[h-cost] I'm Back (Long)
I am back from Florida! Wow what a trip! I was only supposed to be there for two weeks. The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota invited me to photograph their collections for a week. So I stayed an extra week and took about 1,500 photgraphs. Bradenton/Sarasota is a mecca for thrift and outlet stores. I had to buy a second suitcase and ship back home five boxes of things we purchased. I have two sisters who are addicted to shopping. When I returned to Virginia, I was hired to teach Contempary Fashion History (1850-1990) for the summer semester at Virginia Commonwealth University. One of my dream jobs! I might be hired to teach it in the fall too. They have opened up this course to the entire School of the Arts. Back to Florida... John Ringling was one of the five Ringling Brothers of the circus fame. John and Mable also were big art collectors. On my first day, we went through the Circus Museum and Cá d'Zan, the 47 room mansion of John Mable Ringling, to decide what we wanted to photograph. The house was completed in 1925 and was the Ringlings' winter home. The first shoot was in the circus costume gallery. Most of the costumes were from the 1950s. Here is a link to one of the photos of the costumes. http://www.costumegallery.com/Library/temp/Girl045A.jpg Later that day, we did a photoshoot of the exterior of the Cá d'Zan. Here is a front view of the mansion: http://www.costumegallery.com/Ringling/Mansion/2housefront150.jpg . You can't see the mansion's tower because the palm trees block the view. Here is one of the many images of a Venice Carnivale that is painted on the Gameroom's ceiling of the Cá d'Zan. http://www.costumegallery.com/Ringling/Mansion/Gameroom/Venice/mansion4_035w.htm The artist was Willy Pogany, a famous children's book illustrator, costume designer for opera and theater, and was employed by Florence Ziegfeld. This massive collection was painted in the mid-1920s on canvas in New York City. Mr. Pogany installed the paintings in 1925-26 on the ceiling of the Gameroom. I have not counted but there are about 30 very large paintings and several smaller ones of people in this room. I took 91 photos of the Carnivale ceiling. I laid flat on the floor to take the Carnivale photos. Next I photgraphed the square columns in the GameRoom. Three sides of each column were painted masks for the Carnivale. I guess, there was about 16-20 columns. The Gameroom took up a large majority of the third floor. Another ceiling was painted by Mr. Pogany, the Ballroom. The ceiling is called Dancers of the Nations. There are 22 panels of international dancers set in octagon gilded coffers. In each corner of the room was a painting of a couple doing American dances. I have the Ballroom webpages about 50% complete. I have large detailed photos of each set of dancers. You can see video of the Cá d'Zan on the Ringling website: http://www.ringling.org/tours/ca_dzan/court.htm . When you look at the Ballroom, point your cursor towards the ceiling and you will see the Dancers of the Nations. The official website for the museum is http://www.ringling.org/index.asp A big thrill of the week, was doing a photoshoot of Mr. Ringling's wardrobe. They have an extensive collection of his shoes, canes, hats, suits, and ties. The majority of his wardobe was purchased on Fifth Ave. in NYC. I spent two days photographing his wardrobe. The staff at the museum was wonderful! I didn't get to visit their art museum. I ran out of time. But I was told that the art museum has a collection of 75 hand fans. Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re: ringling museum
Gail, I so disappointed not the see the art museum, but it would have cost me me $400 extra for airfare to stay another day longer. The next day was good Friday and holiday fares kicked. I could have stayed until April 21st and the fares would have gone down drastically, but I wanted to see my grandbabies for Easter. There are so many good museums out there that people don't realize what wonderful collections they have. When I looked at the Ringling website, there are small phots and very few of them. They just added the videos of the mansion to their website. I really didn't know what they had at the museum, until my preview day for the photoshoot. The public relations director took me all over the site, but the art musuem. The Ringling complex is a bit overwhelming. There is so much there you can't see it all in a week. You will see when all of these photos go online. I was with the Keeper of the Ca d'Zan for four days. FYI, he is called the Keeper instead of curator because the Keeper is a European title. It means the person in charge of the entire mansion. I was doing the shoot in the Gameroom. The Keeper had very limited time that day. He asked, Don't you want to shoot the ceiling of the Ballroom? I asked why. Then he explained about how it was painted by the same artist and was of costumed dancers from different nations. When I first went through the Ballroom on preview day, I was talking with the powers-to-be and didn't look up at the ceiling. All the other days, we by-passed the Ballroom to go to the other floors. Because of the time constaint, I shoot the entire Ballroom 22 panels in an about an hour. All the photos in the room turned out wonderful except one or two. They needed tweaking. I think you all will be very surprised when you see the photos. I should have all Ballroom webpages online by next week. Every bit of this mansion is so ornate. It is like opening a Christmas package every time you turn a corner in the mansion. You can tell it that it was made during the art deco period but is called Venetian gothic. I took a lot of photos of the mansion's detailed borders to use as backgrounds on the webpages. I did photograph a good amount of the rose garden's statues. But didn't have time to stop and smell the roses. I really wanted to spent more time in the rose garden, but ran out of time. Growing roses is one of my hobbies. The statue photos will go into my Costume Heaven series that contains costumes in statues. I photographed a couple of the 18th Century tapestries in the mansion. Not sure how well they turned out because the photos are so large at this moment. I would love to go back and photograph more of the tapestries. The circus costume museum is the last museum before the mansion. The sign is not very large. I didn't get into the costume storage area because they are in the process of moving it. The asst. curator said that it will be in its new location next spring. I would also like to see the costume collection at their opera house. If anyone if planning a trip to Orlando, you might want to take a side trip to Sarasota and visit the Ringling Museum. It is well worth it! Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] New/Old Project
Some of you may remember my project with my daughter's first communion gown. I started collecting antique first communion/confirmation photos and fashion plates then with plans to put them online. My daughter was 8 y.o. then... now she is 14. I am finally putting the photos online! When I was started collecting, another h-costumer, Kathleen Mitchell, was collecting the antique photos too. Kathleen and I have combined our photo collections to put in my online Library. Together, we have app. 125-150 photos of children receiving these sacraments until the 1940s. I started putting the girls' photos online Easter Monday. My goal is to get as many of the photos online as possible before Pentecost, also called WhitSunday. From the Catholic Encyclopedia website, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15614b.htm : Whitsunday is so called from the white garments which were worn by those who were baptised during the vigil; Pentecost (Pfingsten in German), is the Greek for the fiftieth (day after Easter). I call this series Sunday's Best-Dress Clothes. As of today, there are 36 photos of girls in the Library. There are three index pages you may view without having a Library subscription. There are also two free access webpages of photos that were a challenge to clean. Those pages shown a transition of how the photos were cleaned. I will also be adding boys and group photos to the series soon. Indexes: http://www.costumegallery.com/Religious/girls/1stCommunion/page1.htm http://www.costumegallery.com/Religious/girls/1stCommunion/page2.htm http://www.costumegallery.com/Religious/girls/Confirmation/page1.htm Free access pages: http://www.costumegallery.com/Religious/girls/1stCommunion/girl23.htm http://www.costumegallery.com/Religious/girls/1stCommunion/girl35.htm Please ignore if the url includes the words, first communion or confirmation. I had the categories set up before doing some extensive research. The conclusion after interviewing several priests, it is very difficult to determine by the child's clothing which sacrament was being received. The largest factor was that in 1910 Pope Pius X changed the order in which sacraments were received. Another factor was when the bishop went to rural parishes. Sometimes he went to the outer parishes every other year. The bishops confirmed the children. The age of recipients of the sacraments varied, so I couldn't go by the age of the child to determine the purpose of the photograph. The only time, I state on the webpage if the photo was for first communion and/or confirmation, was if it was stated on the photo. Another problem arose with a young girl, around the age of 4-6 y.o., in the photograph with an older veiled girl. The younger child could have been an attendant to the older child. The priests agreed that the young girl was probably the May Queen. If Easter ran last in the year, AND the sacraments were received during May, the May Queen would take their photo with the sacrament recipients. The May Queen was the young girl who lead the procession to crown the Virgin's statue. May is the month celebrating the Virgin. The procession to the statue would generally be held the same day as the sacrament mass. A couple of photos that will be added to the series, included the sacrament recipient with a wreath of flowers on a pillow. Kathleen and I hope you enjoy the series! Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] My latest gig!
