[h-cost] Off-topic: Costume Project Completed
I have completed my project of the Mardi Gras costumes at the Mobile Carnival Museum, Mobile, Alabama. About 98% of their exhibited costumes are on this area: http://www.costumegallery.com/MardiGras/2010/Mobile/Museum/ There are 201costume photos each with their webpage and six index pages. The images are high resolution so that you can view the details. When you zoom in on the photos it takes a few seconds for the image to focus.the photos are very large. Make sure to look at the robe's trains closely. Each one reflects their owner's personality, hobbies, family history, etc. Needless to say, each costume is different and cost thousands of dollars to have designed and executed. The craftsmanship is stunning. Most of the robe trains are about 18 ft. long.Please make sure to look at two photos that I am thrilled that it turned out so good. They are of the back of a queen's collar. http://www.costumegallery.com/MardiGras/2010/Mobile/Museum/Queen8/P1100320.h tm (dead ahead view) http://www.costumegallery.com/MardiGras/2010/Mobile/Museum/Queen8/P1100322.h tm (a view from the floor looking upward) My goal now is to find newspaper articles about the King Queen costumes.this was published each year in the local newspaper. I leave Tuesday to spend two weeks at Mardi Gras from New Orleans to Mobile, Alabama. I hope to have some time the second week to do some research. I also plan to go back to the museum for some additional photos and fact finding. What I don't find on this trip, I will be back in Mobile for three weeks in late May-early June. My youngest son is getting married in Mobile at the time. Last year, I tried to make it to Mobile for Joe Cain Day and go to his mock funeral with his Merry Widows. I wanted to film and photograph the event. My airplane got snowed in and arrived the day after the event. This year, I am leaving five days prior to make sure that I am there on time. Joe Cain is a very important person in the history of Mardi Gras. The holiday was stopped during the Civil War. In 1866 Joe Cain came out into the streets of Mobile parading in costume. This event started Mardi Gras parades back to rolling. More info: http://www.cainsmerrywidows.org/mardi_gras I have an extremely busy schedule until March 9th. March 3rd, I go to Loyola University in New Orleans to meet up with their Library services director and costume design professor. This university is a group subscribers to our online Library and I am going to be a guest speaker for the costume history class. Also catdhing some N.O. parades that day. March 4-6th I am at Mobile for MG parades. March 7-9th we are off to New Orleans for MG parades. I will have a film and photography crew with me in a suite on Canal St. All parades pass our hotel. We are especially thrilled to photograph the Zulu parade. http://www.kreweofzulu.com/zulu/who/ I have wanted since childhood to document Mardi Gras costume history. The dream is finally coming true. Happy Mardi Gras everyone! I hope you find the joy in the costume that I do. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites http://www.costumegallery.com/ www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579 http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Off-topic: Costume Project Completed
Wow! Very glamorous! Thank you for sharing! Marjorie -- Marjorie Gilbert author of THE RETURN, a historical novel set in Georgian England www.marjoriegilbert.net Third Place, Royal Ascot 2009 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] painted clothing
There are painted cloths among the items I am studying, in a 1475 inventory of goods in a parish church. My art history tutor told me that this was the period when artists were beginning to go over from painting on wooden panels to painting on what we would call a canvas, but they called linen cloths. Perhaps this is what you have? Linda Walton, (in Buckinghamshire, U.K.). On 27/02/2011 19:53, snsp...@aol.com wrote: Forwarded from another list. Ms Harley 53 of the English Brut chronicle records an incident during the uke of Burgundy’s siege of English Calais in 1436. ...They of Brigges Bruges) made payntet clothes, howe the Flemmynges were att seege att aleis, and how thai wann the toune; and hanget our Englisshe men by the elis... etc Nancy ___ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Altered Couture Review
Fran, thank you for the review. I've looked through the magazine several times and, although the ideas are great, instructions are minimal and the finished item is too busy for me too. But it is an inspirational magazine; one doesn't have to do it exactly as the editors suggest, as you said. LynnD On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.comwrote: After considering it for some time, I bought all the back issues of Altered Couture that are still in stock, plus a one-year subscription. My comments: This magazine is not for people who have a few boring or half-worn items in the closet they want to revive. It's for people who compulsively haunt thrift stores and discount clothing stores for really interesting garments and trimmings, and keep a big stock on hand till they decide how to combine a number of items into one garment. The overall taste displayed in the magazine is extremely elaborate. Even though I am fond of highly decorated Victorian and Edwardian clothes, I find looking through several issues in one session to be visually exhausting. The magazine is inspiration oriented, rather than project oriented. There are a few examples of decorated T-shirts, jeans, and slips---garments most people have around or can easily buy. (Although, I really like a lot of the vintage slip examples, but don't know where to buy a large supply of rayon vintage slips in good condition and for a low price. Any suggestions? I did a big eBay search and most of the good slips there were not that cheap.) However, most of the garments used are so unique that it is unlikely you can precisely duplicate the projects. Probably for this reason, the instructions are minimal. You need a basic knowledge of sewing, and in many cases, dyeing, to do most of these projects. The focus is primarily art. Whether it's wearable depends largely on your taste and lifestyle. However, you will not be either going to work or taking out the garbage in most of these outfits. I suspect some of the garments are not very durable, because the originals used to make them look to be in poor condition. I do not think materials in poor condition are worth much effort, and the massive quantity of trimmings heaped onto some of them will drag on the material. I do not like garments with a lot of raw edges; finished seams and hems are much more durable. Also, I suspect the garments dyed with acrylic paints, and the shoes rendered very stiff with coverings, will not clean or last well. The bottom line is, if I am going to put a lot of effort into reconstructing something, I want it to last. All that said, there are some very interesting ideas in this magazine. The editors don't boil them down into basic points. Once you have the idea of a pretty slip dyed, and then elaborately decorated with lots of different laces and fabric flowers, you have the idea. Once you have the idea of elaborate decorations in subtle variations of the same color, again, you have the idea. I do like the Altered Couture magazine. I really hate cutting up books or magazines, but in this case I am cutting out the pages with ideas I like, from each issue, and putting them in a binder. I just find the magazines intimidatingly busy and colorful to look through all the way. I am not sure I will renew my subscription once it runs out, but I now have a lot of interesting pictures for future reference. Fran Lavolta Press Books on historic and vintage clothing www.lavoltapress.com ___ 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
