Re: [h-cost] Mary I ???

On Sunday 01 March 2009 6:05:45 pm Saragrace Knauf wrote: > http://z.about.com/d/womenshistory/1/0/Y/Q/2/mary_i_tudor_holbein_001a.jpg > > Anyone seen this one before - the image name indicates it is a Holbein?? No, I haven't. The style suggests to me that it is a Victorian re-drawing of a 16th

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?

On Sunday 22 February 2009 10:33:02 pm Pixel, Goddess and Queen wrote: > The dressmaker's project bag alternates between a linen gown (early 13th > c.) in this amazingly delicious sage green handkerchief linen that I am > still occasionally kicking myself for not buying the whole bolt of, and > the

Re: [h-cost] What period/country etc is this tunic?

On Thursday 19 February 2009 11:11:36 pm Saragrace Knauf wrote: > Can anyone tell me what the guy in the blue tunic is wearing? I guess that > would be Rahim > > http://tinyurl.com/brvg4j > > http://sca.berkeley.edu/album/2003_00_and_previous_years/2000_Spring_-__Tab >ling_on_Sproul_Plaza_-_Fr

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?

My dressmaker's hanger is wearing a replica of the Manazan shirt, which is fast nearing completion: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/manazan_shirt/manazan_instructions.htm -- Cathy Raymond "If someone offers you a dead dog for lunch, you don't stick around for the pudding." --Ben

Re: [h-cost] OT: Book for sale -- Medieval European Jewellery by Lightbown

On Friday 23 January 2009 2:32:54 pm KHanson wrote: > Hi all, > > I know some here had expressed interest if I ever decided to sell this > book. Well, now's the time, and I can't recall which of you had said you > might want it. I'm offering up for closed bidding here first before putting > it up o

Re: [h-cost] (no subject)

On Saturday 17 January 2009 11:03:24 pm Yolanda wrote: > I mostly just lurk and learn things from all of your conversations but I > need some help. I need help on resources for Researching 3rd century > roman clothing and don't really know where to start. Book website and > other general recomme

Re: [h-cost] Gothic Fitted Dress

On Sunday 04 January 2009 1:03:42 pm Suzi Clarke wrote: > At 17:41 04/01/2009, you wrote: > >On Sunday 04 January 2009 12:23:11 pm Suzi Clarke wrote: > > > I know there has been reams written on this list about the Gothic > > Thank you - those were the pictures I remembered, and what I was > looki

Re: [h-cost] Gothic Fitted Dress

On Sunday 04 January 2009 3:44:51 pm Kathleen Hanrahan wrote: > > Because the links are ftp links > and not http links > ? Thanks. I didn't even look at them. -- Cathy Raymond "If someone offers you a dead d

Re: [h-cost] Gothic Fitted Dress

On Sunday 04 January 2009 12:23:11 pm Suzi Clarke wrote: > I know there has been reams written on this list about the Gothic > Fitted Dress, and I remember seeing a "how to" set of pictures, but > when I tried to find information to pass on to a colleague, I was > stumped. Anyone care to point me i

Re: [h-cost] extra RE: Italian sleeve question

On Thursday 01 January 2009 8:42:31 pm otsisto wrote: > > In my opinion, I don't think that she has a PoB or corset. I think that the > gown is the main support but I think that maybe some shifts in this period > may have been laced in the back or sides to make it a bit snug to add some > support

Re: [h-cost] Phrygian cap pattern?

> >La Fleur de Lyse sells 18th French patterns, among other things. Perhaps > > the cap they have in their pattern NFH 18001 would be useful: > > > >http://pages.videotron.com/fldelyse/Patterns.html > > Yes, that's more like it, but as I am doing this for my DH out of my > stash, I really don't w

Re: [h-cost] Phrygian cap pattern?

On Thursday 01 January 2009 5:07:36 pm Suzi Clarke wrote: > > Catherine - the cap pattern is way too early for > the time of Les Mis - 1840's I think. A version > of it was worn by "Marianne" the symbol of the > French Revolution AFAIK and came out again later > in the 19th century. You're right.

