What on earth is Miss Ireland wearing? And Miss Spain should be really mad
at somebody...
Liadain
THL Liadain ni Mhordha, OFO
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You get a wonderful view from the point of no return...
Great links, thank you! The Telegraph has a second set of 2011
costume pix.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/8753493/
More-Miss-Universe-2011-national-costumes.html
It's a far cry from the quasi-historic things they used to do. I like
how many of them seem to be
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Carol Kocian aqua...@patriot.net wrote:
Great links, thank you! The Telegraph has a second set of 2011 costume pix.
You're very welcome!
I dont think Miss France has her skirt on straight. Sad.
--cin
Cynthia Barnes
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I dont think Miss France has her skirt on straight.
At least she has a skirt! Many of them don't.
Ann Wass
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From: Cin cinbar...@gmail.com
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
Sent: Mon, Sep 12, 2011 6:40 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Miss Universe 2011
Hello the list!
I recently finished a garment which can best be described as the bastard
offspring of a giermak and a kontusz (15th-16th c. Polish). I think it is
nifty and I want to make more. And I like the look of metallic braid, so
I would like to continue to use it for the decoration on
At 03:56 PM 9/12/2011, you wrote:
Hello the list!
I recently finished a garment which can best be described as the
bastard offspring of a giermak and a kontusz (15th-16th c. Polish).
I think it is nifty and I want to make more. And I like the look of
metallic braid, so I would like to
Thank Cin for the link. The show airs tonight on NBC.
Penny Ladnier, owner
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My question is, what should I do, in future, to finish the ends of
the braid so that they do not unravel?
I haven't ever tried this, but I read years ago about a designer who actually
buries the ends of the trims in the fabric--bascially using them like giant
threads and pulling the ends
On Sep 12, 2011, at 8:16 PM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
I haven't ever tried this, but I read years ago about a designer
who actually buries the ends of the trims in the fabric--bascially
using them like giant threads and pulling the ends through to the
wrong side.
Ann Wass
Kenneth
Especially the whole scimitar thing for Miss Ireland. Poor lass...
scimitars weren't used by the Irish.
Poor Miss Nigeria. I really liked Miss Sri Lanka, Miss Neatherlands,
Miss Georgia, Miss El Salvador, and Miss Denmark!
Natalie
On 9/12/2011 6:29 PM, Tracy Thallas wrote:
What on earth
thanks, Cin, for a really fun half-hour!!!
let's see... yes, lots of them look like overblown las vegas showgirls, esp.
the Carnivale types. And so many are completely made-up, even for countries
that used to have national costume! wow, saw a website with the 2010 national
costumes -- this
I am wondering what Miss India had on her costume that couldn't clear
customs. Any guesses
Penny Ladnier, owner
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I was so disappointed me that the TV show only showed the top ten costumes.
I missed it because I was also watching So You Think You Can Dance during
commercials. So who wore the top ten costumes?
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
15 websites of fashion,
Does anyone know anything about historicalclothingpatterns.com? There's no
information about the creator(s) of these patterns, no background, credentials,
experience, or location. There's no mailing address or phone number, and the
email says it's for sales queries only. They seem to be
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