[h-cost] The new Anna Karenina
After reading this review, I'm not going to bother watching the movie: http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Anna-Karenina-review-Off-the-rails-4041627.php Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing patterns www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina
I'll still see it. The costumes, as seen in the trailer, are beautiful. So even if the movie is less than steller, I will enjoy that. Besides, I disagree often enough with critics that I don't let them make my decisions for me anymore. Teena From: Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 3:15 PM Subject: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina After reading this review, I'm not going to bother watching the movie: http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Anna-Karenina-review-Off-the-rails-4041627.php Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing patterns http://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
Re: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina
Depends on the critic--I usually understand where Mick LaSalle is at. Fran Lavolta Press Books on making historic clothing www.lavoltapress.com On 11/16/2012 12:26 PM, Beteena Paradise wrote: I'll still see it. The costumes, as seen in the trailer, are beautiful. So even if the movie is less than steller, I will enjoy that. Besides, I disagree often enough with critics that I don't let them make my decisions for me anymore. Teena ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina
Look up the Sophie Marceau version from 1997, the costumes were fabulous, even though the movie didn't get great reviews. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118623/ This new version seems to have a stark embellished look. I'll probably see it anyway since it's been too long since I've seen a costume film. Any other period films coming out? Katy On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:26 PM, Beteena Paradise bete...@mostlymedieval.com wrote: I'll still see it. The costumes, as seen in the trailer, are beautiful. So even if the movie is less than steller, I will enjoy that. Besides, I disagree often enough with critics that I don't let them make my decisions for me anymore. Teena From: Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 3:15 PM Subject: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina After reading this review, I'm not going to bother watching the movie: http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Anna-Karenina-review-Off-the-rails-4041627.php Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing patterns http://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 -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.comwww.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina
A Royal Affair just came out: http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/A-Royal-Affair-review-King-s-doctor-reigns-4041624.php Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic costume patterns www.lavoltapress.com On 11/16/2012 1:39 PM, Katy Bishop wrote: Look up the Sophie Marceau version from 1997, the costumes were fabulous, even though the movie didn't get great reviews. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118623/ This new version seems to have a stark embellished look. I'll probably see it anyway since it's been too long since I've seen a costume film. Any other period films coming out? Katy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
My size 16 dummy is wearing a camicia made from wonderful soft, silky cotton voile that I got from Dharma Dyeworks. It's part of a Venetian ensemble that I'm making up as a sample for a new pattern. I'm making the gown in white brocade so I can sell it as a wedding dress. My half scale male form, General Tom, is wearing a mockup Tudor shirt with machine faux smocking, and his partner Lavinia is wearing a camicia and a roped petticoat, also working samples for the Italian patterns. The somewhat larger me size form is nude. The shoemaker's children go barefoot... Margo ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina
I've got to admit, the editing of the trailer is good. Looks .interesting. Sharon C. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Friday, November 16, 2012 12:16 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina After reading this review, I'm not going to bother watching the movie: http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Anna-Karenina-review-Off-the-rails-404 1627.php Fran Lavolta Press Books of historic clothing patterns 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
Re: [h-cost] red for marriage dress
just for comparison, here's a short item from my newspaper today about changes in the use of red in China, where wedding gowns used to be red Catherine Linda Walton (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). Color red takes on new meanings in modern China | World news | The Guardian = The Associated Press http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10532906 The color red has long had special significance in China, symbolizing health, wealth and good wishes. Newlyweds and children are presented with gift money tucked inside red packets, brides traditionally wear red gowns at their weddings, and celebratory fireworks always come wrapped in red paper. That made the color a perfect fit for the Communist movement. Its red army and a sea of red flags and banners came to characterize both cities and countryside following the success of the 1949 revolution. However, in the more than three decades since the death of revolutionary leader Mao Zedong and the jettisoning of orthodox Marxism, red has taken on different meanings and contexts, some ancient, some very modern, finding its way into home furnishings, luxury items, clothing, and leisure goods, as well as the restored vestiges of Beijing's imperial heritage. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Mine is being used as a hoop hanger--2 are hanging around her neck. I'm working on refurbishing my Dickens bonnet. All black, as I play a widow; I found some great black velvet leaves and black flowers. Sharon C. