[h-cost] English Cut, a bespoke tailor's blog

into fine tailoring, it even has the odd useful tidbit. http://www.englishcut.com/ --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] OT-Dyeing in a front end loader...?

recommended by the dye mfgr is as expected. Much less trouble. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] Current day fashion magazines

-sniffer that discriminates between locked/unlocked sites, gives IP address and details signal strength. Oh, and I want it purse-sized. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman

[h-cost] History in Fresno et environs

some are Spanish period. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Subject: [h-cost] Eleanora's Dress

sua Influenza published by the Pitti Palace museum. There is also a publication on the Pisa gown pub'd 2000 post restoration. I have not read it. Has anyone else? --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

[h-cost] the 20th century

. As a case in point, the business suit here in Silicon Valley is rarely seen on any but real estate agents, bankers and people pitching to VCs. The suit is the marker of service supplication, not prestige. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h

[h-cost] why renaissance and not 18th century?

the crossover costumers, re-enactors and fandom. Bring on the Victorian Klingons! --cin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] re: making a fan

ivory to be closest to plastic for glueing purposes. -Judy Mitchell Cool site! Thanks for the tip, Judy. It's been a long time since we met at Costume Con RI, whatcha working on these days? --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume

Re: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone

of the baleen is I suppose is reasonable supposition. I've never seen any in whole cloth so to speak. Hey, Kayta, you volunteer up at SF Maritime Museum. Do y'all have any displays on baleen up there? Are you demoing at Festival of the Sea tomorrow? --cin ___ h

[h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone

qualities, fails to act like real whalebone. It doesnt look right either, not that you'd see it in a corset. Totally the wrong color texture. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman

Re: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone

there is a processing difference. Oh boy, another bit of curious minutia to track down. If I had a nickel for every bit of minutia... --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman

Re: [h-cost] re: effigy corset whalebone

. English women of the nobility dress very similarly to the French except for very long stomachers. --Thomas Platter, Travels in England, 1599. My point here was that the original poster who ask about reeds also had some other options. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [h-cost] effigy corset: reeds/bamboo for stiffening

and wyre. Now, Tokyo, whalebone's fair game. I can even recommend a shop. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

RE: [h-cost] more Eleonora of Toledo

not a bug as the translation in the rest of the text was done by a non-native English speaker. ... Next: Inventory of her gowns? Has it been translated? Where? I've been collecting inventories lately. Wanda Check the h-cost archives. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED

[h-cost] Kimono styles (was: Sari ... Victorian)

lived there. My sympathies on your recent(?) loss. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] re: Gores

it? How to cheat this technique: Stitch only the top 2 of the slashed section. After the gore is set into the slash, remove the stay stitching. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Question Sari fabric and Victorian dresses

on Japanese ladies. Happily, the fashion was for coordinating fabrics. I have several hand colored 1860-1880 Japanese woodcuts illustrating this. Kayta, you're welcome to come paw thru my kimonos, obi japanese costume books museum catalogs. Others are welcome, too. You've got my email address. --cin

[h-cost] Re: Question Sari fabric and Victorian dresses

the layers harmonious with the season, with the holiday and/or event. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Subject: Re: [h-cost] have you read this costume book? Kyoto Fashion

catalogs that you can buy. I'm fond of the National museum in Tokyo www.tnm.go.jp * Kyoto Costume Museum does let part of their collection travel for exhibits. If you work for a museum or a school with a museum... dont I just wish. * I've written about most of this before, check the archives. --cin

[h-cost] re: color names

Petrol is the one that gets me! Ever put fuel in something clear? Gasoline and diesel fuel are always a shade of red, pink or orange. My vote goes to Vomitesse de la Reine. So elegant. Yeh. Second runner up, too modern for this list I suspect, is Po-Mo Pink. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL

[h-cost] Re: Moda a Firenze and other costume sourcebooks

had to shoot from out of the room cuz the museum guards were too unfriendly for my secret powers to charm. --cin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] Moda a Firenze and other costume sourcebooks

was stupendous. They've pulled things from Italian galleries and from galleries all over the world for this one. Italian only, as I recall. Better check. http://www.polomuseale.firenze.it/english/mostre/ --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h

Re: [h-cost] Waists, waists, waists

: dropped waist. If not, there are other pages in the pattern fitting books to refer to. --cin Cynthia Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

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