Re: [h-cost] Query re: website

2010-05-18 Thread Franchesca
Do not let that it may not appear to cover your period push you away. If you want to see it, ask for it. She is very flexible and s sweet to communicate with. It is a breath of fresh air! I too have been with them since the beginning. I too take all month to read all through the material. It

Re: [h-cost] Query re: website

2010-05-18 Thread Beteena Paradise
I think Marion just works there. The owner is Catherine Hay. Here is her livejournal which has quite a lot about the website:   http://harmanhay.livejournal.com/ From: Penny Ladnier penn...@costumegallery.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent:

Re: [h-cost] Query re: website

2010-05-18 Thread Zuzana Kraemerova
Yep, the founder and leader of this whole thing is Cathy Hay. I like this website, I find there really are good articles that are not so easy to find elsewhere and it is really fun to read all this stuff when costuming is your hobby. I am a subscriber and although I am an advanced sewer and

Re: [h-cost] Query re: website

2010-05-18 Thread Marion McNealy
Hi, I've been a long time lurker here on h-cost so I thought I'd chime in. I'm the editor of Your Wardrobe Unlock'd and Foundations Revealed, Cathy Hay is the owner and publisher of both the sites. She's based in the UK and I'm in the US. While the magazines focus on a variety of time

Re: [h-cost] Query re: website

2010-05-18 Thread Lavolta Press
The marketing prose strikes me as pretty tame and tasteful as print or Internet marketing go. Of course, everyone's mileage will vary on that sort of thing. I think I'm reacting to the fact that the marketing is so targeted to a beginning audience. However, much of the website is targeted

Re: [h-cost] Your Wardrobe Unlock'd

2010-05-18 Thread K. Gillies
I subscribed early on when it first started.  I really enjoyed the content.  I ended up ending my subscription because, at the time the articles were not downloadable as pdf's (I don't know if they are now or not) and for the money, I'd like to be able to reference the content offline.  If I

Re: [h-cost] Your Wardrobe Unlock'd

2010-05-18 Thread Franchesca
I remember that the pdf icon was always somewhere either at the top or the bottom early on. I was always able to download what I needed. Now maybe they light gray color would make folks think that it was not downloadable but if you hover over them they show that they are clickable for

Re: [h-cost] Query re: website

2010-05-18 Thread Catherine Olanich Raymond
On Tuesday 18 May 2010 8:55:36 pm Lavolta Press wrote: The marketing prose strikes me as pretty tame and tasteful as print or Internet marketing go. Of course, everyone's mileage will vary on that sort of thing. I think I'm reacting to the fact that the marketing is so targeted to a

Re: [h-cost] Query re: website

2010-05-18 Thread Lavolta Press
My impression is somewhat different--but then, so may my definition of beginner. To me, a beginner is still learning to sew, let alone apply that knowledge to historic clothing. I'd say beginning costumer. I think they are right in focusing the site on costuming and not on sewing basics per