Those Ziploc bags sound great... I would definitely like to get my hands on
some of those.
FWIW, my mother always comes back from America and/or Australia with a
year's supply of what we call clingfilm - it's Glad Wrap in Australia, might
be the same in the US. Apparently other countries'
On the rubber garments issue...
Does anyone remember the joys of wearing a Platex girdle in the 1950s?My
husband to be used to call it body armor.
Kathleen
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http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/purseembroideries.htm
This is the gusset bag finished. Except i need to make the handle.
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/
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Interesting foodie things always go down well with me - and wine.
Marmite it is!
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Beautiful!
Susan
Slow down. The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel
too fast and you miss all you are traveling for. - Ride the Dark
Trail by Louis L'Amour
On Jan 26, 2006, at 5:49 AM, Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/purseembroideries.htm
This
It can be glad wrap, here in the U.S., as well. Technically, it's a brand
name, like saying Kleenex instead of facial tissue or somethingI've
also heard it called Saran Wrap (another brand name) and plastic wrap.
We Americans traveling in Britain tend to bring home our own British
goodies,
At 02:49 AM 1/26/2006, you wrote:
http://www.my-drewscostumes.dk/purseembroideries.htm
This is the gusset bag finished. Except i need to make the handle.
Bjarne
Leif og Bjarne Drews
www.my-drewscostumes.dk
http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/
Very pretty (as usual)! Thanks for sharing
In a message dated 1/26/2006 10:10:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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I've
also heard it called Saran Wrap (another brand name)
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Funny...when I worked for a local theatre group years and years ago, we had
this running joke about making costumes
And the best of all Stretch-Tite.
Makes me think of one of my favorite scenes in Fried Green Tomatoes when
the would be woman's libber opens the door to greet her husband at night all
done up in just plastic...
Kathleen
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006, Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
Makes me think of one of my favorite scenes in Fried Green Tomatoes
when the would be woman's libber opens the door to greet her husband
at night all done up in just plastic...
Actually, the saran-wrap thing was originally suggested by Marabel
Thanks so much. I haven't seen that one before, and, yes, it surely does
look like Eleanora.
In 1999 I went to London with some friends. While there we attended a Study
Day at the VA. It was originally intended to be lead by Janet Arnold, but
she had passed away the previous autumn. So it
At 20:01 26/01/2006, you wrote:
Thanks so much. I haven't seen that one before, and, yes, it surely
does look like Eleanora.
In 1999 I went to London with some friends. While there we attended
a Study Day at the VA. It was originally intended to be lead by
Janet Arnold, but she had passed
Go to Costco and get one of those great big rolls of restaurant grade
plastic wrap. It's much better than regular plastic wrap.
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Quoting Ailith Mackintosh [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
*snippage
Anyway, one of the curators from the Tate said that she was working
gathering images of pregnant ladies for (I believe) a book. I'm
pretty sure that it wasn't an exhibition.
Has anyone heard or seen anything about this?
No, I
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Wow-could we get away with these at an 18th century gig?
http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/3035290/c/20.html
WickedFrau wrote:
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Great-looking shoes for modern wear except for the 3 heel.
BTW, if Zappos doesn't have the color I want in my shoe size, or my size
though the manufacturer makes it, I do get the style name from Zappos
and do a Google search.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
WickedFrau wrote:
WickedFrau wrote:
Wow-could we get away with these at an 18th century gig?
Wouldn't you have to cover them with something else? And of course
remove the leopard-print bow. (Even modernly, the combination with red
paisley is hideous!)
--
Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent
US
With a little work (like remove the fur)it could squeeze by for 1700s shoes.
But at that price you might as well get the reproductions
De
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Wow-could we get away with these at an 18th century gig?
http://www.zappos.com/n/p/dp/3035290/c/20.html
WickedFrau wrote:
Not that I am arguing th validity of your points, I
think though some could be qualified. Both of us have
a losing battle trying to truly prove our points of
view, so take it for what it's worth.
With high fashion (of England France and Spain)
there was a very definite
tendancy to much waist
At 04:07 27/01/2006, you wrote:
Not that I am arguing th validity of your points, I
think though some could be qualified. Both of us have
a losing battle trying to truly prove our points of
view, so take it for what it's worth.
With high fashion (of England France and Spain)
there was a very
Is this the Lady Burghley portrait being talked about?
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Gamage,Barbara(Sidney)01.jpg
Kathy
Ermine, a lion rampant tail nowed gules charged on the shoulder with a rose Or
barbed, seeded, slipped and leaved vert
Its never too late to be who you might have
This past summer I finally got myself a digital camera. Not more than a
month later someone helped themselves to the things in our truck, which
amongst a few other items included the camera. :-P
I just got the replacement for it today, and included in the package was a
free site for posting pics.
At 08:44 PM 1/26/2006, you wrote:
Is this the Lady Burghley portrait being talked about?
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/images/Gamage,Barbara(Sidney)01.jpg
Kathy
No, the portrait in question is just Lady Burghley, c. 1565. The one
you linked to is Barbara Gamage, Countess of Leicester, and
I haven't followed this discussion but, if no one has mentioned this:
Up into the Victorian period, one important type of body modification
expected of corsets for pre-adults, including swaddling bands and
childhood corsets, was to keep the person from developing skeletal
deformtities, from
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