[h-cost] costume auction catalog
I don't know if anyone's posted this before, I may have missed it. If you did, too, have a look, it's gorgeous! Debbie Reynolds costume auction catalog, free pdf download: http://www.profilesinhistory.com/debbie-reynolds-auction/debbie-reynolds-the-auction Melissa Roberts ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] New 18th century list
Please forgive the cross post — I know some H-Costume members are interested in the 18th century. :-) We are pleased to announce the formation of 18cLife, a new list for 18th century reenactors, living historians, researchers, and other interested parties. We are reenactors and historians, and we are excited to create a forum which we think will be fun, interesting, welcoming, educational, and useful. The subject of the list is how people lived in the 18th century, and examining and reliving the 18th century through reenacting, living history, and other means. We intend to focus on areas where the dominant culture was Western: not just the American colonies and Britain, but all of Europe. This list will have a broad scope: everything from basic reenacting how-tos, to obsessive stitch counting, to finding out what events are happening when and who's going, to serious academic research, to the meaning of what we do as reenactors and living historians and why we do it. We like the synergy that comes from bringing together a broad range of people to discuss a common interest. We are looking forward to forming a new community amongst reenactors and other 18c enthusiasts and are eager to discover what the future will bring. Please join us! -Carol Kocian http://groups.yahoo.com/group/18cLife/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
I always love this thread but, alas, I have no dressmakers dummy. If I did, however, she would be wearing one of the pieces I need to make for a Federal/Empire/Regency wardrobe I have to finish by mid-January. The ball gown is mostly done but I still need a pelisse, walking or carriage gown, new shift, new stays, new bonnet, and maybe a new cap. - Hope ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
On Oct 5, 2011, at 4:37 PM, Kimiko Small wrote: So right now, poor Bessie Blunt is rather naked. But isn't that what she is most famous for? OChris Laning clan...@igc.org - Davis, California + http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
I love this thread too, and this time around I actually have an answer! My lady form is currently in the kitchen, where it's the best place to photograph for tutorials. She's wearing a paritial completed 1876 Dolman Wrap with an accordian pleated back trim, and wonderfully long cape-like sleeves. The whole thing is in a black medium weight wool, which I'm going to line with quilted sliver-grey silk. Since is from an original Harper's pattern, there's tons and tons of trim yet to apply - and it calls for - four inch wide saddle silk fringe all around! Shooting photographs for a tutorial on how to sew up the pattern. Janyce Hill www.vpll.org ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
I have several dress forms, since I find them at estate sales and yard sales One is wearing my purple costume from last Balticon (May 2011 convention in Baltimore) called Something Purple This Way Comes. It has a HUGE beaded collar (somethingl ike 8 lbs) over the shoulders, and a nice straw hat on it that will be used for another Victorian parody. Another is modeling the skirt and overskirt combination from a parody of a Tudor skirt and overskirt that I made many years ago in Hawaiian tropical fabrics, and that I am making over for a Victorian silly costumes (very colorful though; the overskirt is a fabric with all sharks). Upstairs, the dress form has one of my 1861 outfits, this one, I re-made the swallowtail bodice pattern into a one-piece belted dress, in a lively beige and brown cotton print with a design of small diamonds with little flowers and wheat sheaves in t he middle of the diamonds. I was reseraching for a dress for Sarah Ballou, made a two-piece dress with a deep blue printed fabric, saw the beige and brown at Surplus City in LaVale, near Cumberland, Maryland on one of our trips through there, and it spoke to me. I am going to do a scene from Little Women with it. My other T-stands have various costumes on them in bright colors to keep me cheerful and remind me how creative costuming is. Yours in costuming, Lisa A ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
I've done talks in various places about this period, usually couched in terms of fashion and Jane Austen. This particular occasion will be extra fun. A local BB, the Governor's House in Hyde Park, VT, offers 4 Jane Austen weekends throughout the year focusing on one book and then a topic related to Austen's period (http://www.onehundredmain.com/calendar2.cfm). There's a Friday evening talk, Saturday tea, dinner and book discussion, and Sunday brunch and quiz. Next year's book is Emma and the general topic will be the fashion of the times. So, I'll be doing the talks and decided I needed a multi-day wardrobe for each of the 4 weekends which are each in a different season! Buying the fabric and designing the gowns was fun, but actually creating them now is a bit daunting. - Hope annbw...@aol.com wrote: I need to make for Federal/Empire/Regency wardrobe I have to finish by mid-January. What is the occasion for this lovely wardrobe? ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Oh, yes, I've read about them. I would love to do something similar at the house where I work, but, alas! we are limited in what we can do for men at our site. Doesn't that place have fishing and am I remembering horses, too? And yes, for me, too, the ideas and shopping are the fun part--the making up not so much, unless I'm trying something new. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Hope Greenberg hope.greenb...@uvm.edu To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Oct 6, 2011 4:39 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? 've done talks in various places about this period, usually couched in erms of fashion and Jane Austen. This particular occasion will be xtra fun. A local BB, the Governor's House in Hyde Park, VT, offers 4 ane Austen weekends throughout the year focusing on one book and then a opic related to Austen's period http://www.onehundredmain.com/calendar2.cfm). There's a Friday evening talk, Saturday tea, dinner and book discussion, nd Sunday brunch and quiz. Next year's book is Emma and the general opic will be the fashion of the times. So, I'll be doing the talks and ecided I needed a multi-day wardrobe for each of the 4 weekends which re each in a different season! Buying the fabric and designing the owns was fun, but actually creating them now is a bit daunting. - Hope annbw...@aol.com wrote: I need to make for Federal/Empire/Regency wardrobe I have to finish by mid-January. What is the occasion for this lovely wardrobe? __ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
