[h-cost] Downton Abbey Ladies Hats
Thank you for the link. I love the hats from Downton Abbey. The series is a treat to watch on Sunday nights. Season 2 is playing on PBS Sunday nights in the U.S. Season 1 is on Netflixs. My pet peeve, the author of the article refers to the hats as Edwardian. The Edwardian era ends 6 May 1910 when Edward dies. The series' first episode-season 1 starts on the day Titanic sinks, April 12, 1912 and the season ends the day that England enters World War 1. So the film is not set during the Edwardian period. This era is referred to as Pre-World War I or a recent term Titanic Era. The second season of the show begins with World War 1 and last Sunday's episode was set in 1918 the last day of the war. Although as far as fashion eras are concerned 1914-1919 is the World War I years. The following is a description of this style hat from a March 1912 issue of Ladies' Home Journal on my Library website. One noticable feature of this season's hats is the sectional or melon-shaped crown, the different parts of which are joined with silk cording. This type of crown is used in the hat above-a charmingly girlish shape with an even slightly rolled brim. For this crown a striped silk in brown and white is used with heavy cording joining the sections. When made with a soft material like silk a foundation of capenet or crinoline should be used. A unique trimming is made by shirring silk over a corded ring with a soft narrow frill at the edge and a simulated flower center of French knots. The graceful drapery around the crown in a bias fold of silk run with cording. Tiny feather pompoms may be substituted for the silk ornaments, or rosettes would be equally effective. ***My disclaimer, the spelling grammar is of the period and exactly as written in the magazine. This was a very fashionable hat style for the era. I have lots of photos of women of this era wearing this style hat. The magazine mentioned shows two hats like the DA photo mentioned. There is also the same hat with the floral crown in the article. There are four pages in the magazine with 20 hats for all ages of women. The hats that Maggie Smith aka Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham wears, are just like the ones in the magazine. Her hats are my favorite. You can purchase the foundation of the hats during the summertime here in Virginia. I have several and add things to them. They can be dressy with the large crowns and fine fabrics or simple as sunbonnets in straw. I see both styles frequently at Burlington Coat Factory. The dressy hats run up to $50 and the straw hats for $25. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: 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
[h-cost] Downton Abbey
So is this the next costume drama where everyone will be rushing to reproduce the costumes? Fran Lavolta Press Books on making historic clothing www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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By everyone, do you mean major pattern companies? Is PBS even on the radar of the Big Three? Dede --- On Mon, 1/17/11, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com wrote: So is this the next costume drama where everyone will be rushing to reproduce the costumes? Fran ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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I'd be surprised if the Big Three even gave it a thought. Plus, with my experience in all of their historical patterns they shoot out, I spend much more time having to deal with them than they are actually worth (mostly the Big Three all have to add wearing ease - which is completely wrong for something form fitting as a corset!). There are only a few smaller companies that actually produce correct historical patterns. Even if it would become the next costume drama, which I think wouldn't be such a bad thing except maybe for the fabric companys, it would help hone in on what really makes a historical costume because you can't just throw something together and embellish the heck out of it when it's the size of Barbie. Mike On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:14 PM, WorkroomButtons.com westvillagedrap...@yahoo.com wrote: By everyone, do you mean major pattern companies? Is PBS even on the radar of the Big Three? Dede --- On Mon, 1/17/11, Lavolta Press f...@lavoltapress.com wrote: So is this the next costume drama where everyone will be rushing to reproduce the costumes? Fran ___ 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
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On 1/17/2011 1:14 PM, WorkroomButtons.com wrote: By everyone, do you mean major pattern companies? Is PBS even on the radar of the Big Three? Dede The Big Three can probably just haul out the patterns they published for Titanic costumes, with a couple of minor alterations. But what I meant is, there are fads in historic costume, the things everyone wants to make. Sometimes they are inspired by films. Out of Africa inspired Ralph Lauren and a number of other mainstream ready-to-wear manufacturers, the issue of a Folkwear patter or two, and well, lots of people even outside the historic costume community making or buying safari skirts and other fashionable items. Titanic was another--everyone had to have Titanic dresses for their prom or wedding, down to fabric that looked exactly the same. The Jane Austen productions, BBC and otherwise, have made lots of people interested in that era. So, I'm just wondering if people here at least are, after having gotten through all those Titanic jump dresses, dinner dresses, etc., feel that Downton Abbey is the next big era. Fran Lavolta Press Books on making historic clothing www.lavoltapress.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:14 PM, WorkroomButtons.com westvillagedrap...@yahoo.com wrote: By everyone, do you mean major pattern companies? Is PBS even on the radar of the Big Three? It's a BBC show, rather than just a PBS show--and it's a popular one! Wouldn't surprise me if there's a bit of an uptick in interest in that era among costumers, which suits me just fine, seeing as the 1910s are my current era of interest. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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Ah... thank you, Elena. I forgot Downton Abbey was produced by the BBC, not PBS. My uneducated, uninformed, stab-in-the-dark guess is no, because however far the reach of the BBC, it's still not Hollywood (which produced Out of Africa and Titanic). However, my costume drama-crazed teenager has fallen madly in love with the series, and is now thinking prom dress -- I could be totally wrong about its popular appeal, but I still don't think it will ever be a franchise like Titanic. Dede ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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In a message dated 1/17/2011 4:33:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, exst...@gmail.com writes: It's a BBC show, According to their website, it is indeed British, but ITV1, not BBC. Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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Oop! I just realized that I had combined two different threads into one and posted on here! (Was thinking more about the miniature sized costume threads) As for Downtown Abbey, I haven't seen it yet but it does look like a great show and I definitely see where the idea of that influencing patterns. However, because it's not a mainstream movie, or IMHO one of the major shows currently airing, I dont think it will have much influence. For example, was there a huge surge of patterns when The Tudors started airing? I don't recall one yet that was a fairly major show. Mike On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 5:34 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/17/2011 4:33:03 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, exst...@gmail.com writes: It's a BBC show, According to their website, it is indeed British, but ITV1, not BBC. Ann Wass ___ 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
