It has been years since the family has given me anything costume related.
But I did get a nice pair of ruby/diamond/gold earrings that were on my wish
list that are sorta costume related. :D
Franchesca
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I got two! copies of "High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn
Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art"a
little lack of communication between family members. However, one of
them was purchased 'at' the museum by a BIL who lives in NYC. So,
he's returning it and getti
I only got some small notions in my stocking, but I got the only book I truly
wanted this year: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing by
Kathleen Fasanella. It's not really for historical costuming but will be
helpful since I'm starting a costuming business.
On the other hand,
My family and Santa provided me with a few books under the tree today.
Cool Couture by Kenneth D. King, so I can improve my sewing skills. I need to
improve my piping if I'm going to attempt Victorian clothing, and I've never
done a welt pocket and his instructions look good and doable. I also
No books, this time, but a frame for doing tablet weaving on from Lynn
the Weaver:
http://www.lucets.com/pages/looms.html
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In a message dated 12/25/2010 4:20:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
f...@lavoltapress.com writes:
Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in 19th-Century
France, by Susan Hiner
O, I've been thinking about that one. Give us a report! It is new
this year, correct?
Only cos
Well, the aforementioned Med Clothing & Textiles #6.
Stella Mary Newton's Health, Art & Reason! (to feed my Reform Dress jones!)
And there's SUPPOSED to be a frock coat pattern on the way. That one serves me
right for dithering so long, but both of us had multiple items not arrive in
time
My husband gave me three costume books:
How the Watch Was Worn: A Fashion for 500 Years, by Genevieve Cummins
Accessories to Modernity: Fashion and the Feminine in 19th-Century
France, by Susan Hiner
The Cut of His Coat: Men, Dress, and Consumer Culture in Britain
1860-1914, by Brent Shannon
Anybody know? Did Medieval Clothing and Textiles #6 have an edition that came
without a dust jacket, or do we need to yell at the vendor? Our Christmas copy
unexpectedly has a very nicely printed hard cover, but no dust jacket, and 1-5,
as we have them, all have DJs.
thanks!
chimene
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