A pirate coat (1730sih, but I make no claims to accuracy) made from old drapes and a felt tricorn to go with. I hope to wear them to the local renn faire before the season ends; if not, I'm sure I'll find something to do with them :P Allison T. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
And yes, for me, too, the ideas and shopping are the fun part--the making up not so much, unless I'm trying something new. I never really liked to sew but when I got involved in the SCA, I kind of had to do it. Several years ago, though, I decided I would just pay people to do that part. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't... Right now, I'm working with a pagan lady (used to weird costumes) who needs to supplement her disability payment and we are doing well together. Right now, she's working on a couple flannel nightgowns in preparation for the upcoming winter. Janet ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
Oh, you lucky! I wish I were close enough to attend. That event they did last August with people being Jane Austen characters sounds even more fun. Did you attend that? Emily On 10/6/2011 3:39 PM, Hope Greenberg wrote: I've done talks in various places about this period, usually couched in terms of fashion and Jane Austen. This particular occasion will be extra fun. A local BB, the Governor's House in Hyde Park, VT, offers 4 Jane Austen weekends throughout the year focusing on one book and then a topic related to Austen's period (http://www.onehundredmain.com/calendar2.cfm). There's a Friday evening talk, Saturday tea, dinner and book discussion, and Sunday brunch and quiz. Next year's book is Emma and the general topic will be the fashion of the times. So, I'll be doing the talks and decided I needed a multi-day wardrobe for each of the 4 weekends which are each in a different season! Buying the fabric and designing the gowns was fun, but actually creating them now is a bit daunting. - Hope annbw...@aol.com wrote: I need to make for Federal/Empire/Regency wardrobe I have to finish by mid-January. What is the occasion for this lovely wardrobe? ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Salt Source
Oooh, good idea, I had forgotten about that Amish-inclined bulk store about 8 miles away! And I might actually have time to get over there this weekend! Thank you! Mary Piero Carey Rebecca said: If you have any Amish or Mennonite communities nearby you are in luck. I get 10 pound sacks of canning (non-iodized) salt from the local Mennonite bulk store. This is also where I get pounds of cloves, alspice and stick cinnamon for the holiday pommanders that I make every Christmas. Much cheaper than all those little bottles from the grocery. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
An old Props Dept. tag I had laying around, -C. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 70's prom dresses
Where I went to skool, it was Lee jeans, a Miller shirt (both ironed as it was a special occasion) and platform shoes with turn-up toes. The boys wore pretty much the same with the addition of a leather jacket or waist-length double- breasted zip-up lumber jacket that could be loaned to a girl if it looked like they might get lucky -- not that anyone knew what lucky actually was, -C. This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] yearbooks
Oooh, how interesting! Our yearbooks (N.E. Ohio) routinely had lots of pictures of sporting events dances the plays any outing the various clubs went away on. Did your school not do that? Our individual portrait shots were taken at the photo studio contracted in any given year by the school to do it. Though, if (for example) Rossi's won the bid you didn't like their work, you could go to Troup Pluto (or wherever) have them send Rossi's the shot. Where did you go to high school? Cathy Raymond said: Yearbooks might, or might not, do any good. When the girls' yearbook photos were taken at my high school, they merely draped our busts with a piece of velvet; we did not wear our prom gowns or anything like that. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
It's not that I don't like to sew, but it is hard to fit in time. But I don't much like really plain and boring things like men's shirt, and I need a new period petticoat that I'm dreading. Used to make things like flannel nightgowns, but never again--I wait for sales and special coupons at the local dept. store and figure I can get them for just a little more than the price of the materials. But if you are also helping someone produce income, that is great. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Janet Davis bear_ja...@msn.com To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Oct 6, 2011 7:40 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] What's your dressmaker's dummy wearing today? And yes, for me, too, the ideas and shopping are the fun part--the making up ot so much, unless I'm trying something new. never really liked to sew but when I got involved in the SCA, I kind of had to o it. Several years ago, though, I decided I would just pay people to do that art. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't... Right now, I'm working ith a pagan lady (used to weird costumes) who needs to supplement her isability payment and we are doing well together. Right now, she's working on couple flannel nightgowns in preparation for the upcoming winter. anet __ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
