[h-cost] OT : Need help finding extra-long fake fur!

2009-09-29 Thread Audrey Bergeron-Morin
Good morning! I need help! We're looking for extra-long fake fur to make the equivalent of a lion's mane. Any ideas where we might find some, or what we could use as a substitute? Thank you! Audrey ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] OT : Need help finding extra-long fake fur!

2009-09-29 Thread Judy Mitchell
In costuming, they often use yak hair, in Cats! they actually teased out yarn and made it all fluffy. On Project Runway a couple of seasons ago Chris March used human hair instead of animal hair (which wasn't allowed. dunno why they got so grossed out, wigs are perfectly normal) - you could

Re: [h-cost] OT : Need help finding extra-long fake fur!

2009-09-29 Thread R Lloyd Mitchell
Audrey, I have had good luck in the past using Denverfabrics.com.? However they do not always have the same furs. The last time I needed some I googled faux fur/fake fur/long hair fur. One can find some of the highend stuff in a random search. Kathleen -Original Message- From: Audrey

Re: [h-cost] OT : Need help finding extra-long fake fur!

2009-09-29 Thread Jennie Alvernaz
Hey, Don't know your budget constraints, but I'm in the middle of costuming The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe for a local theatre and was able to find human hair wefts for my Aslan for $4.99 a bundle (each were several feet long) at a local wig shop that specializes in hair weaving and

Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland?

2009-09-29 Thread Ann Catelli
Whatever your conclusions--draw them up quickly send them in to the Future Fashion Folio for Costume-Con 28 http://www.cc28.org/futurefolio.php; the deadline is September 30 (postmark or email). Ann in CT still needs to mail out the 65 or so designs at my house; not all mine.ac --- On Mon,

Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland?

2009-09-29 Thread Käthe Barrows
I can definitely see that typical colonial reaction of anything from the homeland being better, but sheer scarcity would surely lead the colonists to make use of what's around them. I'm also thinking, though, about the many types of native clothing that European frontiersmen adopted, and how

Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland?

2009-09-29 Thread Elena House
Everyone, please feel free to use this idea! I'd really love to see what someone other than me is picturing. =} -E House On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Ann Catelli elvestoor...@yahoo.com wrote: Whatever your conclusions--draw them up quickly send them in to the Future Fashion Folio for

Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland?

2009-09-29 Thread Elena House
2009/9/29 Käthe Barrows kay...@gmail.com: And I was thinking how they would look by the 21st century. [snip] I'm aware of minor differences between modern dress (mostly having to do with the level of formality people consider appropriate for everyday things) but yeah, I'm picturing the modern

Re: [h-cost] OT : Need help finding extra-long fake fur!

2009-09-29 Thread Debloughcostumes
You could try searching for crepe hair. is often used for thatrical make up effects (fake beards, etc) and comes in plaited hanks, in a variety of colours. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

[h-cost] Ballroom gowns

2009-09-29 Thread Sid Young
Hi ladies (and gentlemen), I need some links to some modern ballroom gowns... can you email me your favourites. Thanks Sidney ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland?

2009-09-29 Thread penhal...@juno.com
I'll be looking forward to seeing them. *grin* Karen Seamstrix Fashion Folio Coordinator -- Original Message -- From: Ann Catelli elvestoor...@yahoo.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland? Date: Tue, 29

Re: [h-cost] Ballroom gowns

2009-09-29 Thread Kimiko Small
Hello Sidney, You are looking for MODERN ballroom gowns? Is this really the appropriate group for modern clothing? We usually discuss historical clothing items. I am sure if you ask for favorite historical ballroom gowns you will get quite a bit. But perhaps you should ask another group of

Re: [h-cost] Ballroom gowns

2009-09-29 Thread Käthe Barrows
Hello Sidney, You are looking for MODERN ballroom gowns? Is this really the appropriate group for modern clothing? We usually discuss historical clothing items. I am sure if you ask for favorite historical ballroom gowns you will get quite a bit. But perhaps you should ask another group

Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland?

2009-09-29 Thread Käthe Barrows
Assuming some influence from both sides of the merger, what would the resulting mixed-race culture have worn, several hundred years in? As stated, they'd probably look a lot like we do now, 2009 being several hundred years in. How many years into the development did you really want? --

Re: [h-cost] Ballroom gowns

2009-09-29 Thread Sid Young
Its a fair comment... thanks Sidney 2009/9/30 Käthe Barrows kay...@gmail.com Hello Sidney, You are looking for MODERN ballroom gowns? Is this really the appropriate group for modern clothing? We usually discuss historical clothing items. I am sure if you ask for favorite historical

Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland?

2009-09-29 Thread Elena House
Well, I'm interested both in the modern day effects of a successful Vinland colony, and--since it's my favorite clothing era--in 14thC and 15thC Vinland fashions! But I'll take anything I can get. =} -E House 2009/9/29 Käthe Barrows kay...@gmail.com: Assuming some influence from both sides of

Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland?

2009-09-29 Thread Käthe Barrows
Well, I'm interested both in the modern day effects of a successful Vinland colony, and--since it's my favorite clothing era--in 14thC and 15thC Vinland fashions! But I'll take anything I can get. Hmm. Within a couple of centuries regular trade should have been established. And fur would be

Re: [h-cost] Viking alternate history--14thC/15thC Vinland?

2009-09-29 Thread Elena House
2009/9/29 Käthe Barrows kay...@gmail.com: Hmm.  Within a couple of centuries regular trade should have been established.  And fur would be a major export to Europe. I'm sure that the parts of Europe where it was forbidden to hunt deer would have loved all that imported deerskin! Although maybe