Every so often the conversation comes around to a point where I feel
like mentioning again Drea Leed's hilarious little essay on
21st-century "superwide" jeans -- a paper (to be) given at the CXII
Interplanetary Costume Collegium, 2543 A.D.
Her excellent Elizabethan Costuming site has moved si
Has anyone else inherited the c. 1910's "Victor book of the opera" from
their grandparents? I had the reputation of a bookworm as a child, so maybe
someone else pawned it off on my parents for me.
It includes heaps of photographs of Edwardian opera stars in costume, acting
very hard for the camera
On Thursday 17 August 2006 2:50 pm, Julie wrote:
> But I, and others of "mature" years do not wear my jeans ridiculously baggy
> or tight. Shoes seem to be the best giveaway to gender. Can you really
> tell me that you haven't seen someone whose gender you couldn't tell by
> their clothing? I'm
--- Michelle Plumb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been contemplating a 1680s-ish gown for a
> while, and there is a stunning example in the book:
>
> Late 17th century gray wool with brown and blue
> striped edged in red.
> Embroidered throughout in silver-gilt thread.
>
> The gown in compl
Shoes seem to be the best giveaway to gender. Can you really tell me
that you haven't seen someone whose gender you couldn't tell by their
clothing?
Not from the front anyway.
So, I still think that a future reenactor, particularly male, could be
reasonably accurate from the 1950's in jea
Robin wrote:
Odd. The article I was just editing on Opus Anglicanum embroidery, written
by someone who has handled a lot of surviving pieces, specifies that the
thread was metal wrapped around a silk core, and always couched (which is
consistent with what I had read earlier in other places). So tha
Yes, that's the dress!
Thanks, Suzi. The color photo will help a lot.
Michelle
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At 20:38 17/08/2006, you wrote:
Hello, all.
My spinning guild had its annual garage sale Saturday. You never
know what you're going to find there.
I dove into a pile of books looking for treasure, and came up with
something interesting:
English Domestic Needlework of the 16th, 17th and 18
Hello, all.
My spinning guild had its annual garage sale Saturday. You never know
what you're going to find there.
I dove into a pile of books looking for treasure, and came up with
something interesting:
English Domestic Needlework of the 16th, 17th and 18th Centuries, by
Preston Remingt
In a message dated 8/17/2006 2:53:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But I, and others of "mature" years do not wear my jeans ridiculously baggy
or tight.
My husband and I, both of "mature" years, do not wear jeans at all.
Ann Wass
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And, at least around here, the fit of the jeans. Guys wear them
ridiculously over-sized and baggy,
And hanging half way down the *rse in London - I swear some of them will
fall down as there is no waist and hips to stop them.
and gals wear them ridiculously tight!
but showing builder's
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Sue Clemenger wrote:
> I was under the impression (perhaps misinformed, and certainly
> relatively inexperienced) that a lot of opus anglicanum was couched
> with silk threads.
Yes. That's what I described.
> Especially when done as "underside couching," which
> needs a str
But I, and others of "mature" years do not wear my jeans ridiculously baggy or
tight. Shoes seem to be the best giveaway to gender. Can you really tell me
that you haven't seen someone whose gender you couldn't tell by their clothing?
I'm not talking the folks walking in Hollywood purposely t
I was under the impression (perhaps misinformed, and certainly relatively
inexperienced) that a lot of opus anglicanum was couched with silk threads.
Especially when done as "underside couching," which needs a stronger thread
for the couching, but produces a remarkably flexible fabric. In "undersi
I've got a two-volume, illustrated set of Shakespeare's plays that's been in
the family since the late-ish 1800s. The illustrations are
priceless--famous actors of the day, wearing what they would have worn on
stage in the various roles. A 19th century's version of 16th century stage
clothing
Eva,
When and where will your work on this be published? Will it be available in
English?
Beth Matney
At 08:46 AM 8/17/2006, you wrote:
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:13:12 +0200
From: "Eva Andersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The thread in the Bocksten Bog man's costume did NOT survive. It was
theref
I have a theory that there's a reason only boys wear them like this - the
girls don't have the equipment to hold them up :-)
Glenda.
(my teenage boys are glad it's the style - both are very thin, and that's
the way their trousers go anyway)
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And, at least around
Hi,
I wondered about this also. I have used gold passing thread, but it is way
two thick to embroider stitches with. I cauch it on the outlines i make, to
embellish them more.
Using couching silk to the gold.
Bjarne
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From: "Robin Netherton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Five Rivers Chapmanry wrote:
> Passing thread, however, the most fragile of all the gold
> threads, and the most difficult to work, is as you say, a gold foil
> (lower grades have a copper core, laid with silver, laid with gold,
> while better grades have a silver core
At 12:11 17/08/2006, you wrote:
In a message dated 8/16/2006 11:10:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
not to mention a slight possible difference in the cut of the t-shirt.
And, at least around here, the fit of the jeans. Guys wear them
ridiculously over-sized and bagg
In a message dated 8/16/2006 11:10:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
not to mention a slight possible difference in the cut of the t-shirt.
And, at least around here, the fit of the jeans. Guys wear them
ridiculously over-sized and baggy, and gals wear them ridic
In a message dated 8/16/2006 11:34:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have a "Centennial Dress" from the 1870's that's a really interesting take
on quasi-Colonial. I'm still trying to figure out what they were doing with
the flat-fronted skirt that has some really
Robin wrote:
Even in embroidery, precious metal thread is
typically couched (laid on top of the fabric and held down with stitching
of a non-metal thread), as the act of repeatedly passing the metal thread
through fabric tends to strip the metal wrapping off the thread core.
This is partia
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