Re: [h-cost] extra RE: Italian sleeve question

On Wednesday 31 December 2008 2:33:42 am otsisto wrote: [I said: how can you tell there was a shift below the camisia? You replied:] > > The white area has two shades of white. The upper section of white > indicates that the camicia is of a sheer material and that the lower white > section indica

Re: [h-cost] Phrygian cap pattern?

On Thursday 01 January 2009 7:33:31 am Suzi Clarke wrote: > Happy New Year to all. > > I am being lazy, and asking for help before doing any research. My DH > and I will be going to a fancy dress do (emphasis on not entirely > accurate) as M. and Mme Thenardier from "Les Mis". Mostly I can > cobble

Re: [h-cost] extra RE: Italian sleeve question

On Tuesday 30 December 2008 10:44:02 pm otsisto wrote: > > Side note: She seems to be wearing a shift under her camicia. You may well be right...but how can you tell? Cathy Raymond "If someone offers you a dead dog for lunch, you don't stick around for the pudding." --Ben "Yahtzee" Crenshaw

Re: [h-cost] Italian sleeve question

On Tuesday 30 December 2008 6:07:59 pm Lyonet wrote: > Greetings to the list, > > I have spent too much time looking at paintings today and have been > entranced by this one in particular. The dress is begging to be made > someday, in my mind. > > http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/wardrobe/C

Re: [h-cost] Costume- and sewing-related Christmas gifts

On Saturday 27 December 2008 2:51:43 pm Lavolta Press wrote: > What did everyone get? I got a pair of Viking-era tortoise brooches and a trefoil brooch from Raymond's Quiet Press. Pictures here: http://www.quietpress.com/Images4/X-35b.JPG http://www.quietpress.com/images2/VB-33.JPG -- Cathy Ra

Re: [h-cost] - sergers

On Sunday 30 November 2008 6:51:07 pm Kimiko Small wrote: > --- On Sun, 11/30/08, Sid Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One function I find my overlocker is really useful for is > > rolled hems... > > were rolled hems used on clothing prior to 1901? > > Hand rolled hems have been seen in extant

Re: [h-cost] Devil's Cloth

On Wednesday 05 November 2008 10:50:26 am Chiara Francesca wrote: > It is a book: > http://www.google.com/books?id=qc2jyomYg7oC&dq=devils+cloth&pg=PP1&ots=emkB >FeV_Zh&source=bn&sig=VJs6xhhIxQLADRN2c9yzRkLTFwY > > It is the history of stripes on cloth. Very cool book. It has an almost > cult follow

Re: [h-cost] Has Amazon.com gone insane?

On Thursday 23 October 2008 10:36:54 pm Bambi TBNL wrote: > aw c'mon!!1 doesn't everybody have a craving for a Terry Pratchet yarn > while making corsets or other  underhardware? A lot of Terry Pratchett fans are also avid costumers. I should know. I am one. So the association here is not a

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing?

I've been preoccupied with surgery and other things this year, so my projects have been more modest. On the Hanger of Doom right now; A Viking caftan that I plan to sew trim onto in archaeologically plausible patterns. Also in the works; Imperial Roman underwear; a stola; a 16th C Venetian ca

Re: [h-cost] wrinkles out of silk

On Tuesday 09 September 2008 3:58:21 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've never had any prob with pressing the fabrics directly with the iron on > a "silk" setting with steam. We pressed tons of silk with a professional > steam iron on its linen setting on "Last of the Mohicans". You can always > ask

Re: [h-cost] OT: Quick change artists

On Friday 08 August 2008 6:21:37 pm Wendi Dunlap wrote: > Robin Netherton wrote: > > Absolutely amazing. I think -- after replaying multiple times -- that > > the green one unfolds from the shoulders into the blue one, but I can't > > figure out the rest of them, and even with unfolding, I can't im

Re: [h-cost] OT: Quick change artists

On Friday 08 August 2008 5:03:37 pm Robin Netherton wrote: > This is definitely costume, but not historical, so this is OT, but I had to > show this around. Or am I the last person to know about this? The video has > been up for a couple of years: > > http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-wUgnyGv0 Incr

Re: [h-cost] Wal-Mart fabric dept.

