money, it would be either Queen Elizabeth's dress in the Pelican Portrait or the Phoenix dress with all the proper detail. Just can't imagine... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Your dream costume
okay, thank you Silvara [Original Message] From: Jennifer Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 6/20/2007 6:43:03 PM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Your dream costume Ah - yes - wildly extravagant dress you can see here: http://www.elizabethancostume.net/gallery/images/qe-phoenix.jpg Fit for a Queen as they say. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Silvara Sent: June 20, 2007 4:42 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: RE: [h-cost] Your dream costume Phoenix dress ?? Silvara [Original Message] From: Jennifer Byrne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 6/19/2007 3:44:27 AM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Your dream costume Without the limitation of time or money, it would be either Queen Elizabeth's dress in the Pelican Portrait or the Phoenix dress with all the proper detail. Just can't imagine... ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] volunteering
Interpreting means, roughly, making the physical aspects of the historic site meaningful to visitors. For example, at Sutter's Fort we have a reproduction of a farm wagon that was used in the 1840s to move to California from Missouri. I like to tell people that it is the 1840's moving van. That leads into discussions about what was carried, how many yoke of oxen were needed, how much it cost to provision yourself for the journey, how long it took, etc. That discussion is an interpretation of the wagon. You can do a similar type of thing with a building, with clothing, with cooking equipment, etc. And it can be done in third person, when you say that they did this; or in first person, when you speak as the person doing a task, or owning a piece of equipment, e.g. It takes more practice to do it in first person (and a lot of studying of all aspects of the period you are interpreting), but that is something I enjoy doing. Joan Jurancich At 08:36 AM 6/20/2007, you wrote: What does interpreting mean? On Jun 20, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Joan Jurancich wrote: At 08:54 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote: I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some of the other ladies and they're nice. Wish me luck. I don't know if they're going to interview me tomorrow or have me come back later, but I'm nervous I'll say something stupid and they won't want me. I got turned away from another volunteer job at a site once because I didn't have any experience 'interpreting'. I'm hoping this one goes better. They seem a lot more low-key. Those of you who do volunteer work at sites, how did you get the 'job'? Dawn Out here in Sacramento, I am a long-time docent at Sutter's Fort. We have training classes for new docents, so you are not expected to know a great deal about the Fort when you begin. The interview to be accepted as a docent trainee is to make certain that you know what function of a docent is (you need to like interacting with visitors) and to make certain you do not have unrealistic ideas of what you can do. Most places are in need of volunteers, so I am surprised that any place turns down people without giving them a chance to learn how to interpret to the public. Interpretation is something than one learns, primarily by doing (being a chatterbox is not a handicap ;-) ). Joan Jurancich [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] How clothing style can effect law (RE to OT Baggy)
I'm reminded of coming across a 1940's newspaper clipping that shorts were being banned in some small Ontario town (which shall remain nameless in its shame) in the archives of Fort Malden, Parks Canada, when I was the resource centre specialist there. Laugh, I thought I'd die. That edict didn't have much effect, did it? I'm tired of the baggy pants look too, but recently I met an contemporary (50's) who was wearing alarmingly tight, pencil-leg jeans and had dyed his hair in a ponytail. Not a good look either. Sheridan Alder - Original Message From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:00:32 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] How clothing style can effect law (RE to OT Baggy) In a message dated 6/19/2007 4:05:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Delcambre is a small town and several town citizens complained about this style of dress Now you know the rest of the story. So if several citizens [I wonder how many] complained, say about churches in town because they were atheists, I'm sure the town council would create a law banning churches, right? The rest of the story sounds just like the 1st part of the storystupid! What did you think I thought had happened? That it was just a whim? It's still pitiful. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. Start today at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] volunteering
