Re: [h-cost] Embellishments the book, and the traveling exhibition
Oh, Astrida! I wish I lived closer!Bthi sounds like a fariholics DREAM!! Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Astrida Schaeffer astr...@schaefferarts.com Sender: h-costume-boun...@indra.com Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 18:42:15 To: Historical Costumeh-cost...@indra.com Reply-To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Embellishments the book, and the traveling exhibition Like Fran, I'd like to beg your indulgence and mention my book, Embellishments: Constructing Victorian Detail, available at www.schaefferarts.com. Focusing on the last quarter of the 19th c., it showcases dresses from the collection at the Univ. of NH with full color photos, detail photos, and how-to diagrams. I'd also like to let everyone know that the exhibition, which closed March 2013, will be traveling to the Quilt Museum in Lowell Massachusetts January 22-March 22, 2014. There will be a white-glove curator's tour on Feb. 6, and a full day technique workshop on Feb. 8. Not all the items from the UNH showing will make the trip, but the 13 dresses that formed the bulk of the exhibition will be there, along with the close-up panels and touch samples. Hope to see you there! Astrida ___ 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] Boning and corsets for musicians
One thing I do for my very expensive patterns is get clear plastic from the upholstery store and use it to copy out just the pieces I need. I can Ten save everything as the original to use in another size or nckline or what ever. Also the pieces I use over and over again are super tough and forgiving and don't warp so I can cut new muslins from it if the muslin warps. Ps, Yes purchased the pAttern years ago and it was worth twice the list price. The patterns them selves were amzing an the documentaion a Very helpfuk and enjoyable part of the whole Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Kathleen Norvell app...@aol.com Sender: h-costume-boun...@indra.com Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 22:24:04 To: h-cost...@indra.com Reply-To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Boning and corsets for musicians La Mode Bagatelle went out of business a couple of years ago and I don't know who bought their patterns. I have the Regency Wardrobe pattern package, which I've used several times and like. The instructions are pretty good -- better than most of its ilk. It was worth the price. I haven't used this one, but I have a friend who did and I think she was happy with it. Kathleen -Original Message- From: Marjorie wilser the3t...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 10:03 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] Boning and corsets for musicians Yeek. Just looked at the price! How familiar are you with the company (not mazon DG, the pattern produceer)? ==Marjorie (swooning from sticker shock) ent from my amazing iPad On Oct 24, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Kathleen Norvell app...@aol.com wrote: This was the pattern I was thinking of when I mentioned Aesthetic Dress -- rtistic Reform is another term for it. I did not know if the pattern was still vailable. It's a beautiful, authentic Victorian gown. Kathleen -Original Message- From: Wicked Frau wickedf...@gmail.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Oct 24, 2013 10:08 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Boning and corsets for musicians Unboned corsets work fabulously. I use them for riding. Also, you might want to look into this: http://www.amazondrygoods.com/products/la-mode-bagatelle-victorian-artistic-reform-tea-gowns.html ___ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://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] Boning and corsets for musicians
I have some experience with this. The first bit is probably not helpful in the short term. It is the fact that ballet dancers are taught to breath long rather than out so their ribs do not expand too much to fight the. Canvas corset like bodices for classic costumes. The second bit might be much more helpful. As a thatrical dresser. I was taught to lace singers into corsets with at least 2 if not 3 different cords. This keeps ech section at a different tension , appropriate to your personal needs. Top keeps the breasts in line with te neckline. A second lacing cord is just on the rib section and adjusted so as to be snug but permit breathing , the bottom bit or third cord is adjusted to keep the corset from slipping down the hips. Hope this helps Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Kate Bunting katembunt...@gmail.com Sender: h-costume-boun...@indra.com Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:32:00 To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Reply-To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Boning and corsets for musicians I remember having a discussion about this on the list some years ago (10+?) after I had nearly fainted while playing the shawm in a 17th century corset in a sunny window. I was told that a corset should not be laced so tightly as to restrict your breathing. Of course I'm aware that corsets of later periods extend below the waist, increasing the problem. Having once worn an 18th century corset, I've often wondered how the lady singers of Handel's time managed. Of course, as Maggie says, they were used to it. Kate Bunting Retired librarian 17th-century reenactor. ___ 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] Cross dressing documentation - pre 1600
There are several late periOd ilustrtions of ottomanentertainers performing dressed as women nd of course no womam played the womens roles in Shakespears plays though the tempest does feature a woman dressing as a boy to protect herself an find work. There is plenty of proof of crossdressing in period Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Elizabeth Jones elizabethrjones2...@gmail.com Sender: h-costume-boun...@indra.com Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:06:21 To: Historical Costumeh-cost...@indra.com Reply-To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Cross dressing documentation - pre 1600 Does anyone have SCA period (i.e. medieval to 1600) images or documentation referring to cross dressing. I am in the early stages of trying to organise a Bob and Kate feast around this time next year (for those unfamiliar with the concept the name comes from the episode of Blackadder II episode 'bells' in which a young woman named Kate disguises herself as a boy called Bob to become Blackadder's manservant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bells_%28Blackadder%29 so obviously it's about cross dressing). It has to be in October as it's supposed to be a fundraiser for the Ovarian Cancer foundation's 'Frocktober' campaign (www.frocktober.org). A year's lead time means I hopefully have enough time to get people OK with, or maybe even excited about, the idea of cross dressing my two basic strategies are telling people that it's for a good cause and showing them that it's period (at least in certain circumstances). The 'it's period' part is where I need the help of you lovely people to dig out all of those obscure sources you have tucked away. Thanks for your help in advance, Elizabeth ___ 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] Cross dressing documentation - pre 1600
Oops! Yes I meant 12th nght. Oh 2 weeks till 1 of my cataracts is remoOved ! I am anxious to once aain enjoy picking out colors, reding for pleasure and picking out details in paintings! Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Emily Gilbert emchantm...@gmail.com Sender: h-costume-boun...@indra.com Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 21:09:35 To: Historical Costumeh-cost...@indra.com Reply-To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Cross dressing documentation - pre 1600 I think you mean Twelfth Night, not The Tempest. As You Like It has the woman-dressing-as-a-boy thing too. Emily On 10/6/2013 8:13 PM, hippy_dippy_dan...@yahoo.com wrote: There are several late periOd ilustrtions of ottomanentertainers performing dressed as women nd of course no womam played the womens roles in Shakespears plays though the tempest does feature a woman dressing as a boy to protect herself an find work. There is plenty of proof of crossdressing in period Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -Original Message- From: Elizabeth Jones elizabethrjones2...@gmail.com Sender: h-costume-boun...@indra.com Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 12:06:21 To: Historical Costumeh-cost...@indra.com Reply-To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Cross dressing documentation - pre 1600 Does anyone have SCA period (i.e. medieval to 1600) images or documentation referring to cross dressing. I am in the early stages of trying to organise a Bob and Kate feast around this time next year (for those unfamiliar with the concept the name comes from the episode of Blackadder II episode 'bells' in which a young woman named Kate disguises herself as a boy called Bob to become Blackadder's manservant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bells_%28Blackadder%29 so obviously it's about cross dressing). It has to be in October as it's supposed to be a fundraiser for the Ovarian Cancer foundation's 'Frocktober' campaign (www.frocktober.org). A year's lead time means I hopefully have enough time to get people OK with, or maybe even excited about, the idea of cross dressing my two basic strategies are telling people that it's for a good cause and showing them that it's period (at least in certain circumstances). The 'it's period' part is where I need the help of you lovely people to dig out all of those obscure sources you have tucked away. Thanks for your help in advance, Elizabeth ___ 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 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