Our local Wal-Mart pretty much specializes in tacky polyesters, so I don't use it much, and won't care if they cease to carry fabric. In addition, I live near the Philadelphia fabric district, am within a 2-hour drive/train ride of the New York fabric district, and have access to plenty of on-

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Thursday 17 July 2008 5:44:38 am Gunvor wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:52:07 +0200, Catherine Olanich Raymond > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is no indication that a third brooch was also found in the box in > > the summaries I've seen. So I'm

Re: [h-cost] Ancient Egyptian beaded dress

On Thursday 17 July 2008 8:38:24 pm Ginni Morgan wrote: > Sylvia > > My recollection from the article in KMR is that the dress was netted, not > crocheted. When you find the link, could you post it here as well. I'm > not sure that I still of that magazine. I scanned in the article the last time

Re: [h-cost] fabric search

You can also try: http://www.thewoolconnection.com/catalog.php?category=1 Wool Connection also sells on EBay--username thewoolconnection1 A lot of her EBay stuff is small pieces of hand-overdyed wool aimed at the rug hooking market, but a fair amount of her stuff is mill-dyed yardage of coatin

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Wednesday 16 July 2008 10:39:07 pm Glenda Robinson wrote: > My take on this garment is that they aren't pleats at all. They are hanging > loosely, but when you sketch, it might look like pleats, but is actually > folds. > > If you have a look at the Ancient styles of palla, some of them are quit

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Tuesday 15 July 2008 11:42:42 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: > Oooh me too!  I sincerely believe that aprons were worn in the way > depicted, but in this case it wouldn't even lie neat and flat with the > sagging overdress underneath it.  The silk on linen is fairly stiff and > would not just lie

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Tuesday 15 July 2008 11:46:57 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: > I like your thought about how the third brooch might work.  I'm wondering > if the absence of the third brooch might be explained by the fact that this > dress was not being worn, it was found in a box.   Gytha Yes, but the tortoise b

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Tuesday 15 July 2008 3:17:19 pm Anne wrote: > Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote: > > On Sunday 13 July 2008 5:24:51 pm Anne wrote: [snip]. > > > > Yes, the inset picture does seem to show a third brooch in the center. > > So far as I know, no such brooch was found

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Sunday 13 July 2008 5:24:51 pm Anne wrote: > In the second picture, is that another brooch in the center front, do > you think? If the fabric was pinned together there, it would be tight > around the chest so the tortoise brooches might hold the pleats more > easily? > > Interestingly, that fo

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Saturday 12 July 2008 8:13:57 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: > Thanks for the link!  I know I read somewhere about the middle panel being > patterned... and that it was 100 years older than the rest of the garment.  > The abstracts are great and I think I need to buy it!   Kathy The paper will be

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Saturday 12 July 2008 8:09:19 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: > Actually, that's a much better translation!  Thank you!  It's not literal, > it makes much more sense...  Kathy > Glad to be of service. I was only reporting my impression of the feel of the translation. Since I don' t know Russian

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Saturday 12 July 2008 5:00:06 pm Joan Mielke wrote: > Very interesting article! I wonder, though, if the apron/dress may have > been made of wool instead of linen. I reread the article, and it doesn't > actually say what the dress itself was made of. It was stitched with > linen, which makes

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Saturday 12 July 2008 3:37:05 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: > No, some words don't seem to translate, like their word for fibula, which > is similar, but different, but there was no particular untranslated word > that would appear to describe the weave. I used to pieces of Thai silk that > I had.