Saragrace, This is such wonderful news! Congrads! Ask if the museum cares if you make an online dress diary. It gives the museum and you more publicity. Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] hello out there and what's on your dressform
I saw earlier this week the thread What's on your dressform and didn't have time to answer. A lot has been on my dressforms during the past week. I have been photographing the fashion collection at Virginia Commonwealth University. I start teaching the fashion history class Monday at the university. I will be using some of the sturdier pieces in the classroom. The frial pieces are photographed to show the students projected from my laptop via a motorized screen. Some of the collection's costumes are misdated. Each archive box is like opening Christmas packages... you never know what you will find inside. A lot of fun! I found a bodice in a box named 1900. The bodice is clearly not from 1900, as were several other items in the box. I think it might be date from 1840s or 1860s. My class time frame is from 1860-1990. If this piece is from 1860, I can use these photos in my class. Would you all please look at some photgraphs of the bodice and let me know what time frame you think it is from. The center front and center back have a point at the waist. Front view: ( I didn't pad out the waistline curve to show the full point) www.costumegallery.com/help/P1010112.jpg Flat view of the inside of bodice: www.costumegallery.com/help/P1010111.jpg Flat view of the back of bodice: www.costumegallery.com/help/P1010107.jpg Thank you for your help. Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Hancock Fabrics
The problem with Joann's and Hancock had to face is the amount of people sewing have drastically reduced over the years. All of our Joann's closed up about five or so years ago while they were in bankruptcy. The problem about location is that most of Hancock were built three or more decades ago. Most were in a good location at the time. Now that traffic patterns have changed in most cities, their once good location is no longer easy to access or in a good neighborhood. I have lived in our location 20 years. The only Hancock to close was a Hancock Warehouse store. Which was huge and had the biggest selection I have every seen. It closed about 10 years ago. All the other fabric stores closed a long time ago. We used to have a really nice chain fabric store called Piece Goods. Its been gone a for long time. I never liked the Joann's when it was here. It was more like Michael's Craft than a fabric store. Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re:Hancock's closing
Mia, When Joann's was in bankruptcy, part of the aggreement was that they closed down a lot of stores in Virginia and North Carolina. Since you are in Charlotte, can you please answer a couple of questions for me. I have been teaching my students the history of textile mills in the U.S. this past week. When we used to drive through your area down I-85, I loved seeing all the textile mills. Someone told me that they have closed down. Is this true? I always loved stopping by their outlets stores and buying sheets and such. My trip south last summer, I didn't see the signs on the highway for the mill outlet stores. My grandmother was a spinner and weaver at the mill at Rock Hill, SC. Is there a book or museum about the mills in your area. There is a really good video about the textile industry in the U.S. called Empires of Industry: Textiles: Birth of an American Industry. The History Channel produced the video in 1996. They do cover the Burlington mills in NC. Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Hancock Fabrics
Rebecca, This is the way our Joann's was before it closed. If I want to go to a crafts store, Michael's and Ben Franklins is so much better. Joann's wasn't even a good craft store when it was here. The merchandise was of a cheap quality. Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Thank you so much!
Many, many thanks to all of you who answered my question about identifying the 19th Century bodice. I am so sorry for not replying sooner. Cramming a semester in three weeks has been a massive undertaking. Tonight is my first time to get a little spare time. M-F mornings I am teaching the class (9-12:00). The afternoons, I am in the fashion collection and dressing and undressing dressforms. We cover a decade a day in class, so each day the dressforms wear that decades fashions. Then I rush home and write the lesson for the next class until 1 am. It is hectic, but so much fun! I am 2/3 of the way through teaching the course. I think this is the first class to utilize the entire fashion collection. There are so many items that are misdated, have no documentation at all, no accession records, and items in the wrong boxes. I am photographing all the items that I unbox. The 20th Century hat collection is massive. The digital photos will be used to print copies to put on the front or top of the storage boxes, so you will not have to go through several boxes to find one item. They can also be used in an accession book or catalog and hopefully get rid of those accession index cards. Maybe one day they will be in a database. I hope to put these unidentified items' photos online so that people who specialize in the time periods can assist with the garment dating process. The students are love seeing all the item in collection. It is easier for them to remember if they see the real garment and not what is just in books. This class was generally taught as lecture and slides. I talked with some former students of this class before developing my approach. I teach it in an interactive approach with the students. I don't want them to spent their whole class time taking notes. I put all of the notes online, and they fill in with what they want. We have used a lot of publications and photographs from my personal collection. Yesterday, we covered feathered handfans form the 1920s. I brought in some of my present day cheap fans, and taught them how to pop a fan. They had a blast! One student couldn't get the hang of it! I teased her and told her that I would give her an F if she couldn't pop the fan by the end of class. All the other students began teaching her how to pop the fan. She didn't receive an F. Monday, we are covering the 1950s. I am bringing in our local high school theater depts. netted petticoats. All the students get to try them on and see what it was like to wear one. They will have to wear them the entire classtime. Maybe then they will understand what a bouffant skirt is. My class is about 50% fashion design students and the other half merchandising. I teach the design and business history of the fashion industry. I hope this gives them a good knowledge of what each half of the industry does, and build a good respect for one another's area of specialty. Another assignment was for the students to go to the local thrift or vintage clothing stores and pick out 1980-1995 clothing to add to the collection. Since half the class want to be fashion buyers, they had to bargain the price with the manager. The students had to photograph and provide details of each item they want to go into the collection. All the bids/proposals are being presented to the dept. chair and will be considered for purchase. I was pretty surprised with their results. Only one item was not from this time period... it was late 1970s. FYI, all my students were born between 1985-1987. LOL! They had to research old magazines to know what the fashions were. I showed them a clip of a Katherine Hepburn and Cary Grant movie and they didn't know who they were! The earliest movie star that they knew was Audrey Hepburn and not all of them knew who she was! Now, they know who William Powell is! They think he is so good looking. This one will make you feel really old... I showed the saddle oxfords aka saddlocks. I told them that I wore them to school when I was a kid and that all the kids wore them. The students wanted to know if we had to wear uniforms to school. LOL! I said, No, they were just fashionable. Another thing is that they are amazed with the escapades of my 61 y.o. sister. That she wears mini-skirts and such. They said, But she's a grandma! I told them, So am I! We aren't dead yet! I better go and grade tests. I love seeing how much they retained about the history of U.S. textile mills from this week's classes. Many thanks again! Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com Penny Ladnier, Owner www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Bad historical costume movies
Sylrog, I tried to watch an old British BW movie of David Copperfield the other day. The costumes were so bad that I turned it off. My husband and I couldn't figure out what decade the costumes were supposed to represent. The men were one decade and the women were a mixture of everything from 1820s to 1850s. I will rarely turn off something because of bad costumes, but this one is my all time worse film. I think this version was playing On Demand for Stars, HBO, or Encore. I just checked and it isn't playing this month. Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Costumes/fashion history classes in college
through my classroom daily at 2:00 while I was photographing the collection. My classroom has a door to the collection. The group would stop and ask me questions about fashion history and whatever I was working on that day. The asst. chair suggested that I give them business cards, because I having to write my name down for them. The students were wanting to take my class. Fashion/costume is a creative and visual industry. No one wants to sit and write for three hours... even the business side of the industry. Today, we have so many other resources available to utilize besides a slide show and three hours of lecture. The presentations at Costume Society I always learned and retained so much was given by a professor from LSU. She was very entertaining and had a different approach. She enjoyed her topics and wanted you to love them as much as she did. If there were more professors like her, I think you would see a lot more people retaining what they were taught. AND want to learn more. She left you with the feeling, that you wanted to learn more and for the education not to end! Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mona Lisa
I think the main problem is that we are so used to seeing paintings that have been air-brushed in media. There are plenty of painting, textiles, costumes, that have been in private and institutional collections that have lost so much in detail lost to grime or aging process. I recall being so disappointed with seeing a very popular painting in a museum. It was so cracked that it looked nothing like what we know it as. Someone had to tell me what it was and I sat for 30 minutes looking at it. The controversy among our field of interest, historic costume is to restore or not. And if chosen to restore, is the funding and expertise available. A very big dealer told me recently concerning restoration... that either costume dies a quick death if the restoration fails. If you have succeeded and saved its life, the costume will shine its glory for several more generations to learn from. I have recently been dabbling in restoration. I talked with several people as how to go about it. I can't tell you how rewarding it is to bring something back to life! I am working with items that I call the ICU of costumes. One of my long term goals is to learn beading and work on some of the 1920s dresses or what were once dresses. I want to piece to them together for the beading patterns and document them. I am doing this at my own expensive. Universities don't budget for these things or think that the beading patterns of an era or important except if they belonged to a famous person. But I know the beauty of the designs are there. And I am learning a new skill One of my restoration projects is a 19th Century bonnet of thin netting and pineapple straw. The straw lace has held up wonderfully but the netting is gone on one half of the bonnet. I have looked and looked at this bonnet and I think I can really save it. When I took it out of the box, it was all meshed together. It took a while to get it untangled. But it will be an interesting challenge for me. Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mona Lisa
Sheridan, It is wonderful the Canadians have this technology. Big kudos! It makes me wonderful what is under the vanish, dirt, and such so many other paintings. Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Wikipedia as a source
Someone used Wikipedia as a source in a message, so I thought I would add my two cents... Wikipedia is not really a good source. If a college student quotes Wikipedia, they lose points. Wikipedia can be edited or information added by anyone. The website started as a copy of a 1910s? encyclopedia that was put online. The owner of the site, decided to let anyone update the information. Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Celebrating Halloween
I am so excited! We are having our first Halloween contest on The Costume Gallery's Websites. The winners are given a really nice free costume of their choice or a goulish table setting/party pack. Each contestant can earn points that cumulate until Fri. Oct. 13. The prizes are awarded on Oct. 16. I worked really hard to get such good prizes from our sponsor. The daily challenges are really fun to earn points and some educational! Here is the official announcement about the contest: A Halloween Contest at The Costume Gallery Websites: http://www.costumegallery.com/HalloweenContest/ We are thrilled to announce our first Halloween contest! Three people will win the contest. The prizes are: ---Two people will win the costume of their choice from www.SpiritHalloween.com . A value of up to $170 per winner. --- One person will win a 29-piece Goulish Party Pack prize worth $234. This includes everything you see on the table setting on the front webpage of the Contest, except the pumpkins and candles. One raven candle holder is included. Because the majority of this Party Pack is made of ceramics and heavy, it will only be shipped in the U.S. You can see detailed photos of the individual pieces on our Prize webpage. I have seen this party pack in a Spirits retail store and it is so cool! Earn CGpoints to win the contest. The points are cumulative. There are several ways to earn CG Points. See: http://www.costumegallery.com/HalloweenContest/points.htm Please make sure to book this webpage. It is updated daily with another challenge question. Every day through Oct. 13, there will be a different Challenge question. All deal with the Halloween season and costumes. Two challenge questions are on the webpage now. There are also several other ways to earn points listed on the CG Points webpage. Make sure to check them out! You can view the Top Ten Contestants CG Points names daily on the Top Ten Webpage. The top ten contestants' total points are listed for the previous day. http://www.costumegallery.com/HalloweenContest/topten.htm Please feel free to pass this message to your friends or email lists. Good luck with the contest and I hope you have a lot of fun! Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Jazz Color
Patty, I haven't heard of a specific color called jazz before but in New Orleans the Mardi Gras color are used with the jazz funerals. The Mardi Gras colors are gold (or bright yellow), purple and green. These colors are used frequently with Dixieland or New Orleans style jazz music. Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 10 websites for fashion, costume, and textile history ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Testing
Seeing if this finally goes through. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites http://www.costumegallery.com/ www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] I'm Back for a while
Since late November, I have been trying to get h-costume to acknowledge my gmail email account replies. I gave up and put h-costume back on my laptop email. I am so happy to be back. I can only be on my laptop one or two days a week because I finally did my back in with four slipped disks in my low back and another one in my neck. Hopefully I will find out in two April 17 if or when I will have surgery. I am so tired of being in bed most of the time but am very grateful that I can walk and drive again. I have been reading your emails on my phone until last week when you all swamped my phone's email and I was determined to get my h-costume replies to work. I am so happy to see the list active again. I love Facebook but the brief comments are not enough for me. I love h-costume's detailed messages and learning from your different interests in costuming. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites http://www.costumegallery.com/ www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] what is everyone working on?
