RE: [h-cost] Empire

2005-07-01 Thread Abel, Cynthia
Yes, if your brain is research-wired, better bad than none at all. At least if it gets you involved and you start questioning this and that--sort of a bad road that gets you there anyway. My parents bought a kind of what we could call now an encyclopedia for tweens now, called The Wonderland of

Re: [h-cost] Waists, waists, waists

2005-07-01 Thread Cin
I have to roll the front waistband of off-the-rack skirts so that the hem hangs horizontal because of this. If I had the time, I'd hem the skirts properly. Several of us have the same problem. Fortunately it is correctable if you make your own skirts for historicals. Carolyn, Cynthia, others,

Re: [h-cost] Waists, waists, waists

2005-07-01 Thread Carolyn Kayta Barrows
put it where I want it. Cant stand the messy bulky rolled solution. I only do that for commercially produced skirts, like the kind with an elasticized waistband that would be a pain to remodel, and that I only wear to job interviews anyway. My commercially produced trousers fit fine, and

Re: [h-cost] lil boy suspenders .....

2005-07-01 Thread Kimiko Small
Sorry it's been awhile since I commented last, but I've been a bit busy this week and only caught up today. To everyone with their suggestions for little boy suspenders, I thank you all. I will be checking many of them out soon. Kimiko ___

RE: [h-cost] Juana la Loca

2005-07-01 Thread Kimiko Small
At 03:29 PM 6/28/2005, you wrote: Due to politics of the time and the mysterious deaths of nobility I would say keeping on your toes 24/7 can drive you a bit crazy. Look at James of Scotland. Which James of Scotland? Kimiko ___ h-costume mailing