About how many costume/fashion related books or magazines do you own?
Books strictly about costume or sewing techniques about 60, including some
photocopies. Then I have a large collection of the Rundschau drafting magazines
(still not all) and many Burdas (I actually don't know why do I keep
Yes, I agree, it is always important to say what's your point of interest when
judging books. I always tend to judge books with practical instructions like
how to make something etc. better than vast theory-based books, even though
both can be of the same value.
Still, I think that some can be
Time to come clean...What was the most price of you have ever paid for a
book, collection of work, etc.
I think it's a toss-up between $177 for the St. Louis Psalter facsimile
(which I wrote to the publisher for), and the ABEGG book, which was
something like $160.
If I'd thought I might have
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?
Not all that many--finances are limited, so I try to only buy the ones that
are truly useful to me. Since my costuming interests are strictly
What I find both interesting and depressing in this discussion is that
(a) judging from the books discussed, almost all the people who collect
and spend much money on costume books are in the SCA and (b) a lot of
people would rather spend money on fabric and sewing machines.
Fran
Lavolta Press
Hi Fran--
Why is it depressing that many of us are in the SCA?
In order to participate in the SCA, a person has to wear a reasonable
attempt at pre-17th C. clothing. A lot of us find there is challenge and
fun in going beyond the minimum. I think that it is great that so many go
the extra mile
It's not depressing that you are in the SCA, it's depressing that
other groups do not seem to value books nearly as much.
Fran
monica spence wrote:
Hi Fran--
Why is it depressing that many of us are in the SCA?
In order to participate in the SCA, a person has to wear a reasonable
attempt
We are just lucky I guess. Most of us garb-and-research-types are
book-aholics. She/he who dies with the most books wins the love and undying
affection of she/he who inherits the books. :-)
Monica
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At 21:06 27/04/2008, you wrote:
It's not depressing that you are in the SCA, it's depressing that
other groups do not seem to value books nearly as much.
Fran
Why does anyone have to be in a group to buy costume related books?
Suzi
Hi Fran--
Why is it depressing that many of us are in the
Suzi Clarke wrote:
At 21:06 27/04/2008, you wrote:
It's not depressing that you are in the SCA, it's depressing that
other groups do not seem to value books nearly as much.
Fran
Why does anyone have to be in a group to buy costume related books?
What may be misleading is that a large
Why does anyone have to be in a group to buy costume related books?
In terms of marketing demographics, everyone is in a group or multiple
groups whether they consider themselves members of such a group or not.
Fran
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I was going through my future project files and came across this. I love it,
but don't remember where it comes from. The book, and the painting it is
illustrated from. Thanks
http://saragrace.us/images/Misc/Unknown.pdf
Sg
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It´s in Medieval Costume in England and France by Mary G. Houston.
Hanna
At 23:48 27.04.2008, you wrote:
I was going through my future project files
and came across this. I love it, but don't
remember where it comes from. The book, and the
painting it is illustrated from. Thanks
Are there any costuming magazines worthy of reading? I haven't found any.
Vicky
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At 23:04 27/04/2008, you wrote:
Are there any costuming magazines worthy of reading? I haven't found any.
Vicky
Costume the annual journal of The Costume Society
http://www.costumesociety.org.uk/ in the U.K. is full of articles,
both learned and practical, book reviews etc.
Suzi
We are just lucky I guess. Most of us garb-and-research-types are
book-aholics. She/he who dies with the most books wins the love
and undying
affection of she/he who inherits the books. :-)
Monica
Truer words were never written :-) I have to watch my back around some of
my friends who
You don't have to own books to value them. If someone on a limited income
would rather spend their dollars on fabric and sewing machines, they can use
the public library to access the books.
Cactus
--- On Sun, 4/27/08, Lavolta Press [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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to buy costume related books?
What may be misleading is that a large proportion of the people on this list
work in the medieval and Renaissance periods, so most of the people answering
have been mentioning books from those periods.
Perhaps a large proportion but not necessarily a
For someone so gungho on authenticity, I am surprised that you would do period
(whatever that may be) embroidery by machine rather than by hand.
Cactus
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Thanks, I'll check into it.
Vicky
Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 23:04 27/04/2008, you wrote:
Are there any costuming magazines worthy of reading? I haven't found any.
Vicky
Costume the annual journal of The Costume Society
http://www.costumesociety.org.uk/ in the U.K. is
That is, they are the least likely to do things like assume
that original sources are always 100% accurate and unbiased, that
secondary sources are always useless, and so on.
I must disagree. You definitely cannot rely on secondary sources, but it can be
very interesting and you can learn many
Actually, I'm not an authenticity police person, as my books should tell
you, if you've read them. For example, although I have entirely
hand-sewn a few undergarments and accessories, and enjoyed it, I sew
most repros by machine.
The reality is that I do not have all day long to sew. I need to
You don't need a specific embroidery sewing machine to create a custom
embroidery pattern. You just need to have the right software, which is usually
quite expensive (but not so much compared to the embroidery machine itself) and
it takes a LOT of time to make your desired pattern. There are
Zuzana Kraemerova wrote:
That is, they are the least likely to do things like assume
that original sources are always 100% accurate and unbiased, that
secondary sources are always useless, and so on.
I must disagree. You definitely cannot rely on secondary sources,
What I meant is that
My Viking/Husqvarna is at least 10 years old and doesn't accept
embroidery software or any kind of disks, so I would need a new machine
of some sort for embroidery.
I am aware that people did free-machine embroidery even with straight
stitch machines, I just want to get fancier than that.
Hi Fran--
Why is it depressing that many of us are in the SCA?
In order to participate in the SCA, a person has to wear a
reasonable
attempt at pre-17th C. clothing. A lot of us find there is
challenge and
fun in going beyond the minimum. I think that it is great that so
many go
the
On Sunday 27 April 2008, Lavolta Press wrote:
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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 version
In a message dated 4/27/2008 3:28:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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The Civil War reenactors are a very large group but with few exceptions,
tend not to be very interested in books or research. They seem to regard
it as somehow virtuous to be conspicuously
I am aware that people did free-machine embroidery even with straight
stitch machines, I just want to get fancier than that. Frankly, I want
a new techno-toy.
Fran
They are an awful lot of fun. I'm enjoying mine thoroughly.
Dianne
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What I find both interesting and depressing in this discussion is that
(a) judging from the books discussed, almost all the people who collect
and spend much money on costume books are in the SCA and (b) a lot of
people would rather spend money on fabric and sewing machines.
Fran
Not always a
. What precisely did Civil
War Re-enactors ever do to you for you to label us so rudely?
As I mentioned, this is very much the impression of Civil War reenactors
I get from e-lists. And it's not my books I'm talking about, but many
other discussions of how people do research and what
What kind do you have and what do you like about it?
Fran
Dianne wrote:
I am aware that people did free-machine embroidery even with straight
stitch machines, I just want to get fancier than that. Frankly, I want
a new techno-toy.
Fran
They are an awful lot of fun. I'm enjoying mine
And assuming one could ignore that momentarily, it becomes
a debate of spending $45 on a book filled with things that post-date the
Civil War, and which the author has stated that accuracy is not the primary
focus of, or one which is relevant on both counts.
BTW, I earn my living by
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The version of the FAQ currently on sca.org says that they have about 29,500
paid members, but that's still small by publishing standards.
You do not have to be a paid member to participate, however, you must be a paid
member if you fight or if you're an officer.
Figures vary as to
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