I was finishing off a Japanese quilt for my son's Christmas present and Christmas Eve was when my back got so bad that I could walk. After getting over being upset for not completing the project...about a month... I moved over to hand stitching. I can do that from bed! I am working on an Egyptian sampler in cross stitch and embroidery. I can't sit behind the computer long enough to put photos on my website, but I do have progress photos on my facebook business page. Before I hurt my back, I was doing research on my antique photo collection. Several years ago a lady, I think an h-costumer, donated to me a collection of 20+ senior portraits from the class of 1920 from Somerville, Massachusetts. All but 5 of the photos weren't autographed. It is amazing that this collection has stayed intact. I had the name of the student who originally made the collection in 1920. I did some research on ancestry.com and found the student's 78 y.o. daughter. I did not have a photo of the student whose name is Eleanor. Her daughter sent me her original senior portrait and a copy of her 1923 wedding photo. Eleanor and her husband were married 60 years and the couple wore their 1923 wedding clothes at this special anniversary. Some of the senior portraits only had autographed their first name and graduation year, 1920. Her daughter found a couple of more portraits and sent them to me. Last week her daughter found some more senior portraits and a school magazine that listed all Eleanor's classmates names and addresses. Yippee! Now I finally have most of their full names except the five photos without names. I have even searched google maps for the students' home addresses to see if their homes are still standing. Most are! As for the fashions worn in the portraits...it is so fun to see the early 1920s fashions before things went wild. None of the girls have bobbed hair but in a bun at the nape of their neck. Some are three quarter length portraits. Their dresses are midi length and often tiered skirts. Eleanor's daughter sent me a few candid snapshots of her mom and girlfriends outdoors wearing their wool coats with large fur collars during 1920. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Egyptian Textile Museum photos
Cynthia, Thanks for the Facebook link. Wow! I am going to spend a lot of time on this one! Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] LA Frocks
Karen Augusta turned me on to a new tv series on Smithsonian Channel called LA Frocks Stars that airs on Thursday night. The show is about a vintage clothing store. Last night the Augusta Auction Company was featured in the season finale. The show will be rebroadcast this week. You can watch a full episode at http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/sn/full-episodes.do Check the website for rebroadcast times. I like that the show provides educational with brief facts about designers, and fashion terms. Fashion and costume designers and film stars shop at this store. Some of the costumes were worn by past stars. The costume designer for Glee shops frequently for the show at the store. The online episode also features a buying trip to the Vintage Fashion Expo at Santa Monica, CA. Also Karen is having another vintage clothing auction in NYC on Apr. 17th. You can see the online the auction lots at http://www.augusta-auction.com/list-of-upcoming-sales?view=lots http://www.augusta-auction.com/list-of-upcoming-sales?view=lotscategory_id =2auction_file_id=27 category_id=2auction_file_id=27 Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites http://www.costumegallery.com/ www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] about bath towels...
I use Bed Bath Beyond too! Also Costco has good towels. Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Mystery Designers
I am still working on my series Designers of Their Time series. I have a few 1896 fashion plates. I can't find information about two of the European designers. Would you all please check your books and see if you have them listed. I am trying to find out when they were in business. Below is the information that I have: 1. Emilia Bossi, Florence, Italy. Furnishes Their Majesties the Queens of Italy, Servia, and Wurtemburg. I found a webpage of an exhibit of one gown from 1882. Nothing else was mentioned. 2. Jules Bister, Berlin. Furnishes to Her Majesty and the Princess of the Royal and Imperial Family of Germany. I have searched google and have come up with very little. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Suggestions for London
I received my United Airlines newsletter today. If anyone would like for me to forward it to you, please contact me privately. Carol, you are correct, it is British Midlands. The stewarts were so nice to me and helped carry my bags. They also feed you all the way to England and back. Tickets to England and back from Washington DC, generally go in the $600 to $800 range during peak season and if you purchase them a month or so in advance. Within the past year we have purchased three round trip tickets and the price was around upper $400 to lower $500s. The last one we purchased was in March before the airlines raised rates for gas prices. When I was in London, my very favorite place was St. Paul's Catheral. The artwork is beautiful! I also loved our day trip to the Bath Costume Museum. I was very impressed with their costume displays. I wasn't impressed with the permanent VA costume exhibit... to much high fashion. The storage and textiles areas were closed when I was there. I loved the crown jewels at the Tower of London. I could have stayed there all day staring, if they would have let me. I am not a big jewelry fan, but these jewelry exhibits that I mentioned today and yesterday were just breathtaking. Susan, my asst. told me that there is a hand-fan museum in London. She tried to find it on her trip to England but was unsuccessful. Maybe some of our London list members can give better directions to the museum and if they have been there, provide a review of the collection. Is it worth finding. If anyone is going to Liverpool, I can suggest a couple of must-see places there. One day I will get my photos online from that trip. Currently I am putting online antebellum homes from the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Maybe I'll get to the Liverpool/Wales photos after the Back-to-School/Halloween rush season. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Fan Museum
Agnes, Thank you for the information about the fan museum. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Online Class Starting
We have starting today an online class, Basic Corsetry for Young Women: 1850 - 1865 at the Costume Classroom. This class can be adapted for adult women's corsetry. The class fee includes a three-month subscription to our online Research Library. The class is taught by Elizabeth Stewart Clark. There are still openings for new students. For more information go to www.costumeclassroom.com . Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] A Career Question: Education and going into business: (Long)
, especially a costume business. Every one wears clothes! Even while on vacation, watching TV, a film, etc. you are thinking about costumes. Overall, most business owners on average work 80 hours a week. ***Except if you have an investor lined up, plan to fund your business with your own money. Banks are very leery about making loans to start-up small businesses. ***Keep receipts on everything for the business. Make sure to document on the back of the receipt, the vendor/store name, what the item is for, the date of purchase, and sub-total before taxes. The ink on those receipts CAN fade over time and so can your memory. If you don't have it documented, the IRS will not count it as an expense. ***Be organized with your records and stay consistent over the years of your business. I use Microsoft Excel (spreadsheet) to keep all my business records. If you don't know how to use spreadsheet software, there are lots of classes at community colleges. Our county school system has adult education classes for very cheap prices. One class for is Excel for Small Businesses. I think it cost $60. If you put your records on a computer, have several backups copies, and paper hard copies. ***Hire a professional company to do your taxes. Get several referrals from others business owners in your area. Before hiring someone to do your taxes, have in writing that the tax preparer company will go to IRS meetings if you are audited. I learned this one the hard way. Many moons ago, I owned a home-based child care business. A private accountant did my taxes and verbally promised to go to bat with the IRS if I was audited. Well, I got audited for one year of taxes. The accountant disappeared! That one year audit, turned into a three year business audit, and my business owing $10,000 to the IRS. With my current business, I use a national tax-preparing business. Every year they hand me a contract with their signatures, stating that they will go to all IRS audits and interviews, AND they will pay the difference if there are any mistakes. A very hard lesson learned. BTW, this scary audit was what encouraged me to go back to college and take as many business classes as I could. My college professors told me, you don't have to take the accounting majors classes to be successful in business. But you do need to know enough accounting that if the accountant/bookkeeper is cheating you. I hope this advice helps you with your decision. Best of luck to you! Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Bloodstain
I am coming in late on this one. Is the blood stain more than 24 days old? For 24 hours or less, I use cold water and dove soap and scrub with an old toothbrush. Its always worked. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] going into business: (even Longer)
