Re: [h-cost] one of a kind wedding dress
No, I haven't, but when I was in high school, our theater department had a huge roll of parachute material that we used for costumes. It was a bear to dye -- would not take color at all unless coerced. we used that stuff for years! Kathleen Norvell -Original Message- From: M311 m...@aol.com To: h-costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Fri, Jun 17, 2011 1:26 pm Subject: [h-cost] one of a kind wedding dress Has anyone heard of this wedding dress? http://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref fb_ http://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref=fb) elly Albrecht, ncc, amft 3...@aol.com ww.mysensaria.com/time2spa __ -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
Re: [h-cost] one of a kind wedding dress
Sadly, this is an Algonquin (specifically Wappanoag) word that means matron, that a young Iroquoian woman decided was an English bastardization of an Iroquois word that mean vagina. -Original Message- squaw ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] one of a kind wedding dress
I was surprised by this because I had never heard it used in such a way. I had always heard it used to mean woman or wife. Granted, it is a condescending racist term but certainly not an obscene or sexual one. So I looked at wiki to see what it said. It does mention the vagina issue but said it didn't arise until the 1970s where there are earlier usages of the word which seemed to mean woman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaw Teena From: otsisto otsi...@socket.net To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Sat, June 18, 2011 8:25:27 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] one of a kind wedding dress Sadly, this is an Algonquin (specifically Wappanoag) word that means matron, that a young Iroquoian woman decided was an English bastardization of an Iroquois word that mean vagina. -Original Message- squaw ___ 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] one of a kind wedding dress
I know from attending a Chickahominy Powwow last year they stated that it is not a favorable word. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history One year Library subscription sale for $45 until June 30 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] one of a kind wedding dress
Has anyone heard of this wedding dress? _http://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref =fb_ (http://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref=fb) Kelly Albrecht, ncc, amft m...@aol.com www.mysensaria.com/time2spa ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] one of a kind wedding dress
Haven't heard of that one specifically, but dresses made from parachute silk generally, certainly, in Britain. Fabric was rationed, so there were all sorts of ways of getting enough for a wedding dress, if you had time to prepare (many weddings were on-the-spot when the groom managed to get a day's leave). I have a feeling many of the British ones were made from German parachutes though, when enemy planes were shot down. Jean On 17/06/2011 18:25, m...@aol.com wrote: Has anyone heard of this wedding dress? _http://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref =fb_ (http://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref=fb) Kelly Albrecht, ncc, amft m...@aol.com www.mysensaria.com/time2spa ___ 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] one of a kind wedding dress
There's a side story line about a wedding during the war in the British production, UXB, that was on PBS several years ago where the groom's friends have/steal/buy a parachute for the wedding dress. I't been a long time since i saw the program. LynnD On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Jean Waddie anne.montgome...@googlemail.com wrote: Haven't heard of that one specifically, but dresses made from parachute silk generally, certainly, in Britain. Fabric was rationed, so there were all sorts of ways of getting enough for a wedding dress, if you had time to prepare (many weddings were on-the-spot when the groom managed to get a day's leave). I have a feeling many of the British ones were made from German parachutes though, when enemy planes were shot down. Jean On 17/06/2011 18:25, m...@aol.com wrote: Has anyone heard of this wedding dress? _http://historyisclassic.**blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-** kind-wedding.html?sprefhttp://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref =fb_ (http://historyisclassic.**blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-** kind-wedding.html?spref=fbhttp://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref=fb ) Kelly Albrecht, ncc, amft m...@aol.com www.mysensaria.com/time2spa __**_ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costumehttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume __**_ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costumehttp://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] one of a kind wedding dress
Guess I have to weigh in that, in the early 1960s, my grandmother made me a so-called squaw drees out of a nylon parachute that my dad provided. In a message dated 6/17/2011 7:21:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lynndownw...@gmail.com writes: There's a side story line about a wedding during the war in the British production, UXB, that was on PBS several years ago where the groom's friends have/steal/buy a parachute for the wedding dress. I't been a long time since i saw the program. LynnD On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Jean Waddie anne.montgome...@googlemail.com wrote: Haven't heard of that one specifically, but dresses made from parachute silk generally, certainly, in Britain. Fabric was rationed, so there were all sorts of ways of getting enough for a wedding dress, if you had time to prepare (many weddings were on-the-spot when the groom managed to get a day's leave). I have a feeling many of the British ones were made from German parachutes though, when enemy planes were shot down. Jean On 17/06/2011 18:25, m...@aol.com wrote: Has anyone heard of this wedding dress? _http://historyisclassic.**blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-** kind-wedding.html?sprefhttp://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref =fb_ (http://historyisclassic.**blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-** kind-wedding.html?spref=fbhttp://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref=fb ) Kelly Albrecht, ncc, amft m...@aol.com www.mysensaria.com/time2spa __**_ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costumehttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume __**_ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costumehttp://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] one of a kind wedding dress
Arhhh--phantom send--about the squaw dress--I realize the term is not PC now, but in the late 1950s, early 1960s, the squaw dress was a dress with multiple tiers on the skirt, accented with rows of braid and rickrack, often metallic. My grandmother made me such a dress out of a nylon parachute my dad provided, with silver and pink trim. Alas, I barely fit into it when she made it and wasn't really able to wear it at all, to my great regret. But I had lots of the nylon fabric left over and later made my Barbie doll a wedding dress out of it. Ann Wass In a message dated 6/17/2011 7:21:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, lynndownw...@gmail.com writes: There's a side story line about a wedding during the war in the British production, UXB, that was on PBS several years ago where the groom's friends have/steal/buy a parachute for the wedding dress. I't been a long time since i saw the program. LynnD On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Jean Waddie anne.montgome...@googlemail.com wrote: Haven't heard of that one specifically, but dresses made from parachute silk generally, certainly, in Britain. Fabric was rationed, so there were all sorts of ways of getting enough for a wedding dress, if you had time to prepare (many weddings were on-the-spot when the groom managed to get a day's leave). I have a feeling many of the British ones were made from German parachutes though, when enemy planes were shot down. Jean On 17/06/2011 18:25, m...@aol.com wrote: Has anyone heard of this wedding dress? _http://historyisclassic.**blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-** kind-wedding.html?sprefhttp://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref =fb_ (http://historyisclassic.**blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-** kind-wedding.html?spref=fbhttp://historyisclassic.blogspot.com/2011/06/one-of-kind-wedding.html?spref=fb ) Kelly Albrecht, ncc, amft m...@aol.com www.mysensaria.com/time2spa __**_ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costumehttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume __**_ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/**listinfo/h-costumehttp://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
