[h-cost] 1920s Fashion Film Footage

2011-04-15 Thread penny1a
Actual 1920s film footage on how to cut and style a bob hairstyle. It is at minute 2:39 in the video...lots of ladies' fashion and shoes in this one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwG-kRi0-Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwG-kRi0-Yfeature=related feature=related Penny Ladnier, owner The

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Fashion Film Footage

2011-04-15 Thread R Lloyd Mitchell
I thought the view of the ladies playing with fox cubs in your arms; maybe someday around your neck was sweet! -Original Message- From: penn...@costumegallery.com Sent 4/15/2011 4:59:04 AM To: h-costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] 1920s Fashion Film FootageActual 1920s film

[h-cost] 1920s Fashion Film Footage

2011-04-15 Thread Julie
Actual 1920s film footage on how to cut and style a bob hairstyle. It is at minute 2:39 in the video...lots of ladies' fashion and shoes in this one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwG-kRi0-Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwG-kRi0-Yfeature=related feature=related Penny Ladnier, owner

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-17 Thread cc2010milw
Here's the link for the site that sells them: http://www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/mens_swimwear.php?from=leftnav; __utma=1.663629051.1263760928.1263760928.1263760928.1__utmb=1.1.10.1263760928 __utmc=1__utmx=-

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-15 Thread Marjorie Wilser
of the water. Clothes do create drag, though. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume- boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Lynn Downward Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:08 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern I've seen one

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-15 Thread R Lloyd Mitchell
- From: Lynn Downward lynndownw...@gmail.com Sent 1/14/2010 9:08:18 PM To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit patternI've seen one too, in San Francisco. It was one that was rented at Sutro Baths, the large pool near Ocean Beach from the 1870s until

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-15 Thread cw15147-hcost00
: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern It wasn't the weight of the wool, it was its properties: wool is the only fiber that holds heat even while wet. In the 19th c, you really _could_ catch your death of cold, or so they believed. Up til the 1920s, most bathing suits were woolen

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-14 Thread annbwass
: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern When you make it, just be aware of the characteristics of your fabric when it's wet. A friend made a set of vintage bathing costumes for herself and her husband. His was black and white striped knit fabric, just a bit heavier than T-shirt fabric. He

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-14 Thread cc2010milw
In a message dated 1/12/2010 7:44:48 PM Central Standard Time, h-costume-requ...@indra.com writes: Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:44:29 EST From: annbw...@aol.com Subject: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern Does anyone know of a sewing pattern for a man's 1920s bathing suit? Google

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-14 Thread albertcat
just a bit heavier than T-shirt fabric. The two real one piece tank top vintage bathing suits for men I found at a flea market were knit but sweater weight (perhaps a bit denser, tighter stitch than a sweater). They also had a woven cotton underwear- like thing sewn

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-14 Thread Lynn Downward
I've seen one too, in San Francisco. It was one that was rented at Sutro Baths, the large pool near Ocean Beach from the 1870s until the 1920s, I believe. There were several separate pools in the complex overlooking Seal Rock and men could rent a heavy swim suit for the day. I have no idea how

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-14 Thread Sharon Collier
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 6:08 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern I've seen one too, in San Francisco. It was one that was rented at Sutro Baths, the large pool near Ocean Beach from the 1870s until the 1920s, I believe. There were several

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-13 Thread R Lloyd Mitchell
to the pant described above. Since this style was in use before elastic or drawstring waist bands, attaching the top and bottom was necessary for the 'wet weight' of the garment.? : annbw...@aol.com Sent 1/12/2010 7:44:29 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit patternDoes

Re: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit pattern

2010-01-13 Thread Pierre Sandy Pettinger
described above. Since this style was in use before elastic or drawstring waist bands, attaching the top and bottom was necessary for the 'wet weight' of the garment.? : annbw...@aol.com Sent 1/12/2010 7:44:29 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] 1920s Men's bathing suit patternDoes anyone

[h-cost] 1920s Bandeau

2008-07-29 Thread Penny Ladnier
I collect in my L'Art et la Mode magazines. These were high fashion magazines that I believe were published weekly. I picked up a handful from my collection from 1921-1925 and came up with several styles of bandeau. Below is a list of the from the magazines by year. Fashion designers' names

[h-cost] 1920s

2007-08-12 Thread otsisto
http://www.vintagetextile.com/gallery_1920s.htm http://tinyurl.com/2pzowy http://www.onlinecostumeball.com/Delineator/Nov_1920/Women/EveningWear.htm 1912 styles to see the difference http://www.antiquedress.com/item4335.htm http://www.antiquedress.com/item2698.htm

Re: [h-cost] 1920s

2007-07-16 Thread Margo Anderson
On Jul 7, 2007, at 2:53 PM, otsisto wrote: Soon the word brassiere was abandoned for bra and ever since in fashion history we have referred to the bra. I don't think the word was abandoned that early. My mother is 75, meaning she probably bought her first bras in the mid 40's, and she

[h-cost] 1920s

2007-07-07 Thread Sylvia Rognstad
While channel surfing for a couple minutes I cam upon a movie made in the 60s that took place in the 1920s. Can't remember what is is, but it starred George Peppard and Elizabeth Ashley, among others. The Carpetbaggers maybe? Anyhow, I'm trying to figure out what is so wrong about the

Re: [h-cost] 1920s

2007-07-07 Thread Ann Catelli
--- Sylvia Rognstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a movie made in the 60s that took place in the 1920s.it's leading me to wonder what busty women wore for bras then and would have given them the support they needed. The only bras I've seen from the 1920s are flimsy little silk things with

Re: [h-cost] 1920s

2007-07-07 Thread AlbertCat
When we did the miniseries The Wedding for Harpo productions here in Wilmington, there was a flashback scene to a 1920's Deb ball, for wealthy blacks. Many of the girls were well set up. We made a bunch of bust binding thingies out of 8 wide elastic. It was rather study, eager to spring