would be a good location for your business. If you are just selling locally, there are three zones for business, primary, secondary, and tertiary. These areas descend at five mile radius from the business. I can tell you from my business being on the internet, that the majority of people into costuming (in general) in the U.S. are located in California and Virginia. There are lots of other hot locations in the U.S. but this is where I have found the most interest in historic costuming over the years. An example of special interest is for the Victorian bustle era, the southwest is very popular. Things that could influence the costuming business is what movie or television shows are popular at the time. I spoke with a lady in London who is very big into role-playing games online. One of the things her group loved is the HBO series Deadwood. I remember when the series Lovesome Dove was popular and the whole fashion industry did a swing towards Western style clothing for women. This even took a swing into the southwestern style home furnishings. Keeping an eye on Hollywood as to what is coming up and being the first one to offer adapted costumes, is a great way to get your name out there. If you watch the Hollywood rag shows like ET, Access, or get the Hollywood magazines like Entertainment Weekly, you can follow what is on the horizon as to what films are coming out. Vogue will occasionally have articles about the costumes from an upcoming film. With blogs being so popular on the web, you can find blogs about movies that people are awaiting to come out. Someone on h-costume mentioned a blog about the costumes from the last Star Wars... I think it was Michaela. I went to the blog and they had images of the costumes detailing. When I watched the film I didn't notice some of the details that we mentioned on the blog. But after the description, I would love to see it again, to see those details. Kim, when in business you will be re-evaluating and changing your goals as your business ages. The market changes all the time. Have you found that you have seasons in your business? Most businesses do. During the slow seasons you can build up stock or look to other marketplaces that have seasons. Like when it is not Renfaires season, look to the bridal market. I know one costumer in California, who picks up movie sub-contracts in her off-season. Renfaire may be your favorite season, but to bring in $$$ in other seasons, you might want to look around for other markets that you could hit, like the anime industry and their conventions. The whole role-playing industry is really unbelievable. When I started out in business, I had set in my mind that there were certain time periods that I hated. Never failed, I would get jobs working in those time periods and I learned to respect them. BTW, if you are considering going into the design end of the business, I do suggest watching the two reality shows from this past year, Project Runway and The Cut. As I said before The Cut is more along the lines of the business side of the industry. Project Runway (PR) is the creative side of the business. I have PR on videotape and am loaning it to people around the U.S. My tapes have been traveling all over the U.S. this summer. They are on their way to the final person on the waiting list. If you would like to be put on the waiting list to borrow them, send me a private message and I will put you on the list. The rules for the loan is that you have two weeks to watch the series. You will be responsible for mailing them to the next person on the waiting list. I am videotaping The Cut too. I will be loaning those tapes out when the series is over. To be on the waiting lists, please send me a private message, with your name, snail mail address, email address, phone number, and which series you want to borrow. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Celebration!
SNIP Oh, BTW, can I be added to the mailing list for The Cut for when it's ready to make the rounds. I HOPE we'll be able to purchase it and the Runway show on DVD one of these days. Is this the same Chris who got the Runway tapes? LOL! My husband and I have been making fashion critiques for the INXS Rock Star reality shows. The one lady that dresses and looks like Blondie, now looks like Madonna (or is her name Esther now?) Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Celebration!
I will get to answering your questions later tonight. I haven't been to sleep since 4 yesterday. Getting son #5 ready for college this morning... so I am very lacking in sleep. I checked into several options about publishing this information. I will let you all now what I found out when I return later tonight or early in the morning Thursday. BTW, Gooseturd is in the database. My favorite color are when London and Pairs were battling over who was the fashion capital of Europe. They made bad fashion color names about the other's city. One of the names is in the L color index under London. Another name lost in my old database, I think the name was Nun's Belly... who saw a Nun's Belly to know what color it was??? Good night... at 11:39 am. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Linen prices, and a question
I have to laugh here... I have been seeing in stores candles that when lit that smell like linen. So all you fabricoloics you better go get some! Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Mystery Designer
First off, I will be getting back to you all about your questions about the Color Database. I am really sorry about my delay. After being sick last week, I am pushing to wrap up the 1896 designers set, before this weekend. Then I have to move on to the Costume Encyclopedia. I will catch up in-between these projects. QUESTION: I am looking for the fashion design house, A. Izambard in St. Petersburg, Russia. If any of you have books on 19th Century fashion designers, can you please look and see if this designer is listed. This is what I have so far for the designer... This was written in 1896: A. Izambard's Clientèle: Hoflieferanten J.K.H Prinzessin Friedrich Leopold Von Preussen. De S.M. La Reine des Belges Empress of Dowager at her coronation at Moscow The Maison Izambard of St. Petersburg had been in existence many years. The design house made a specialty of court costumes, which were all of the same pattern and colors at the Russian Court when worn by the ladies of honor to Her Imperial Majesty. I have done a google on him and all I get is a romance writer. When I started this Designers of Their Time series, it was to find designers that the general public does not know for an era. But I am having trouble finding information about 14 designers in 1896 who designed for the royal courts of Europe. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mystery Designer
Thank you Katy. I have asked one of my intern to translate it. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mystery Designer
Thank you Katy for the offer. The more I work on these designers, the more I realize that this project really needed to be done. This set of designers that I am working are from a 1896 source. I am finding very little information in my designer books and on the web. These designers were the top designers for the royalty of Europe. Such a shame that history seems to have forgotten them. I just worked on index webpages for two design houses, Vogel in the Netherlands, and Manning in Ireland that made fashions for the Queens and their courts of their respective countries. Both fashion houses had been in business for at least 60 years according to my 1896 source. The only Vogel that I found information was the founder of Bon Ton Ton magazine. This one couldn't have been the Vogel that I needed because he would have been designing for the courts at 10 years old. LOL!!! I feel like I am lost in space/cyberland/history with these designers. When I do a Google on them... the only webpages about these designers are mine. My son suggested I have a Quigi (sp) book and talk with the designers! To top that off, I just won an ebay auction with more fashions from these European designers. This book is also from 1896. I will email you privately with a list of the designers that I am working on. If the information is in French, my intern will translate them. One day, I will make it to the community college and take French classes. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Reminder Tales from the Green Valley
Suzi, Is this on BBC America? Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Storm update
of that area and all those home are gone. Some of those homes had been there since the 1830s. Another irony, this town is named after one of my husband's great-grandfathers who discovered the pass between the islands and the Gulf Coast. His name was Christian Ladnier and was one of the founding families of the area between New Orleans and Mobile. That's why we have so many family members in this area. My husband has so many cousins in this area and we just don't know where they are now. It is so heartbreaking to see an area that we grew up into adulthood so torn apart. We don't know what our family members are going to do for homes or income. All the businesses have been destroyed. We are just some of the thousands who are trying to find our families on the Gulf Coast. If you want to help, send money to the American Red Cross or the Salvation Army. Write in the memo section Hurricane Katrina and the organizations promised to use the monies for that cause. These charities are sending in teams to feed the Coastal residents. Please keep all the Gulf Coastal residents and their families in your prayers. I am sorry if there are spelling or grammar errors in this message. I just don't have the heart to read over what I just wrote. I have cried so much, my head hurts. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Storm update
/PassChristian/page1.htm . HINT: If using the browser IE to look at the extra-large photo, place your cursor on the lower right of the image page. you will see a little box with arrows. Click on it for a nice extra-large photo. I have about four or five more photo packs of these homes to put online. Most of these houses date from the Victorian era. The hurricane news shows haven't been talking much about the town of Pass Christian because it was so heavily destroyed by this week's hurricane. The press is saying that most of these homes are no longer exist. The press has not been allowed into this area of the Coast because there will probably be a high body count from this coastal town. This area of the Coast took the direct hit of the hurricane's eye wall of the Monday. Some of these homes also took a direct hit from Hurricane Camille in 1969 and survived. You might see a newer home here or there on my website. Those homes replaced the empty lots from where the homes stood and Camille ate. We took a photo of almost every home on the Pass Christian scenic drive... I think it was seven or eight rolls of film. By the time we got to the business district of Pass Christian, the street's tropical storms water was up to my knees. (I am a die-hard reporter!) These are probably the last photographs taken as a collection of these historic homes. Once the town clears out the debris a little, I am going to burn CD copies of the photos and send them their historical society. The home owners might like current photos of their homes for insurance purposes. BTW, Pass Christian hosted one of my favorite MG parades... very family friendly. My sister who has M.S. went on this shoot with me. We had the best time, we have had in years. We teased one another that this house or that was mine or hers and that the other one couldn't come visit us. Then we named family members who would be our servants. During this same visit to the Coast, my future daughter-in-law and I did a photoshoot of the statues at the Old Biloxi Cemetery... it was in my mom's backyard. She is a professional photographer. I have been taking these types statue photos for years. I have about 20 packs of the statue photos to get online. All these photoshoots over the years are for our series Costume Heaven. You can see the beginning of that series at: http://www.costumegallery.com/cemetery/ladies1.htm . This is the first page called Ladies of the Lawn. Again, click on the small statue photo for an enlargement. You are probably wondering why I put photos of old homes and cemetery art on a costume website. It seems to be a common interest among some costumers. We like old houses and fancy art on graves. Off to sleep for the first time since Saturday! Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Great News!!!!!
