Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-19 Thread Cynthia Virtue
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It could be silk floss. I've been wondering if there might be silk floss *under* the very shiny heavier layer. Today I was reading a book by the author that turned me onto this film in the first place; the (fiction) book talks about the prior theater production

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-19 Thread Carmen Beaudry
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Today I was reading a book by the author that turned me onto this film in the first place; the (fiction) book talks about the prior theater production in the Hollywood Bowl, and mentions fairies in cellophane. In her Acknowledgments she cites help from the

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-18 Thread Ruth Anne Baumgartner
It looks like iridescent chenille yarn to me. Such an effect would seem to be a logical outgrowth of the fringe mania earlier in the century. But it's early in the morning and I'm bleary-eyed, so I wouldn't go by me! --Ruth Anne Baumgartner gypsy scholar and amateur costumer On Nov 17,

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-18 Thread Cynthia Virtue
Ruth Anne Baumgartner wrote: It looks like iridescent chenille yarn to me. Such an effect would seem to be a logical outgrowth of the fringe mania earlier in the century. But it's early in the morning and I'm bleary-eyed, so I wouldn't go by me! --Ruth Anne Baumgartner Yeah, it does look

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-18 Thread Anne Moeller
http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi4100325401 Try this clip for a bit more of the costume in motion Anne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-18 Thread otsisto
It looks like rayon or silk chainette fringe with possibly metalic thread interwoven. Or just rayon. http://www.alibaba.com/buyofferdetail/100733037/Chainette_Fringe_By_The_Spoo l.html http://tinyurl.com/6rm8vd -Original Message- Yeah, it does look like that in the stills, but it behaves

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-18 Thread Suzi Clarke
At 19:19 18/11/2008, you wrote: It looks like rayon or silk chainette fringe with possibly metalic thread interwoven. Or just rayon. http://www.alibaba.com/buyofferdetail/100733037/Chainette_Fringe_By_The_Spoo l.html http://tinyurl.com/6rm8vd -Original Message- Yeah, it does look like

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-18 Thread Cynthia Virtue
Suzi Clarke wrote: I'm probably way off, but it looks like strips of cellophane to me - easy to cut fringe on the edges of a sheet of it, cut a hole it the top and wear it like a poncho - she's not still so it doesn't matter about accuracy of cutting. It does look like it, to be sure. But

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-18 Thread otsisto
Here are women fancy dancers from a 2008 powwow. Most of the shawls are fringed with rayon chainette. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yeHdETgsT0 a closer look (2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX7TVN0ch4Efeature=related Rayon was called faux silk and was around in the 1930s. -Original

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-18 Thread AlbertCat
In a message dated 11/18/2008 2:44:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chainette with metal in it might do, but would it be shiny enough? I don't think so. It could be silk floss. That would be very shiny if the right color and lit the right

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-18 Thread Melody Watts
Looks like long Rayon fringe. --- On Mon, 11/17/08, Cynthia Virtue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Cynthia Virtue [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 5:49 PM Hi Folks, Friends and I

[h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-17 Thread Cynthia Virtue
Hi Folks, Friends and I recently watched the 1935 Midsummer Night's Dream, and have been puzzling over the construction of Titania's costume. Does anyone have ideas? Photos: http://bp1.blogger.com/_zyFOBNA4Tys/RpF329zH5rI/ARg/hbYpRYFNvdo/s1600-h/Anita+Louise+Fair+Titania.jpg

Re: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction?

2008-11-17 Thread Betsy Marshall
the two photos -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cynthia Virtue Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 7:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] Titania 1935 costume construction? Hi Folks, Friends and I recently watched the 1935