Re: [h-cost] OT Fw:'quick change artists'

At 06:05 PM 11/6/2006, you wrote: Wow. Triple wow. As I was watching this, I was thinking, I hope the directors in my theatre dept. don't see this--they'll be asking me to make this stuff happen on our stage, and I can't figure out how they're doing it! Fun stuff. Melanie Schuessler My

[h-cost] Basic Patterns forBig Men

Thanks to those who responded with suggestions. I apologize for not making my needs clear. I can draft pajamas for elephants if need be. I'm just tired of having to start from scratch on these guys each time they are cast for anything that requires dress prior to 1850. I always re-measure an

Re: [h-cost] Basic Patterns forBig Men

If these guys are going to repeat customers, might it be possible to make a paper copy of your muslin? Just your basic body shape, especially for pants and jackets. Then you would have a permanent base to start from and can make style/period adjustments from there. --- AVC [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [h-cost] Basic Patterns forBig Men

I know this isn't much help, but while browsing the NIST NCSC (National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Center for Standards and Certification) webpage http://ts.nist.gov/Standards/Conformity/ncsci.cfm. It seems that the US Apparel standards have been withdrawn... On the Other

RE: [h-cost] iron corset

There's a picture of one here...but I don't think it was actually a corset - a shop sign, perhaps. g http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc/4subjectsearch/lingerie/lingerie18t h/lingerie18.html Quia Christus perpetuo regnat, Elisabeth -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [h-cost] OT Fw:'quick change artists'

Actually, it's not all smooth and nice. Watch it again. She comes out and looks pretty thick around the torso, especially compared to the last white costume. It's because there are several layers up there. Most actresses wouldn't want to be padded out like that. You can see them reaching for

RE: [h-cost] iron corset ( long-ish)

The story so far: Here is the specific block of text that really got my curiosity up, this is copied from en.wikibooks.org; it's one of the hits I got when I did a google image search for iron corset --copied text follows-- Iron corsets are Victorian Era corsetcovers made of metal. There are

RE: [h-cost] iron corset ( long-ish)

At 23:00 07/11/2006, you wrote: The story so far: Here is the specific block of text that really got my curiosity up, this is copied from en.wikibooks.org; it's one of the hits I got when I did a google image search for iron corset --copied text follows-- Iron corsets are Victorian Era

RE: [h-cost] iron corset

http://tinyurl.com/e5zh6 -Original Message- There's a picture of one here...but I don't think it was actually a corset - a shop sign, perhaps. g http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc/4subjectsearch/lingerie/lingerie18t h/lingerie18.html Quia Christus perpetuo regnat, Elisabeth

Re: [h-cost] iron corset

otsisto wrote: http://tinyurl.com/e5zh6 -Original Message- There's a picture of one here...but I don't think it was actually a corset - a shop sign, perhaps. g http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc/4subjectsearch/lingerie/lingerie18t h/lingerie18.html Nice collection... but

[h-cost] iron corset /kyoto stays

Sorry for the strange subjekt. But i followed the link and found the stays pictured at this address: http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc/4subjectsearch/lingerie/lingerie18th/lingerie18.htmlI was amazed, because this is the same cut as the Kyoto stays has. I ammaking these stays at the

Re: [h-cost] OT Fw:'quick change artists'

The closures may keep the fabric together, but the closures don't make the effect. Williams reveals enough about the tricks to sell the book, but not nearly enough to recreate either the costumes or the performance. In the magicians' community, revealing the secrets behind a trick is a