Thank you to ALL of your for your prayers, thoughts, and money sent to charities for the Hurricane victims. I spent three days on the phone with no sleep. I finally slept yesterday for 10 hours and still going strong. I have several great news to tell you but this one great part is so wonderful I am sending it in a message on its own. Please feel free to pass this one along to others to let them know there is hope. We thought my mom had lost her home because it was on the beach in Biloxi. But read what we found out today. Print off this message and then go to an image I put on the web at: www.costumegallery.com/momshouse.jpg If you are in IE browser, go to the lower right corner and some arrows will appear. Click on them. Look at the photo and read the rest of my message. We have been able to go on the NOAA's website www.noaa.gov . They have excellent aerial photos of all the houses and streets. The photos have been taken since the hurricane hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Look at the photo on my website. I downloaded it from the NOAA website and labeled it for you. We found my mom's house which is located close it the beach in Biloxi on the photos and can see that it is still standing. I drew a red circle around mom's house. A very old large stone hotel that was a block wide on the beach stopped the water from coming up to my mom's house. I drew a red square around hotel. This hotel saved all but the first two houses on Mom's street from getting damaged. It blocked the water. Funny the hotel hasn't been used in years, until this hurricane. Maybe they should use it in the levees in New Orleans. My mom's house is (not was) just outside the main gate to Keesler Air Force base. The Old Historic Biloxi Cemetery is just behind my Mom's house and 3/4 of it was not destroyed. BTW, my mom's house is about a half mile east from where the apartments with all the bodies that was first announced on the news. It is so funny, a man bought that old hotel and gutted one part of it, but left the part facing the beach in tack. He ran out of money, and quit work on it. The city wanted to tear it down. But the coastal residents fussed so much that the city didn't tear it down. A lot of memories were in that hotel from the Biloxi citizens. The irony of the hotel... my husband and I went disco dancing in their ballroom when we were dating 30 years ago. My sister met her first husband dancing in the hotel's ballroom. Thanks again, for listening. With all the bad news coming our of the Hurricane damaged areas, I thought you might wanted to hear some good news. I have more good news that I will send it in another message. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] More Coastal News
I actually did a radio interview for the Red Cross about this topic this morning. As of yesterday at 6:00 pm, we had heard from all of our family members but my husband's brother and sister and their collective six children. They decided to stayed in the Northern part of Gulfport during the hurricane. We were watching the Weather Channel and giving them and my brother in Hattiesburg updates as to what part of the storm was coming at them every 30 minutes. When their electricity went out in the early morning and they didn't know that the eye of the hurricane was coming at them. They thought it was going to New Orleans. The last we had heard from either of them was at 11:00 Monday just before the worse part of the hurricane hit. Water was coming into my brother-in-law's garage at the times and they had lost nine trees at the time. My brother-in-law who is in management at MCI, told us last night that you can text message people with cell phones in Mississippi, and ask them to call you. You don't have to have MCI service to do this. Anyone with text message reception can do this. We texted a message and my brother-in-law called us in minutes. The Gulf Coast Mississippians can receive text messages but not phone calls. BUT they can call out!!! Most of the people in South Mississippi do not know they can phone out until you tell them. They can't call the area code for South Mississippi, 228, but can call anywhere else in the country. My brother-in-law and his family are safe in their home. They have food and a neighbor with a well is giving them water. My sister-in-law who lives in downtown Gulfport went back to their home Wednesday. We text messaged her and she called us in 10 minutes. Amazingly enough, her house was my husband's families home since 1920, is standing strong and took no damage. This home was built by my husband's father and his grandfather. The house is located about 8 blocks from the beach in Gulfport, where all the reporters are reporting from. We have now heard from ALL of our family members. Some family members have lost their homes and/or jobs. But they are not standing on standing on roof-tops waiting to be rescued. What most people need on the Coast is water, gas, and ice. They also need cash because the banks or either in rubble or don't have electricity. Debit and check cards do not work because the electricity is out. My diabetic sister-in-law in Gulfport paid $10 for a bag of ice to cool her insulin. She said she couldn't stand in the lines @ 98 degree weather for hours to get a bag of ice at the free distribution centers. They really need organization at these centers. But they just don't have enough people to help. Please let people know about the text messaging their family members in Mississippi. It will relieve their minds when their family calls back. It also give the people in Mississippi that we have not forgotten about them and that they are not cut off from the world. Just before we found out about the text messaging, we were planning to drive to Mississippi to get our families to bring back to Virginia. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Response to conditions in Coastal Areas
have seen we have a very large family. Today's count, three of our family members have lost their home from this hurricane. I think the problem is that people outside of North America view the U.S. according as to what you see on TV or in films. Just remember, that is Hollywood's version is not the real thing. We do not have a great mass transit system like England. Our country is very large. We have two cars because my husband drives 45 minutes one way to go to work and needs a vehicle. My car is used to transport my living-at-home children to go their jobs in the opposite direction. The Richmond metro does not have mass transit outside of the actual city limits. The majority of mid-size U.S. cities with suburbs are this way. Small towns generally do not have mass transit at all, except if you want to count a Greyhound bus station. Trains for the most part are used for the transport of goods, like coal, lumbers, oil, etc. As for the flooding problems in N.O. When you build a city on a marsh, it will flood. N.O. floods almost every time it rains... that's why they bury people above the ground. New Orleanians say that all the time. What the Press is not showing you are the parts of the city that did not flood... the original part of the city! Flooding is a fact of life in N.O., just like living in the flood zone of Richmond, the BIG ONE (flood) will come on day. The Big One happened in N.O. this week. The Big One happened in Richmond last year from a tropical storm in 2 hours and 11 inches of rain. It wiped out a whole business district when it happened. Sometimes unforeseen things happen, like in Richmond's flood last year a dam almost broke and places downstream were severely flooded. The people who live in the fault line of California know the Big One will happen one day. So should we not use the products and services from these areas to encourage them to move. We seem to like all those fruits and vegetables we receive from Florida and California. Do we say tough luck and not help these people. No! We are humans and we try to help those in need as much as possible. Just like we try to help people when earthquakes happen, volcanoes erupt, massive wildfires, droughts, etc. BTW, in case you didn't read my original message in July about the website with the antebellums homes, I made it very clear to point out, these homes were an exception in the South and are a declared historic district. That's why I have them on my website... they are historic. 99% people in the South do not live have big columned Plantation houses and strolling yards. A good many of the modern homes do have porches. Even my home built in 1978 is an exception with a 3/4 wrap-around porch. I looked for months to find a house to purchase with a wrap-around porch. I wanted one because it reminded me of the houses that face the beach in Pass Christian. But my columns, if you would call them that, are 6 X 6 boards. My porch is not a status system like the plantation style home but as functional as another room in our house. Please be careful when you stereo-type people and cultures. Don't judge people by what you see on TV and the movies. The reason I have always loved to travel and study costumes, is because I love to find out how others live. Education teaches us all to respect one another. That is why I am in the business I am in. But if you jump in and insult people or cultures, you end up causing conflict and hurt feeling. We all live differently because of our history, cultures, climate, income levels, etc. That is what makes us all so unique as a world. BTW, there is nothing wrong about not being a lot of having money. The majority of people live paycheck to paycheck. I have know a lot of people who have little money who are happier than those who have a lot. Poor is a state of mind not how much money you make or where you live. You can have all the money in the world and not be happy. I was always taught to not condemn a person, before you way a mile in their shoes. Bjarne please come out of the bubble and please walk a mile in someone's others shoes before condemning their lifestyles. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] One last important message
This is so wonderful! I just received this message and please pass it on: Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, http://www.mwsu.edu/ is opening its doors to students who now have no university for the fall because of the hurricane. If you know of university students who are in need of temporary (or permanent) university education because their school has been closed for the fall semester, (or longer) due to Hurricane Katrina, they can contact Barbara Merkle at 1-800-842-1922 or 940-397-4328. They will admit students late, and will charge in-state tuition. We need to be contacted by September 13th. Housing will be available. They have a theater department. Bless their hearts for being so thoughtful! Texas sure does have a big heart and is a good neighbor! Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Hippie sightings...