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Saturday 12 July 2008 3:23:51 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: > Right now I'm resorting to basting because I don't own large turtle > brooches... but a friend does so that will be the next thing... along with > photos. Turtle brooches are so large and heavy that I'm thinking they will > hold the fo

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Saturday 12 July 2008 2:36:49 pm Constance Britten wrote: > Thanks for posting! > > I read in note 7 of the Beatson article that the "type of weave and > patterning (if any) of the silks are not mentioned." However, I found an abstract of the NESAT X papers on the web--which included the paper

Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume

On Saturday 12 July 2008 1:08:18 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: > I got this link from this group.  It intrigued me, so I made the sarafin > using the dimensions from the article, and using a light-weight linen.  > When I tried it on it hung all wrong.  The drawing has a drape to it that > the linen

Re: [h-cost] Yuan Dynasty (Chinese/Mongolian) costume?

On Tuesday 17 June 2008 2:37:38 pm Deb Salisbury, the Mantua-Maker wrote: > "Plaited" is the old term for what we now call "Pleated". > "Threads" was an informal term for fabric or clothing. > > I guessing that the description of that photo was written a *long* time > ago, and the editor didn't thi

Re: [h-cost] Yuan Dynasty (Chinese/Mongolian) costume?

On Sunday 15 June 2008 8:57:18 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm trying to recreate a Yuan dynasty outfit for my husband. He's > especially interested in the Mongolian "plaited garment" (pg. 140 of > 5000 years of Chinese Costume). Apparently, it has "a broad band made of > plaited thr

Re: [h-cost] What to do.

On Saturday 14 June 2008 10:52:57 pm otsisto wrote: > I have 1yd x 44" white silk gauze. What pre 1600s item can I make of it > other than a partlet? A fairly short veil. Or, perhaps, a coif of some kind. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny."--Edmund

Re: [h-cost] Farthingale thoughts [long]

On Thursday 12 June 2008 9:23:35 pm Suzanne wrote: [snipping most] > If you look at the images in the link that otsisto sent > > http://tinyurl.com/4rk3xu > > you'll see many that appear in Anderson's book on Hispanic Costume. > That work is generally considered to be a standard in the field and

Re: [h-cost] new elist for research in Textiles and Clothing

On Friday 06 June 2008 4:15:41 pm Beth and Bob Matney wrote: > As you know, it is a bit difficult to keep up with the literature, > conferences, symposia, etc. in the field of textiles and clothing > from the post-Roman through the early modern periods (500-1600CE). It > is a field spanning many di

Re: [h-cost] Can you help me with this costume?

On Saturday 31 May 2008 9:10:53 pm Aylwen Garden wrote: > I am attending a Restoration Ball and do not have a costume. However, > I do have one I made a few weeks ago, an 1830 daydress. I know these > are completely different eras, but I'm desperate. I was wondering if > anyone thought I might be a

Re: [h-cost] portraits?

On Sunday 01 June 2008 4:47:50 am otsisto wrote: > You are right that is not Anne Boleyn. > smaller url so others don't have to cut and paste. > http://tinyurl.com/5gvnl4 > > It could also be Spanish I'll third that. Anne Boleyn was executed in 1536--decades before ruffs became fashionable wear.

[h-cost] Fwd: Cambridge History of Western Textiles - special offer from DBBC

Some of us have said before what an evil tempter Ian Stevens of David Brown Book Company (Oxbow Books' American affiliate) can be. This time he's outdone himself. Heaven knows *I'm* tempted. Look! -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Cambridge History of Western Textiles - spec

Re: [h-cost] Medieval Clothing & Textiles V.4

On Tuesday 06 May 2008 8:52:26 pm Ann Catelli wrote: > My copy of the title journal arrived in my hands today, on the east coast > of the US. It was ordered directly from Boydell & Brewster. > > Ann in CT > only two papers read so far > more treats to come :) I ordered my copy from Boydell & Brew

[h-cost] Sale on "Dress in Anglo-Saxon England"

In case anyone's interested, David Brown Book Company (Oxbow Books, in the UK) is selling the 2d edition of Gale Owen-Crocker's "Dress in Anglo-Saxon England" for USD $24.98; http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/3280 -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You affect the world by what you

