RE: [h-cost] An interesting book find.
The September issue of Vogue is just out on newsstands and as well as being the usual massive Fall Fashion issue, it has Kirsten Dunst on the cover in full regalia as Marie Antoinette in the upcoming movie. There is a multipage spread on MA's life, which includes large and small pics of some of the actors as shot within the environs of Versailles. Costumes look pretty accurate, but since people behind the movie have already admitted they "updated" the look to appeal to the modern audience, it should be fun to play "separate fact from modern fantasy" while watching the film. Always a fun game to play while watching any historically-set film or TV show that is good or bad, especially bad. Of course Versailles will be a super-clean and sparkling that never existed in the 18th century. Well, historically-correct-wise, it can't be more "off" than the Norma Shearer "Marie Antoinette" There is also an excerpt from the upcoming book on Marie Antoinette's influence on fashion "What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution" You can preorder it as I already have from B&N or Amazon. And there will also be a making of the movie book. There is a third spread with Dunst in several majorally fantastic fantasy fashions commissioned by Vogue from different top of the fashion house mountain denizens, again photographed around Versailles. Apparently, the original Marie Antoinette perfume has also been "reimagined" and produced by a tres famous French perfumer. If you have a mere $500 laying around doing rien, you can have the mere mortals edition. For $8,000+ you can grab the exclusive flacon for those with unlimited clothing funds from the treasury. Cindy Abel ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] An interesting book find.
Hi Michelle, This is the Mantua from Cut of Womens Clothes by Norah Waugh. Its gorgeous, but what a work to make ;-( Bjarne - Original Message - From: "Michelle Plumb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:38 PM Subject: [h-cost] An interesting book find. Hello, all. My spinning guild had its annual garage sale Saturday. You never know what you're going to find there. I dove into a pile of books looking for treasure, and came up with something interesting: English Domestic Needlework of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, by Preston Remington, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, published in 1945. All the photos are black and white, but the detail is very good. The verbal descriptions fill in the blanks. And it only cost me 2 dollars. I've been contemplating a 1680s-ish gown for a while, and there is a stunning example in the book: Late 17th century gray wool with brown and blue striped edged in red. Embroidered throughout in silver-gilt thread. The gown in complete, and the closeup of the embroidery is all the information I need. It's a monumental embroidery task, but would be well worth the effort. Michelle ___ 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] An interesting book find.
--- Michelle Plumb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been contemplating a 1680s-ish gown for a > while, and there is a stunning example in the book: > > Late 17th century gray wool with brown and blue > striped edged in red. > Embroidered throughout in silver-gilt thread. > > The gown in complete, and the closeup of the > embroidery is all the > information I need. It's a monumental embroidery > task, but would be > well worth the effort. > Michelle The Met manteau. Oh, what a fabulous garment. I was fortunate enough to see it in person when it was on exhibit (the theme was around the seasons) at the Costume Institute. There was a catalog, but it lacked a different gown in the exhibit and I did not purchase it. The colors are richer in life than in any photo I'd ever seen of it. Not brighter or darker, but a difference in texture, I think. It is quite the task you've set for yourself, but I expect you can do it. Ann in CT __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] An interesting book find.
Yes, that's the dress! Thanks, Suzi. The color photo will help a lot. Michelle ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] An interesting book find.
At 20:38 17/08/2006, you wrote: Hello, all. My spinning guild had its annual garage sale Saturday. You never know what you're going to find there. I dove into a pile of books looking for treasure, and came up with something interesting: English Domestic Needlework of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, by Preston Remington, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, published in 1945. All the photos are black and white, but the detail is very good. The verbal descriptions fill in the blanks. And it only cost me 2 dollars. I've been contemplating a 1680s-ish gown for a while, and there is a stunning example in the book: Late 17th century gray wool with brown and blue striped edged in red. Embroidered throughout in silver-gilt thread. The gown in complete, and the closeup of the embroidery is all the information I need. It's a monumental embroidery task, but would be well worth the effort. Would this be the dress? It's a beautiful mantua in the costume collection at the Met. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/eudr/hob_33.54a,b.htm Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] An interesting book find.
Hello, all. My spinning guild had its annual garage sale Saturday. You never know what you're going to find there. I dove into a pile of books looking for treasure, and came up with something interesting: English Domestic Needlework of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, by Preston Remington, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, published in 1945. All the photos are black and white, but the detail is very good. The verbal descriptions fill in the blanks. And it only cost me 2 dollars. I've been contemplating a 1680s-ish gown for a while, and there is a stunning example in the book: Late 17th century gray wool with brown and blue striped edged in red. Embroidered throughout in silver-gilt thread. The gown in complete, and the closeup of the embroidery is all the information I need. It's a monumental embroidery task, but would be well worth the effort. Michelle ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