Carol, Williamsburg: Colonial dress (Goof-ball that is where I met you! Remember my missing night-gown!) I remember seeing you dressed to the T for a dance with patches on your bosom! And what a handsome dandy your husband was! I always think of you two in costume as Mr. Mrs. Williamsburg! Jamestown: (400 years celebration soon) All those Civil War Battlefields/Forts and the soldier reenactors. Natchez, MS and Bellegrath Gardens (down the road from Susans home) Azalea Trail Maids. (I just see Albert Cat grit his teeth. I remember that very old thread on the list.) Maymont and the Dooley Mansion in Richmond, Virginia. The 1890s and early 1900s Victorian Days. Carol, remember the Victorian picnic on the mansion's lawn for Costume Society's National Symposium. I loved the gentlemen and ladies playing croquet in their summer white costumes. As for New Orleans, I loved the men in their Southern gentlemen attire who were driving the carriages around the French Quarter. Susan and I had the time of our life doing that one night. Another New Orleans one, the groups dressed in costumes, all black capes and in Goth makeup, doing the Vampires tours around the French Quarters are night. What a hoot! My all time favorite costumes at N.O. Mardi Gras, a brother and sister dressed as ghosts coming out of graves. I have a photo of them that I have been searching for years for. An honorable mention, Duck Hunt, I have a photo of him... http://www.onlinecostumeball.com/1998/Guest5.htm he is one the first row. How creative! BTW, Robin you wrote me that your photo wasn't working on the online Ball just before I went on vacation. Can you please tell me the Ball year and the page number. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] One last important message
This is the second message about different college's help since I posted that message. I am going to make a webpage with listings of universities that will take college students from the affected areas and their message. Poor University of Southern Mississippi lost their college in Pass Christian and the Hattiesburg campus received a lot of damage. Please get the word out that if a college is willing to accept these hurricane effected students, please let me know and I will post it to my website. I will have a link on the front of my website for students to go to late tomorrow night. This is a wonderful thing these colleges are doing, especially since most colleges started the week before the hurricane hit. Please make sure there is a website URL in message and a person to contact and their phone number. These affected students don't need to run a telephone gambit to get back into college. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Good News/Storm updates
Jodi, Thank you for your help. This has been a sad, sad, situation. But good things are occurring daily. You might want to contact your local Red Cross. They are coordinating the people moving into other areas of the country. I talked with the chair of our local chapter and he said they can use all the local help they can get. They had a crash training course. Please give your quilt guild our heart felt thanks. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Good News/Storm updates
I am sorry, I thought I had sent that off-list. My apologies. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Clothing superstitions (and theatre)
I too have stitched several actors into their costumes before going on stage. You do want you can in a hurry. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Clothing superstitions (and theatre)
Cynthia, I am guilty of stapling a hem when an actor needs to get on stage real quick. I have taped a bodice of a gown to a model. It helps with very low cut dress. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Clothing Superstitions
Julie, It makes me wonder if a straightening iron for hair would work for last minute hem pressing? Maybe I will try it in a rush one day. I have ironed some full-skirt hems while a few actresses and models were wearing them. If you have confidence in what you are doing and the actor/model has confidence in your abilities, they won't be scared. After one night of rehearsals, the actor/model can pick up on your abilities really quick. During West Side Story last year, I rigged two full sized flags into two actresses' underskirts with safety pins. The actresses lifted their skirts to reveal the flags at the end of the song America. We had three minutes to do the pinning between scenes. It worked. You can see a photo at: http://www.costumegallery.com/Manchester/WWS/flags3.jpg I had the safety pins already in their place in the skirts and petticoats, when it came time to put the flags in them, my teams of dressers knew exactly where to place them. The actors knew exactly how to hold the skirts during the quick pinning to make the process quicker. I had my dressers practice the pinning during dress rehearsals several times to get the timing down to three minutes. You can't tell from the photo but the middle of the flags are also pinned to the waistband of the petticoats to hold the flags in place while the actresses danced vigorously to America. You could not tell the flags were in the skirts until the actresses lifted their skirts. We tried Velcro and snaps to hold the flags in the skirts but they were not strong enough to hold up the flags through the America scene. These girls really shook their skirts during the number. They looked great when they shook the skirts in the dance! Especially the girl with the gold petticoat! Thankfully the pins never opened and the flags stayed in the skirts. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] re: making a fan
I can tell you from my goof-up... don't use super glue on a fan. I did this to an antique fan, and permanently glued the whole fan in a closed position. G... I guess we live and learn. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Old Thread
We talked a while back about airfares from the U.S. to Europe. I promised I would let people know when the fares started dropping again. I just received these fares from United Airlines Newsletter: Sample fares are for travel beginning September 26 through September 29, 2005 and returning October 3 through October 6, 2005. Additional taxes and fees apply.* From: To: Roundtrip: Chicago (ORD) London, England (LHR) $500 New York City (JFK) London, England (LHR) $404 Washington, D.C. (IAD) Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS) $558 At one point last February, you could fly from DC to London for $175 roundtrip. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Looking for Franchesca
Can Franchesca Havas please write me off-list. I am sorry to write on the list but I have her email wrong address. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: jeans
Gail, The bell bottoms were in fashion again a couple of years ago. I think last winter we saw the first season without them. But if you look at Vogue magazine for the past year a large majority of the fashions are the gypsy style from the 1970s. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Current day fashion magazines
What current day fashion magazines do you all read? Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Current day fashion magazines
I subscribe to Vogue, W, Bazaar, and Entertainment Weekly (it covers a lot of star fashions). For the past year Vogue has been running a section with photos on Hollywood and vintage fashions. Vogue or Bazaar points out when someone is wearing vintage and puts the designer's in the caption. I can't recall which one of these magazine has a monthly article by Karl Lagerfeld, but it is generally interesting. I enjoy the ads in these magazines, except the perfume one with the samples. They get ripped out immediately. The designer ads are very creative, especially Sept. issue of Vogue... my daughter-in-law and I figured out that one ad was a mirror effect in Photoshop or another image software. I do subscribe to Women's Wear Daily (WWD) online. I enjoy the industry trade news. Vogue is also good about running articles about museum exhibits, photos of the guests attending the exhibit's opening, and articles about film costumes. Their lead article is always in the last section of the magazine. I do have a complaint about one photoshoot of Demi Moore that was last month's issue in one of these magazine... she was air brushed way too much. I also study the ads for their layout and design. I have been collecting Vogue since the 1970s, W magazine since 1995, and EW since 2000. Bazaar I just started collecting this past year. If you run a business, a lot of magazines will offer you subscription for $5-8 a year's subscription. I think they are getting my business name and address from the county where my business license is registered. I subscribe to several magazines this way or via using my airline frequent flyer points. Although most people do not think of fashion but I have issues of National Geographic from the 1960s-2000. I collect them for international cultural fashions. The magazines are also an inspiration resource for costumes, past, present, and future. The issues of the Bayeaux Tapestry and the Tut exhibit in the 1970s are like gold to me! For those wanting to collect this magazine, your Library is a wonderful way to pick them up cheap. Our local library has a Friends of the Library section, where you can purchase old magazines for a quarter each. I have stopped getting issue of the magazine because we have run out of space to put them. I do subscribe to Smithsonian magazine... That's how I found out about the King Tut exhibit and reserved my advance tickets for the 2007 exhibit in PA. BTW, for those people wanting to go to one of the Tut exhibits, you can reserve tickets online... all the future exhibits are over 50% booked. They will reserve the tickets and you have to pay the day before the exhibit opens in the location you plan to attend. The exhibit is in Jacksonville, Florida either now or in a month or so. I love Town and Country magazine but their subscription rate is too expensive for me. Their fashions are so-o-o classy. I read TC and Architectural Digest whenever I go to my doctor's office. A long time ago, I found a website, where you can receive free fashion catalogs from various companies. I have been receiving the catalogs for years. I love to look at the catalogs for the color themes for that season. I have fun seeing what new color names have come out. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Photo cross-stitch software
Does anyone know the name of some software that will take a photo and grid it for cross-stitch? I know there are people who will do this if you mail them the photo. But I wonder if they are doing this in some computer software or by hand. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Photo cross-stitch software
I downloaded a demo version of X-Stitch Studio from here: http://www.ursasoftware.com/studio.htm I have been playing with it and you can only get details of images when you go into 18+ count aida cloth. I am putting an old fashion plate into the software and can't get details of the face. I am looking for anyone's suggestions as to your experience with this type software. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Photo cross-stitch software
I found another software demo, and it does capture great detail. It is called DigiStitch. The free demo is at: http://www.digistitch.com/down.htm Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Ten Years!