Re: [h-cost] What in the world? Odd 16th C. child's skirt

On Sunday 04 May 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > http://www.elizabethan-portraits.com/KatherineGrey.jpg > > What in the world is going on with that child's skirt? Did the artist > decide after the fact that the skirt should be split, with a forepart? > Would trim really have been applied diagona

Re: [h-cost] Update on Medieval Clothing & Textiles

On Tuesday 29 April 2008, Robin Netherton wrote: > Just this minute I got my editor's copy of Medieval Clothing and Textiles > vol. 4, so for those of you who have been asking me, I can now verify it > exists and is making its way over the water. > > Of particular interest to costumers and re-enact

Re: [h-cost] How Many Costume Books/Magazines/Photos Do You Own

On Sunday 27 April 2008, Lavolta Press wrote: [snip] > I've lost track of how many members the SCA has, but last time I checked > it was a few thousand. By publishing standards, that's tiny, considering > that something like one to five percent of people in a target market > actually buy. The vers

Re: [h-cost] Clarification: Questionaire

On Thursday 24 April 2008, Penny Ladnier wrote: > Photograph question: Antique photographs and/or of antique costumes. Ah. Then the answer is "none," except for photos of my relatives or friends (which are very few in number). But then, my costume interests are largely pre-1600. > > I would

Re: [h-cost] How Many Costume Books/Magazines/Photos Do You Own

On Thursday 24 April 2008, Penny Ladnier wrote: > This could be really fun to poll the list. Lurkers come out, wherever you > are! > > About how many costume/fashion related books or magazines do you own? Oh, dear God, I can't begin to estimate. I could count, but that would take some time and

Re: [h-cost] "hammered silk?" (was: On-line sale on silk and wool fabrics!)

On Tuesday 15 April 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone please tell me, what is hammered silk? Google isn't turning up > a definition. Is it a process? If so, what is the base weave? I've bought some. It's a shiny, lightweight silk, kinda like a charmeuse, except the surface looks as th

Re: [h-cost] Source for medieval belts/buckles?

On Sunday 13 April 2008, Robin Netherton wrote: > Relaying a request from a friend: > > Can anyone recommend, ideally from personal experience, a good supplier of > medieval (say, 14th-15th c.) belts and/or buckles? My friend is familiar > with Revival Clothing, which sells Talbot's leather goods,

Re: [h-cost] Armor question

On Thursday 20 March 2008, otsisto wrote: > The Tara brooch? > http://tinyurl.com/ywblmo > > http://www.haverford.edu/engl/faculty/Sherman/Irish/brooch.htm > > I'm not sure if it is the pin that is 7" long or that the brooch is 7" in > diameter. It's the pin. The brooch is large, but not *that* l

Re: [h-cost] Re: Painting ID?

On Thursday 20 March 2008, Robin Netherton wrote: > Yes, it would help to include the URL, wouldn't it? > http://www.geocities.com/ailithmac/ladygreen.jpg > > Robin Netherton wrote: > > I had this image bookmarked from an earlier conversation. There's no ID > > on it. Can anyone ID this painting, o

Re: [h-cost] Anyone seen this in history before?

On Wednesday 19 March 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 3/19/2008 10:36:56 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > http://www.pyramidcollection.com/itemdy00.asp?T1=P8276+S > > Has anyone ever come across this look in any period in history? The > flouncy mode re

Re: [h-cost] Fwd: special offers on new and forthcoming titles in Medieval Studies from DBBC

On Monday 17 March 2008, Joan Jurancich wrote: > > I thought that members of this list might be interested in these new > book leaflets. And so at least some of us are... though I too get e-mails from DBBC advising me of their sales events; I wonder why I didn't get these. Anyway, thanks! --

Re: [h-cost] Renaissance costume

On Saturday 15 March 2008, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote: > Dear all, > I am sorry for the confusion, i have joined the list again. > This is because i have had an order from Gammel Estrup, whom i made the > danish courtdress. They want me to make 2 renaissance costumes (late period > 1614). I am goin

Re: [h-cost] MC&T journal, new volume announcement and a special offer on past volumes

On Sunday 09 March 2008, Robin Netherton wrote: > Feel free to forward this to other individuals and lists. [snip] > > PREVIOUS MC&T VOLUMES: If you haven’t bought your own copies of the > journal yet because you’ve been waiting for a good deal, now is the > time. Boydell and Brewer will shortly b

Re: [h-cost] OT a farewell - other email lists

On Tuesday 26 February 2008, Dawn wrote: > I've joined a number of period specific lists and find I'm not getting > much out of them. Traffic is light and it can be weeks between posts, > and the general level of knowledge is pretty low. I know all groups > aren't like that ( I hope!) but the ones

Re: [h-cost] A question of height....

