Re: [h-cost] early Tudor/medieval Fashion or Not?

2008-03-29 Thread Kimiko Small
That is the complete image I scanned in of that part of the triptych, so anything further was not painted (or has not survived). This is the full image I have. http://s56.photobucket.com/albums/g173/sstormwatch/CostumeIdeas/?action=viewcurrent=WithypoolAltr1514.jpg ( http://tinyurl.com/3ybmpy ) I

Re: [h-cost] early Tudor/medieval Fashion or Not?

2008-03-29 Thread Kimiko Small
You would wonder, except she's got enough jewels on her to buy a longer gown; so she must not be that poor. But then, it is a Saint. It may represent something I don't understand about her story or why she and 11,000 virgins were all killed by the Huns (maybe they dressed provocatively with these

Re: [h-cost] Adding color to silk

2008-03-29 Thread AlbertCat
Surely, with all the painted silk scarves and such around, there is an acrylic-like dye just for silks, and a medium for making it whatever consistency you want. Have you e-mailed or called the folks at Dharma Trading Co. ? Dharmatrading.com And depending on how intricate you get it

[h-cost] Making History Hip

2008-03-29 Thread Saragrace Knauf
I know this may start a firestorm, but I saw this and was wondering why it had taken so long for the media to pick up on this. Of course I know there are lots of opinions on how accurate any of it is with respect to costume, but I think it is kind of cool how the emphasis on making history

Re: [h-cost] early Tudor/medieval Fashion or Not?

2008-03-29 Thread Jean Waddie
Oh dear, humour crossing past each other and failing to meet! I meant the girl in the St Nicholas painting - I'm assuming they are the three poor girls who couldn't marry because they had no dowries, so St Nicholas threw three purses of money through their window one night (or something like

Re: [h-cost] early Tudor/medieval Fashion or Not?

2008-03-29 Thread Lynn Roth
Do you have a picture of the entire effergy? I'm wondering if what looks like a short gown over a kirtle is really a fold of the kirtle? Lynn Cynthia Virtue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kimiko Small wrote: I have found the effigy monument that shows a short gown over very long kirtle from Dr.

Re: [h-cost] early Tudor/medieval Fashion or Not?

2008-03-29 Thread Kimiko Small
That should teach ME to not read and reply really late at night when I should just go to bed. Sorry, I didn't catch which Saint image you were referring to, and it was plain as day. Kimiko --- Jean Waddie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh dear, humour crossing past each other and failing to meet!

Re: [h-cost] early Tudor/medieval Fashion or Not?

2008-03-29 Thread Kimiko Small
http://www.tudoreffigies.co.uk/browse/view.asp?id=95 I am taking the word of Dr. Jane Malcolm-Davies as to the skirt length, as she has viewed the effigy in person, and I have not. --- Lynn Roth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have a picture of the entire effergy? I'm wondering if what

Re: [h-cost] looking for scan of Alcega Scholar robe

2008-03-29 Thread Wanda Pease
Blink, Blink! Hmmm. I see I wasn't as plain about this book as I should have been if you aren't already familiar. This book was written by a tailor, Juan Alcega, who worked in the 1580's in Spain. He produced the Manual to help young tailor's with their art. If you are thinking full sized