The Costume Gallery website's 10th year Anniversary is Jan. 6, 2006. Many, many thanks to all of you for making my dream job come true. A very heartfelt thanks to the h-costumers who have been around for all these years. You encouraged me and gave so much guidance from the very beginning. For our anniversary, I am opening up the online Library for free access from Jan. 3 - 6. You may invite your family and friends to use our Library during the free access period. The passwords are only good for our Library section of our website. These passwords will change on Jan. 7 at 12 am. The new passwords will only be available to subscribers at that time. Go to www.costumelibrary.com and click on the SUBSCRIBER LOGIN button. Library Passwords good only from Jan. 3 - 6: Login: cg2003 Password: budnan5 NOTE: Remember to use all lower case letters and no blank spaces before, after, or in-between the passwords. Blank spaces are recognized as characters and will give you an error message. It is so hard for me to believe it has been 10 years! In 1996, the website was called Historic Costume Research and the Library was all that was on the site. The growth continued with The Costume Gallery in 1997, Online Costume Ball in 1997, the Costume Classroom in 2000, A Year in Fashion series in 2000, Designer's of Their Time series in 2003, and Fashion Color Database in 2005. Many thanks again, Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] FAQs Library
make it into their shipping boxes and the sewing machine is still in its box. They will be tonight's projectalong with my Christmas cards that have turned into New Year's cards. LOL! One year they were Mardi Gras cards! Everyone had a good laugh! Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: costume gallery
male children, and collecting dust. Those things I have mastered! Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: costume gallery
Thank you Gail. It is truly a labor of love for all of us at the Gallery. We learn so much as we work. I am working on an 1861 article about color usage deals with fashions in paintings. Some eye-opening stuff for the time period. I have a page and a half to type yet. I am surprised how good the eBay dealers are with working with me. Once they see the purpose of the Library, they are very willing to come down on prices and pull their auctions. These dealers in the U.S., England, and France watching out for specific topics for me. Most of these dealers purchase from estate sales. We do have some people who loan their collections to be put in the Library. A member from h-costume has been very gracious to loan some of her collection. In exchange, she receives a free lifetime Library subscription. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Re: costume gallery
Alex, The link I gave, http://www.costumegallery.com/1838/plates/cleaning.html , shows the process of how we clean the images. We have a link on the front page of Library. What time frame are you in? We are adding some costume history books to the Library this year. I already have some of the history book Corsets and Crinoline online. This is not to be confused with the modern day book of the same name. This book was written in the 1860s. The Encyclopedia also touches on other time period. Our biggest problem getting into 18th Century and older is the price of the publication are VERY high. One day maybe we will make enough money to be able to purchase the older items. But for now, I have to depend on the history books, and the 19th early 20th Century publications. Hopefully this year, we will go into earlier years of the publications to put into the Library. U.S. copyright will not allow us to use publications earlier than 1923. We are going to be stuck with that date for a long time. But France's copyright are for 70 years. I have been collecting French fashion magazines from 1924-1936 to put online. I am wanting to learn French so I can translate them. My husband says that there is a program for learning French. I need to know how to speak, read, and their grammar. I will give that program a try. If I don't get what I want from that, I will take a class at the community college. BTW, I do have a beautiful 1950s Russian pattern catalog. Their copyrights expire very quickly. So that will go online this year. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] This year's calendar selection
Robin, you are lucky girl! I love coming across sales like that! Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Stitch example?
Roscelin, Coming in late... I've been out of town. I use this stitch on most of my hems. Its my favorite hand-stitch. Do you want to see it on a finished garment or do you need the directions? Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Ammonia and Bleach or Vinegar and Bleach
Also don't mix bleach with Lime-Away. My husband was cleaning his bathroom last year. He picked up what he thought was an empty unmarked spray bottle, and poured bleach into it. The bottle instantly started foaming and overflowing. He poured it down the shower drain. The bottle once had Lime-Away in it, and the bleach and Lime-Away had a BIG chemical reaction. My husband immediately started coughing violently and throwing up. I rushed him to the hospital... he had chlorine poisoning. My adult children called 911. A hasmat team and the fire dept. came and quartentined (sp) the house for 24 hours. They had to flush all the drains in our house to the sewer line in the street. This chemical reaction happened in seconds. Since then, every unmarked bottle that comes in our house is labeled with a permanent marker. Thankfully because I got my husband to the hospital quickly, he did not have a permanent damage to his body. I can tell you that by the time we got to the hospital, his pores were excreting chlorine. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Ammonia and Bleach or Vinegar and Bleach
Robin, LOL! He always cleans his own throne room/library. This king doesn't have a royal maid! It did take about 6 months before he could be around bleach again. You know you should be scared when the hazmat team calls you at the hospital. They wanted to make sure what was in the spray bottle. My kids said they had to put on all the hazmat suits to work in the bathroom. Our family has all these jokes/stories over the years about my husband trying to fix things around the house and the cars. Now when my husband insists on fixing something, we remind him of the bleach/Limeaway event. On the other hand... he is a wiz at fixing computers! To bring this back to a fashion/costume topic... did anyone watch the reality show, Beauty and the Geek on the WB? I only watched the episodes where they picked out wardrobes for one another. It was really funny! One of the Geeks, I wouldn't really called a geek. His personality and mode of dress was more like the Robert Carradine's character in Revenge of the Nerds. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Les Petites Dames de Mode Re: fashion dolls
Sorry, I have been sick all week. Just getting back on the computer. I worked on an exhibit of the dolls with Mr. Burbidge when I was at the Valentine Museum. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Les Petites Dames de Mode
Kathleen, I am sorry for the confusion. I have not heard if Mr. Burbidge is still with us or not. The exhibit that I worked with him was in 1997 or 98. The exhibit was just before or after we did the first Princess Diana gown exhibit. I have heard the videotape about the dolls is really good. It is amazing to me how detailed he was when making the dolls. Going on memory... I think he said that he made two or three dolls a year. The research he did for each doll was so intense. The dolls are clothed even with the undergarments and each had their own traveling case. My favorite were his bridal dolls. His wife is also a master cake decorator. At the time Mrs. Burbidge had been making cakes for the royals of the world. I met her at a birthday party for a friend. She made my friend's cake. It looked so perfectly decorated that I hated to see it cut. Mrs. Burbidge and I discussing my dabbling in cake decorating. She told me, Don't be upset, the decorations are easy to make. She took me into the kitchen and taught me a few of her tricks. What an honor! The Burbidges are that kind of people... very laid back and love to teach others their crafts. At the time, she was also making a yo-yo quilt. Mrs. Burbidge carried a bag with her full of her circles for yoyos where ever they traveled. She showed me a completed section of the quilt. On the back of each yoyo, she stitched the date and location as to where she made it. She said it was her journal of their travels. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] yo-yo quilts
Joannah, What a wonderful thing your grandmother making so many quilts. I wish I could make them that fast. It seems to take me five years to complete one. I go to Williamsburg, VA the last weekend of every February for the quilt show. Now the show is three-four hotels. I get inspiration from the show to quilt again. This show not only has traditional quilts but very artistic ones. Here are some photos I took from the 2003 show, http://www.costumegallery.com/Quilt/Show2003/ . Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Rubber garments to hide or lose weight
I recently acquired a real treasure, a bound book of Vogue magazines from 1919. I am having a blast trying to choose which articles to use first. Its like being in a candy shop. In the magazine issues, there are advertisements for rubber garments like chin straps, corsets, etc., that are to be worn to lose weight. I gathered the chin strap was worn at night. Has anyone heard of rubber garments used in this manner? Would women have worn these items under their everyday clothing? I imagine if they did it would be rather hot during the warm months... are is that how you were supposed to lose weight. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] 16th Century Effigies
Passing this alone from another list... Good news! A brand new research resource for c16th dress arrives on line - a pilot database of images is available at: http://www.jmdsrv1.dyndns.org/tudoreffigies This is the first stage of a project to photograph and make available photographs of Tudor effigies in UK churches. The pilot database contains 44 effigies with photographs of items and features of dress. This represents about two per cent of the material that could be compiled from similar sources. Eventually, each effigy and its details will have a description with appropriate c16th terms and an explanation of how they were worn. The database has been compiled by Dr Jane Malcolm-Davies at Winchester School of Art. Feedback on the usefulness of the images and suggestions for improvement will help with an application for continued funding for the project. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] VA 'In the Round' images
Katherine, I can view the images. The website states that you need to have Apple QuickTime. I guess because I am not using a Mac it won't show up. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT: Burger King costumes
Dawn, My husband told me there was an interesting commerical from Burger King that I would like. During the mid-1970s, I worked at Burger King for 2 years of high school and one year of Jr. College. My kids hate it when I special order Whoppers. When I worked there Have it your way! was our slogan. And we were not to complain. I guess the advertising world is similar to the Fashion World, What goes around, comes around. Probably with film-making too... this ad looks very Busby Berkley-ish. My favorite was the onion costume. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Very OT: Cheat Sheet
This is very off topic but I thought maybe this could save you some time... so that you could do some sewing, chatting on h-costume, or other important things in life. I heard this on the news yesterday. A website has a cheat sheet on how to get a real live human-being on the phone when dialing a frequently called businesses and govt. offices in the U.S. This bypasses most prompts and you really get to speak to a person! Cheat Sheets at Get Human.com : http://www.gethuman.com/us/ Please feel free to pass this URL on to your friends. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] OT: Burger King costumes
I saw a shortened version of the commercial tonight. Not as cute as the long version. The costumes look a lot better on TV than on Google. I don't know why Google's video player is so bad. I agree, the king costume on the old commercials was really scary. Wonder who thought that one up. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] My (Record Breaking?!) Sewing Machine Lightbulb
Kimberley, What kind of sewing machine do you have? Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] My (Record Breaking?!) Sewing Machine Lightbulb
Kimberley, My son works in lighting. He says, The longer a lightbulb is left on, the longer the life it will have. If you keep turning the switch on and off the bulbs wear out quicker. Also when you replace a bulb, the switch should be off. If the switch is on when you replace the bulb, it shortened the lifespan a great deal. You might also want to pay attention to the wattage of the bulb and the wattage for the socket. If you put to high of a bulb wattage, the bulb will burn out quicker and possibly could cause a fire. We have a light over our kitchen sink that stays on non-stop. The bulb lasts about six years. We have been in this house for eight years and have only changed it once. The light has been on every day and night for all those years. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Victorian Bristish Costume Book