On Monday 25 February 2008, Exstock wrote: > I've seen several definitive answers on this (and other) lists, but I'm > afraid that they were all different. The one that stuck in my head best (I > think a letter was quoted) was 5'7" with her cousin being "too tall" at > 5'9", but of course that mea

Re: [h-cost] A question of height....

On Sunday 24 February 2008, Melody Watts wrote: > Hi All, >I don't know if this question has been asked in the past and answered, > but I'd like to know, if not. Is there any definitive answer on how tall > Elizabeth (the first) was? Are there any "tailor's notes" on her physical > dimensions

Re: [h-cost] Bad books:

On Friday 22 February 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 2/22/2008 9:06:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > http://jessamynscloset.com/badbooks.html > > > > *** > > She lists > > "Braun and Schneider. Historic Costume in Pictures" > > I'm sorr

Re: [h-cost] Glowing review of *Medieval Clothing & Textiles 2*

On Thursday 21 February 2008, Robin Netherton wrote: > And now I'm working on volume 6. No rest for the wicked. Wow. Volume 6! Whatever became of Volume 5? ;-) -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "You affect the world by what you browse."-- Tim Berners-Lee _

Re: [h-cost] Re: Viking Women's Dress - New Discoveries

On Monday 18 February 2008, Chris Laning wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: > > There has been a bit of discussion about this on the Norsefolk_2 > > list. Here is an image of her reconstruction: > > > > see bottom of http://www.uu.se/press/pm.php?id=48 > > http://www.

Re: [h-cost] Cape May/Morris Co

On Saturday 16 February 2008, Rickard, Patty wrote: > Do they > make costumes for horses? > > Medieval reeenactors make costumes for horses - it gets called barding (if > it isn't armour). Some vendors who market to medieval reenactors make them too. Consider this item from Historic Enterprise

Re: [h-cost] Re: Viking Women's Dress - New Discoveries

On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Lavolta Press wrote: > Not my era, but those tortoise brooches are all hollowed, right? Which > argues for them being put over some convex body area. As someone else pointed out, the pin goes through the center hollow, which cuts against a placement over the nipple.

Re: [h-cost] Re: Viking Women's Dress - New Discoveries

On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Melanie Schuessler wrote: > On Feb 12, 2008, at 4:28 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote: > > It might > > also depend on whether Viking women bound or otherwise wore > > undergarments > > that supported the breasts (something we really hav

Re: [h-cost] Re: Viking Women's Dress - New Discoveries

On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Hanna Zickermann wrote: > That´s the most beautiful Viking/Rus outfit I´ve > seen so far! But when I suggested the look to an > SCA friend for court garb, she pointed out the > little string that holds the upper edge together > quite awquardly, and there would be strain

Re: [h-cost] Origin of velvet

On Tuesday 12 February 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Okay, I know this is going to be one of those simple questions with a > complicated answer, but I was just curious about when and where velvet was > invented? Specifically, would velvet or something similar have been > available, even to the v

Re: [h-cost] Re: Viking Women's Dress - New Discoveries

On Tuesday 12 February 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm curious -- has Thora Sharptooth weighed in on this on Norsefolk? I'd be > interested in her thoughts. Lauren Not yet--though I expect she will eventually. It's possible she hasn't seen a photo of Larssen's proposed reconstruction yet.

