Re: [h-cost] Devil's Cloth
On Nov 5, 2008, at 8:20 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote: On Wednesday 05 November 2008 10:50:26 am Chiara Francesca wrote: It is a book: http://www.google.com/books?id=qc2jyomYg7oCdq=devils +clothpg=PP1ots=emkB FeV_Zhsource=bnsig=VJs6xhhIxQLADRN2c9yzRkLTFwY It is the history of stripes on cloth. Very cool book. It has an almost cult following. :) I can't imagine why; it has a rather low information to anecdote ratio, in my opinion. Michel Pastoureau is a very entertaining writer. I have _Devil's Cloth_ and another one of his (_Blue: The History of a Color_) which has some huge and lovely photos in it. He's also written a very good little introductory paperback on the history of heraldry -- I used to keep an extra copy or two around to give to people who were just starting to become interested in the subject. Great photos in that one too. But I agree, I wouldn't consider either book as an unquestionable source of historical information. He has a tendency to pick out particularly entertaining bits and talk about them, rather than considering the entire sweep of the evidence. I'm also told that the Blue book demonstrates that he's either not aware of, or is ignoring, some of the more recent and important evidence on the history of color concepts and color words (or so said the cognitive linguist who gave it to me). That's a pretty serious failing for a book that purports to be about the history of the concept blue. OChris Laning [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Davis, California + http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Seeking A Patternmaker
I'm looking into contracting out some of my patternmaking work. I've contacted a number of companies, but I thought I'd try here as well. If anyone knows of an independant contractor with professional skills, references, and experience, who can supply electronic files of finished work, and who is enthusiastic about historical costume, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Margo ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Seeking A Patternmaker
I would like to help if I can. I have made many garments and costumes but don't know if I have references for them. I am very good a graphics and computer work so the electronic versions are no problem. Just let me know what you need.Sincerely, Rebecca Rautine From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 13:18:02 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Seeking A Patternmaker I'm looking into contracting out some of my patternmaking work. I've contacted a number of companies, but I thought I'd try here as well. If anyone knows of an independant contractor with professional skills, references, and experience, who can supply electronic files of finished work, and who is enthusiastic about historical costume, please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Margo ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _ See how Windows® connects the people, information, and fun that are part of your life http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119463819/direct/01/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] [HNW] Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion 4
Quoting Lisa Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Amazon UK has it on sale for 15 pounds (about $23 US ) plus shipping as part of their paperback books sale. I ordered mine today. It's a sweet deal if you can wait a few days for your order to arrive. nods. Total billed to my checking account was 36.60. :-D Hopefully it will be here tomorrow. Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Division of Science and Math http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] [HNW] Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion 4
Mine arrived in the mail today. Totally drool worthy. I can see many projects to come. Guenivere San Diego, CA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Farmer Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 4:14 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] [HNW] Janet Arnold Patterns of Fashion 4 Quoting Lisa Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Amazon UK has it on sale for 15 pounds (about $23 US ) plus shipping as part of their paperback books sale. I ordered mine today. It's a sweet deal if you can wait a few days for your order to arrive. nods. Total billed to my checking account was 36.60. :-D Hopefully it will be here tomorrow. Susan - Susan Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Division of Science and Math http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/ ___ 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