I have this book and been working on getting it on my website for the past two years. Even though some of the costumes are not period correct, they are the costumes that people during this time wore to fancy dressed balls, plays, etc. We have about half of the book's descriptions typed. I can't pull the book at this moment to quote from it. But going on memory, it was written or supported by a large costume house in London. When I am working on the book again, I will pull the credits and provide more information. Kathleen once I have the book online, I will loan it to you. This book on eBay is *one* edition of the book and the costumes are for women and children. There were a few editions. I think the last one was published in 1900. I have been looking for the menwear edition of this book for a few years. I found one dealer who had the men's costume book, but he was in England and the price and shipping was more than I had at the time. The price of this book is high. I have seen it extremely high You can find some tattered editions at antique bookstores online. My copy is in good condition. Queen Victoria was fascinated with historically inspired costume balls and a lot of research went behind the costumes worn to them. I have been working on a few articles about these balls. One reason for the balls was to give a boost to the economy of England in the 1840s 1850s. There is a really good article about her balls in an 1980s Costume Society of America's journal Dress. The article goes into more detail about this. Kathleen, your 1868 book, The Corset and the Crinoline, will have three more chapters (5-7) online within a week or so. Watch for the announcements. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Fancy Dress book on Ebay
Cynthia, The book's images will differ from the year's editions, but only with a few of the images. I can't recall off-hand but certain images are the same in every book. I did a lot of research on this book before purchasing it. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Fancy Dress Described
Debenham Freebody were fashion designers for the elite of England. I have a few of their fashion plates in our Library. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Victorian Bristish Costume Book
Thanks Kathleen. I just ordered it. There is one more copy on abebooks, but for a higher price at $134. It is also in England. The one I got was in a U.S. store, so I can get it quicker and less shipping costs. You made my day. The dealer I purchased the book from is http://www.goodridgebooks.com/ . The salesperson says they have a large fashion costume section. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Handlebar Mustaches
My son is wanting to grow out his mustache to make a handlebar style. He wants to know does he needs to grow out the whiskers across the entire mustache? Just the sides or under his nose? If anyone knows of a website that can give him directions or care for this style of mustache he would really appreciate it. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Olympics costumes
Has anyone been watching curling at the Olympics? Does anyone know what kind of shoes the athletes are wearing? I thought at first they were skates. But they are not. They are soled shoes that glide on the ice easily. Any opinions on the ice dancing costumes? There must have been a sale on skin-toned beige. LOL! I heard today that one rule is that the women could not show their navels. The featured swan costume was molting! Maybe she should have met up with the male skater, Weir's swan costume. Some of the snowboard outfits looked like 1950s pajamas. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Olympics costumes
Susan, Thank you for the explanation. So are you hooked on curling too? It looks like a combination of the games, pool and marbles. Both I loved to play when I was young. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Handlebar Mustaches
Thank you Albert Cat! He will really appreciate your advice. He has been growing his hair and beard out. He said when the mustache get long enough, he is cutting his hair and beard. Then he is going to leave the mustache for a week. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Standardization of Men Women's Clothing
Our latest additions to our Library are data charts and graphs of the comparisons of the U.S. womenswear and menswear fashion industries from 1849-1925, http://www.costumegallery.com/1928/Economics/charts/menwomencomp.htm The first chart is the amount of menwear and womenswear clothing establishments that existed during the given times. The second chart shows many people were employed in the men and women's industries. Please don't confuse this with how many men or women that were working in the entire industries. The accounting was recorded by how many people worked in the menswear industry, AND how many worked in the womenwear industry. I will be adding several of these graphs and charts to add to our Library. I have temporarily placed this webpage in the free access area. Next Friday, it will be moved to the subscription only area of the Library. The graphs are large, so you might need to scroll sideways to view its entirety. I am sorry for the size being so large, but it was needed to include the data charts. If you print this webpage, I suggest that you print in landscape setting and do a print preview first. My source for this information is the book, Economics of Fashion. The book is well written and thoroughly researched. This book is the first one I have seen goes into so much details about the business history of the industry. In my daily Library newsletter, I am sending our subcribers excerpts of the chapter about the standardization of the fashion industry. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] sizing/quality of clothing
Sandy, I hear you girl! I wear a 14 or 16 depending on the cut. I am 5' 10. I have been buying men's pants and shirts for years. You can dress them up to make them look feminine. Women's pants are too short in length and the sleeves are too short. The other day I heard on a fashion show that 12 is considered a plus size. I think I was born a size 12 in clothing and shoes. Actually I crammed my feet into size 10 until a few years. Now I could find size 12 shoes at places like DSW. Most people look at me and think or ask if I wear a size 0 or 2. I am not round but wide and thin. I weigh the most I have every weighed and people still think I am underweight. My 5 y.o. granddaughter is going to have the same problem. She has my long legs and arms. Tonight I pulled her pants up because they were falling off of her. She said, Grandma, I can never get pants to work right. They are either too short or too big in the waist. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Olympics Photos
If anyone wants to see the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies photos you can find them at: Opening http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/photogallery/gallery_72_1.html Closing http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/photogallery/gallery_228_1.html I just love the Alps dresses: http://www.torino2006.org/ENG/OlympicGames/photogallery/gallery_228_20.html Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Mardi Gras
YIPPEE!!! Today is Mardi Gras. Pronounced Marty Graw. The parade are all day and night until midnight. In Rio, Carnival lasts until day break. Several television stations have live feeds of the parades online. If you find more live feed links, let me know. So here are the links: New Orleans CNN: http://www.cnn.com/pipeline/freeday/ Click on watch it now. For the wild ones, watch Bourbon Street. Family viewing, St. Charles Street. On TV CNN is interviewing a lot of people in costumes. My favorite so far is the FEMA trailer trash! TV station WWL live coverage from 10 am- 3 pm Central time zone: http://www.wwltv.com/ live coverage link in yellow just under the 4WWL logo. TV station WVUE live coverage http://www.fox8live.com/ Mobile, Alabama: http://www.wkrg.com/ Click on the image, live coverage image. Family friendly. Carnival photos from Rio Samba parade: http://www.ipanema.com/carnival/samba.htm if you find a live feed online, please let me know. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mardi Gras
Here are some photos and videos of the Rio de Janeiro Sambodromo is a competition. http://www.tenhon.ca/rio/2005riocarnaval.html#photogallery . There is some nudity in the video but this is part of their celebration. The photos show a lot clearer images of the elaborate costumes and floats. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mardi Gras
Thanks Kathy! I love the The Marie and the Historical Parade that starts from S. Pietro di Castello for St. Mark Square video. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] The Change Hand Fans
Okay ladies... how many of you have had hot flashes and found that your hand fans are your new best friend? I have been collecting hands fans for the past 10 years. They had only come out of the drawer in the summertime when sitting by the pool. Now with the hot flashes, I carry them with me everywhere. I have one in every room of my house. And I can color coordinate them with my outfits? Maybe a new trend for us going through the change! Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Funny Nail Polish Colors
I am always looking for funny color names. OPI has some 2006 nail polish colors names! Check these out: Reds: *** I'm Not Really a Waitress *** Nice Color, Eh? *** O'Hare Nails Look Great! *** SoHo Nice to Meet You *** You Rock-apulco Red *** My Chihuahua Bites! (my favorite) To view all their color names go to http://www.opi.com/ Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The Change Hand Fans
Margo, Have you seen the new commercial about women and hot flashes. They are so funny. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Funny Nail Polish Colors
Monica, I haven't heard of dirty Isabella as a color name before. What source did you use to find that name? Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] starching
My mom was visiting me recently and showed me some tricks for starching fancy doilies that might help. She said use Stayflo liquid starch, blue bottle. Make sure to cut the starch in half with water. Soak the fabric or doilies in the solution. I pinned the doilies to a foam core board with T-pins. This stretched it out really nice. For up and down ruffles, stuff with wax paper. Let it dry for 24 hours. You will be amazed at how the shape is in the fabric/doilies. One of the doilies that had a lot of fancy ruffles is still standing perfectly after three months. I can pick it up and shake the dust off it, and it keeps its shape. And it still looks so delicate. Its worth a try! BTW, the Stayflo comes out of the bottle blue, but when the starch dries it is clear. She said that this is how her mother starched doilies. Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Florida
Wednesday, I am heading to Florida for two weeks. We will be in the Bradenton/Sarasota area, south of the Tampa Bay. My youngest sister is getting married. This will also be a working vacation for me. I am hoping to do some research about circus costumes at the Ringling Museum. My Dad was in the Barnum Bailey/Ringling Bros. Circus from the 1920s-early 1940s. My oldest brother has a album of circus photos from the 1940s. He is hoping to bring them with him to Florida. If he does, he said I could scan them. My oldest sister and brother, and their parents, traveled with the circus when they were little. We are also hoping to go to Ft. Lauderdale to see the King Tut exhibit. Are there any other costume exhibits that I should see in this part of Florida? Penny E. Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery, www.costumegallery.com Costume Classroom, www.costumeclassroom.com Costume Research Library, www.costumelibrary.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Missing posts
Kate, I didn't see that first post either. But that was my first on missing. Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com - Original Message - From: Kate M Bunting [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 4:13 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Missing posts Strangely, it seems to be Bjarne's posts in particular that I'm not receiving. I see replies to messages of his but never get the original message. Very odd. Kate Bunting Librarian and 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
[h-cost] Dancing with the Stars
Is anyone watching the costumes on Dancing with the Stars? Some of the ladies costumes are so beautiful. I love watching the dress flow on the dance floor. The Spanish inspired skirts last night we really nice. But I couldn't understand Sara Evans costume last night. Penny Ladnier, Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com www.costumelibrary.com www.costumeclassroom.com www.costumeencyclopedia.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