Re: [h-cost] Re: Viking Women's Dress - New Discoveries

On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Margo Anderson wrote: > This reconstruction isn't what I would describe as "provocative" by > modern standards! Just goes to show what to what lengths the media > will go to to sex things up. True, it's not provocative by modern standards, but to be fair to the poor

Re: [h-cost] Re: Viking Women's Dress - New Discoveries

On Tuesday 12 February 2008, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: > There has been a bit of discussion about this on > the Norsefolk_2 list. Here is an image of her reconstruction: > > see bottom of http://www.uu.se/press/pm.php?id=48 > http://www.newsdesk.se/pressroom/uu/image/view/pm_vikingakvinna1-5825 T

Re: [h-cost] Period Patterns #41 Italian Renaissance Gowns

On Sunday 27 January 2008, Saragrace Knauf wrote: > Why wouldn't she use the other patterns from PP 41? > Just curious, Possibly because the PP patterns don't really have one for a kirtle; in some of them at least, the underdress is faked. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "It is better t

Re: [h-cost] Found it! - Colored shirts in the 16th century?

On Saturday 19 January 2008, Heather Rose Jones wrote: > On Jan 19, 2008, at 9:05 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I love the huge wide belts with enormous buckles. I've never > > noticed them > > before...such wide ones [that orange quilted one in the 1st pic is > > fantastic!] > > and worn in th

Re: [h-cost] Bamboo fabric

On Tuesday 15 January 2008, Andrew T Trembley wrote: > On Jan 15, 2008, at 3:32 PM, Lavolta Press wrote: > > Fabric.com has some bamboo fabric among their "new arrivals" for > > "fashion fabric." Dpes anyone know what the hand/drape of bamboo > > fabric is like? > > Bamboo cloth is technically a r

Re: [h-cost] Re: h-costume Digest, Vol 7, Issue 18

On Saturday 12 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Actually, I didn't think DBBC's price was much of a mark-up on the Swiss > euro's price of 53, what with the lovely exchange rate we are "enjoying" at > the moment. And shipping of $5 from CT sure beat 16 euros from > Switzerland! I thought

Re: [h-cost] NESAT IX

On Friday 11 January 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > NESAT IX is now available from a Swiss book store. (NESAT stands for > North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles.) > > _www.lesestoff.ch/fulldisplay?ISBN=9783033012677_ > (http://www.lesestoff.ch/fulldisplay?ISBN=9783033012677) > >

Re: [h-cost] Costume related Christmas gifts

On Tuesday 25 December 2007, Lavolta Press wrote: > Aren't we having annual discussion? > > I got _Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII_, _Ancient Textiles: > Production, Craft, and Society_, _Purses in Pieces_, a Fortuny-like > olive-colored crushed silk sleeveless dress, and two Christmas orname

Re: [h-cost] Costume related Christmas gifts

On Tuesday 25 December 2007, Lavolta Press wrote: > Aren't we having annual discussion? > > I got _Dress at the Court of King Henry VIII_, _Ancient Textiles: > Production, Craft, and Society_, _Purses in Pieces_, a Fortuny-like > olive-colored crushed silk sleeveless dress, and two Christmas orname

Re: [h-cost] Just received (warning: offbeat humor)

On Sunday 16 December 2007, Ann Catelli wrote: > --- Catherine Olanich Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > That's a riot! I liked it (though it's probably > > just a wee bit OT). > > Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You mea

Re: [h-cost] Just received (warning: offbeat humor)

On Saturday 15 December 2007, Brangwyne wrote: > *giggle* > > _ > > Just got the silliest, funniest, most appropriate gift from a dear friend. > I think this has come up on the list before, but if not, it's worth calling > attention to (you might have to cut-and-paste the UR

Re: [h-cost] sally queen associates

On Friday 14 December 2007, Brangwyne wrote: > Hthere's an ideanow if I just had a color printer with INK. > > *sigh* > > Starr > > > How about making your own callender, using some of the gorgeous fashion > prints from the database i posted here. > I actually have desided i want some o

Re: [h-cost] Re: Sally Queen & Associates--annual costume calendar?