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Cin Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 10:52 AM To: H-costume Subject: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? It's that time of year: holiday parties, winter balls, theater season, company dinners, Dickens Fair, New Years Eve, cocktail parties,12th Night. You might even be planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making (or re-making) something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's on your design sketchbook, worktable, at the sewing machine or even in the embroidery hoop. ___ 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] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Mine's wearing an almost finished (just needs buttons and buttonholes) summer cotton lawn 1918 dress, based on the Armistice Blouse. My head is wearing a broad-brimmed hat that I made from scratch, covered with cream colored silk georgette. The crown is a little taller than what we would usually see now, and the silk georgette on the crown is underlined with some cream silk organza that I had to give it a slightly puffy but not limp top. The hat is trimmed with ribbon and two types of feathers. While the dress is a soft green with a cream and brown vine pattern, the Votes For Women sash is bright golden yellow. I'm going to be a middle-aged suffragette with a petition at our next ghost tour of our old cemetery next April. Oh, and cream stockings, white gloves (the dress has white cuffs and collar), my grandmother's purse, and a pair of 1930s lace up sensible shoes. I couldn't come up with any good reproduction shoes for the late teens. The two styles that I saw recommended had been discontinued. Vicki Betts ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina
I will be interested in everyone's take on Lincoln which opens today nationwide. Vicki - This new version seems to have a stark embellished look. I'll probably see it anyway since it's been too long since I've seen a costume film. Any other period films coming out? Katy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Leather. It has a more interesting life than I do! -C. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] 1880s city wear (was new Anna Karenina)
Any other period films coming out? ABC TV here in Australia has just adapted Mystery of a Handsome Cab, a murder mystery set in Melbourne during the 1880s boom years. Some of the costuming is pretty good given budgets and stock items for some characters, covering both the wealthy and slum dwellers. Production design was pretty good, too, redressing some less-developed parts of the inner suburbs to double as the city in those days. May be hard for non-Australians to find (check out the Australian Broadcasting Commission web site, it may still be up for online viewing). It may also be on torrent sites if you dare. As a side note, same organisation adapted the Phryne Fisher murder mystery books (wealthy female investigator, 1920s) as a series earlier this year, not badly done, too, although the heroine was more annoying than in the books. Available on DVD for Christmas, probably. It looks like the ABC is going back to funding historical/period dramas, -C. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 1880s city wear (was new Anna Karenina)
Thanks! I have a multi-region DVD player, so I just bought DVDs of Mystery of a Hansom Cab and a box set of Season 1 of the Phrne Fisher series from ABC TV. Any other Australian period pieces you'd recommend? Fran Lavolta Press Books on making historic clothing www.lavoltapress.com On 11/16/2012 5:04 PM, stils...@netspace.net.au wrote: Phryne Fisher ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re what's my dressmaking dummy is wearing today
A knitted (alpaca silk blend) bolero- I'm using it to block it. I realise this is somewhat eccentric but I think it works better than the traditional method. Also, I'm lazy... Stevie Sent from my iPad On 17 Nov 2012, at 01:28, h-costume-requ...@indra.com wrote: 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
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
No dressmaker's dummy, but piled on the worktable: The (sorta) saloon girl that I didn't get finished in time for the event last year, to be finished before Mar. 1 for this year's event... After I finish replacing the zipper in DH's winter coat. Sandy At 12:51 PM 11/13/2012, you wrote: It's that time of year: holiday parties, winter balls, theater season, company dinners, Dickens Fair, New Years Eve, cocktail parties,12th Night. You might even be planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making (or re-making) something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com PS. It's ok to run into the sewing room, toss something marvelous on the dummy and *then* tell us about it. It's also ok to tell what's on your design sketchbook, worktable, at the sewing machine or even in the embroidery hoop. International Costumers' Guild Archivist http://www.costume.org/gallery2/main.php Those Who Fail to Learn History Are Doomed to Repeat It; Those Who Fail To Learn History Correctly - Why They Are Simply Doomed. Achemdro'hm The Illusion of Historical Fact -- C. Y. 4971 Andromeda ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The new Anna Karenina
Ugh. After the treatment Joe Wright gave the Kiera Knightly PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, I don't have much hope for this. I actually really like the Sophie Marceau version because... well, Sean Bean plays a fantastic Vronsky, and the costumes and cinematography are gorgeous! I love that they did the mermaid silhouette that doesn't get done very often. I'm not going to waste my money in the theatre right now. Maybe I'll catch it with a rental eventually, if I'm really hard up for a costume drama I haven't seen before. -Rachel ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
locale. Whatever the reason, h-costumers are probably making (or re-making) something. So, what's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? At the moment I am knitting what will hopefully soon be a finished moebius scarf for my father's girlfriend, and then I an hoping to get Dad a hat done before the holidays. The last *sewing* project had a deadline of last Thursday--a 13th c. silk surcoat made from the 13th c. reproduction silk we bought from Zusana. The next sewing project...um...I'm sure I have it written down somewhere. I'd be more embarrassed about not knowing but I'm having too much fun knitting. ;-) Jen ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