Treat it like a real interview. Dress nicely, speak intelligently but politely. If you don't have time to do some background reading, express an interest in learning and being guided. If you tend to be shy, let them know you are interested in improving your communication skills speaking to the public (you'll be surprised - excellent and relevant experience for other jobs, not to mention job interviews!) I'm shocked by the stories I'm heard of the number of people that are interviewed for jobs at historic sites and don't even bother to skim the information pamphlets available in the entrance! Read that and memorize what you can, at least, even while you are waiting for your interview. That might show more horse sense than all the others being interviewed. The trendy thing nowadays is asking applicants to provide an example of a time that you had to deal with a difficult situation, customer, etc. Try to think of something, even if it seems pitiful at the time - like, when my sister tries to pick a fight with me, I just walk away and refuse to fight. A safe response might be, I asked my supervisor for advice to deal with the situation. Try to demonstrate good judgement and common sense and a willingness to follow the guidance of the staff. Don't contradict the permanent staff in front of visitors. Don't use your volunteer position as an opening to grind your own axe - mouth off to the public about your personally held political beliefs, etc. or old cliches about the past. At the same time, a volunteer shouldn't have to tolerate harassment from the public - like sexual harassment from male visitors, for example, or rascist rants. If it's a mediocre site, be prepared to accept and repeat their mouldy-oldy party line about the olden times. Ask a few questions yourself - how many hours they want to to volunteer, what kind of role do volunteers play - cleaning, interpreting, cash, shop, general dogsbody? Will you be in period costume or in their uniform? How many volunteers and how many staff they have? Do they have large events or school programs? Do they have a Friends of group? Who are they funded by - state or local government? Our WWI group volunteer yearly at John McCrae House, the author of In Flanders Fields. At first the site wasn't very interested - shy of reenactors. Now we volunteer every year. I think it helped that no one in our group was an aggressive or wacko reenactor type - we just wanted to help out the site, show off our cool original artefacts and interpret a period / war that was somewhat neglected. We are all pretty moderate, helpful types and in return the staff and regular volunteers provide some great chili! I have a lot of respect for teachers after a day of volunteering - I'm exhausted after talking to visitors all day. I'd do some background reading first. That's a lie - I'm a librarian so I'd do lots of reading! The local public library can probably supply information on the background of that particular site and the family that lived there, general background reading of historical events of that time period, etc. If you Google Harriet Beecher Stowe, for example, I believe there is a full text version of the American Woman's Home (or whatever it was called) online. Know something about domestic arrangements, standards of living and farming. Modestly let them know you prepared for the interview? If you aren't accepted this year, don't take it personally. They probably don't hate you. Maybe they can only accept a few people and one person was just an teensy, weensy bit better in the interview. People respect you when you keep trying. Apply again next year or somewhere else and prepare a little more next time. I'm obviously middle-aged - I'm so full of advice! Sheridan Alder - Original Message From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:54:34 PM Subject: [h-cost] volunteering I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some of the other ladies and they're nice. Wish me luck. I don't know if they're going to interview me tomorrow or have me come back later, but I'm nervous I'll say something stupid and they won't want me. I got turned away from another volunteer job at a site once because I didn't have any experience 'interpreting'. I'm hoping this one goes better. They seem a lot more low-key. Those of you who do volunteer work at sites, how did you get the 'job'? Dawn ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume Get news delivered with the All new Yahoo! Mail. Enjoy RSS feeds right on your Mail page. Start today at http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca
Re: [h-cost] volunteering
On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Sheridan Alder wrote: The trendy thing nowadays is asking applicants to provide an example of a time that you had to deal with a difficult situation, customer, etc. Try to think of something, even if it seems pitiful at the time - like, when my sister tries to pick a fight with me, I just walk away and refuse to fight. A safe response might be, I asked my supervisor for advice to deal with the situation. I so hate it when I am asked that question in interviews. Doesn't everyone unconsciously forget those difficult situations because they were so unpleasant? I have wracked my brain for a good answer and have yet to remember one. Sylrog ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What I (horrifically) wore
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Karolee Smiley wrote... Think about it... And what did you wear when you were young that horrified your parents? And what did your parents wear that horrified your grandparents? And so on... I lost Karolee's post, but Khaki parachute pants (stitched pleats at the waist, buttoned cuffs, baggy in between) with red top-stitching, a white cap-sleeved cropped top and (oh my god - should I admit this?) red leather 4 pumps, with my hair in a ponytail on the back of my head. Screaming bright lipstick and about a pound of eyeliner. Do I remember when during the 80s? Not really! liz young ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