On Friday 14 December 2007, Dawn wrote: > Lynn Downward wrote: > > Ack. I've been looking for the past couple of months. If anyone finds a > > good costume calendar, PLEASE share. I don't think anyone has done > > anything like Sally's calendars. > > You can get some good art calendars at Bud Plant

Re: [h-cost] Von Sussen Enterprises was: Source Needed

On Monday 10 December 2007, Wanda Pease wrote: > Way to go Karl I'm sure I'm leaving out his other titles, but at least > three of them are Master and Sir and Viscount Karl von Sussen. I bet he > has his own page in the East Kingdom OP. [snipping anecdote] >At any rate, he is an honorable m

Re: [h-cost] Elisabeth: The golden age

On Sunday 09 December 2007, Melanie Schuessler wrote: [snip] > and especially > > http://www.costumersguide.com/elizabeth2/gold2.jpg > > which moves straight past queen and right into drag queen. Good God, what is that thing made of? It looks like it's sewn from modern fabric with gold lame pain

Re: [h-cost] Source needed

On Sunday 09 December 2007, Wanda Pease wrote: [snip] > EEE! I just looked at the prices! I should have invested in this company > instead of Microsoft! Still that is the actual form that you are looking > for. There's a vendor on EBay that sells small knives that match the description Wanda

Re: [h-cost] Re: Sally Queen & Associates--annual costume calendar?

On Friday 07 December 2007, A. Thurman wrote: > AFAIK, this is the last year the company is doing calendars. Her > latest effort is largely the USA Costume Collections guide. Dang. I was afraid it was something like that. Thanks for the information. Anyone know of a calendar with costume-relate

[h-cost] Sally Queen & Associates--annual costume calendar?

Does anyone here know whether Sally Queen & Associates are doing a costume-related photo calendar for 2008? Both their old and new websites are selling the old calendars, including the one for 2007, but it's December and there's no mention of a new calendar for 2008. Thanks. -- Cathy Raymond

Re: [h-cost] Irish cloak

On Thursday 06 December 2007, MaggiRos wrote: > As I recall, the information that comes with the > pattern says it's "unchanged for centuries" or > something like that, and claims it's ok for all > periods. From the construction of the hood, I'm pretty > sure that's not so. > > Personally, I think

Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's wearing?

On Monday 03 December 2007, Cin wrote: > It's that time of year: holiday parties, winter balls, company dinners, > New Years Eve, cocktail parties,12th Night, You might even be > planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale. Whatever the reason, > h-costumers are probably making something. So, w

Re: [h-cost] Dress and textile topics, medieval Britain: Your wish list

On Wednesday 07 November 2007, [Robin Netherton] wrote: > I’m gathering information for the planning stages of a new project, and I’d > love to get input from the people on this list. > > If you could consult a reference book that was an encyclopedia of clothing > and textiles in the British Isles

Re: [h-cost] Re: h-costume Digest, Vol 6, Issue 523

On Tuesday 06 November 2007, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: > I believe that I was the one who posted the original announcement and > the titles of 5 of the 40 papers.] You may have been. I thought I'd remembered seeing a contents list for NESAT IX, but when I looked, couldn't find it. (I did find

Re: [h-cost] NESAT 9

On Monday 05 November 2007, Beth and Bob Matney wrote: > My copy of NESAT 9 just arrived. It has a long list of very > interesting articles over a wide geographical area and time period > (if there is interest, I will try to list the contents over the next few > days). Someone actually posted a su

Re: [h-cost] Halloween and the perception of costume

On Wednesday 31 October 2007, Sylvia Rognstad wrote: > Why does everyone think that's cheating? Why should you have to make a > new costume every year? Heck, I make costumes and clothing for > everyone else all year long so I never have time to make anything for > myself. I would be thrilled to

Re: [h-cost] another soucre for pictoral research

On Friday 26 October 2007, MaggiRos wrote: > No, no, it's Blessed Thomas Percy, not Seymour. He was an earl of > Northumberland. What a relief. I didn't think anyone could even remotely claim that Seymour should be "blessed." Thanks for the correction! -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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