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Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 7:41 PM
To: Historical Costume
Subject: Re: [h-cost] asian costume
The Carlsberg Foundation Nomad Research Project is a Danish anthropological
survey of nomadic peoples funded/supported
The Carlsberg Foundation Nomad Research Project is a Danish anthropological
survey of nomadic peoples funded/supported by Carlsberg Brewing. Mongol
Costume is an analysis of garments brought back by late 1930's Danish
expeditions.
Don't get me wrong, it's a great book, and provides insightful
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Marjorie Wilser the3t...@gmail.com wrote:
I would recommend against the Kenmore. I grew up using (and cussing!) my
mother's ca 1962 Kenmore. It *ate* thinner fabrics. I used it periodically
to mend my Dad's clothing when home for visits, and even with years
On Aug 29, 2011, at 12:29 PM, Kathleen Norvell wrote:
Every time I click on a link, it sends me back around to the same or similar
page, but no photos. Do I have to subscribe to see them?
try http://www.rfman.com/SF-and-Fantasy-Conventions/Renovation-Worldcon-2011/
andy
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Subject:[ICG-D] Renovation Worldcon Masquerade Photos up!
From: Richard Man rich...@imagecraft.com
We know how much work and money it takes to create a wonderful costume,
hence I am offering my service to document these creations. I do have a
scourney wrote:
Hi,
My small light portable machine has developed problems beyond the easily
fixable. It's an older Brother. I've gone looking at the more expensive
machines, but am thinking that now is not the time.
Not a big fan of Brother or Singer.
The ultimate portable is the Elna
Alexandria Doyle wrote:
I have an additional question, if one were to purchase a machine just
to do buttonholes, what machine would you recommend?
The big fancy embroidery machines, not surprisingly, do great buttonholes.
I'm with the rest of the gang, though. The old brick foot with cams for
Robin Netherton wrote:
A friend sent me this link about a Jewish-Scottish tartan:
http://www.forward.com/articles/13787/
A friend of mine has a kilt of white and pale-blue magen-david plaid. He
says it's the tartan of Clan McAbees.
Then there's the classic Anna Russel bit from her lecture
Penny Ladnier wrote:
During JC's visit to Herod, two men with blonde wigs in the chorus were wearing
what appears to be tiny white Speedos. I am not sure but there may have been
ties at the hips, which could have been women's bikini bottoms.
They were women's bikini bottoms. The whole
Marion McNealy wrote:
I recently purchased a great short fur coat for $10, unfortunately, it smells
of body odor and cigarette smoke. How do I get this smell out of the fur? I had
thought of brushing baking soda through it, letting it sit for a while in a
bag, then vacuuming it out and then
The Bay Area English Regency Dance Society (www.baers.org) Presents: The
Great Regency Shipwreck Ball, (or Regency Survivor)
We can't get off this island, so we might as well entertain ourselves!
Caller Alan Winston with The Divertimento Dance Orchestra
Saturday June 21, 2008 8:00-11:30pm
Lavolta Press wrote:
With either, it depends on how you set it up and your project.
The motion of a home knitting machine is to slide the carriage back
forth, simpler than raising the sheds and throwing a shuttle in weaving.
I know this sounds totally decadent, but are there any
Anne Moeller wrote:
Some of us like to have different machines for different projects. Some of
us collect them for their beauty. Some of us just can't decide which
machine is best. I just think that they are really cool!
I buy machines because they're good at something that my other
Lavolta Press wrote:
San Francisco itself seems to have a shortage of Viking dealers. People
have recommended a good dealer in Sunnyvale, and another one in Marin
County. Those are places I can get to but not conveniently enough to
want to do it a lot, plus there is the time issue of
...lost to lack of sleep, that is.
If you would like to read my Costume-Con 26 diaries, please check out
http://bovil.livejournal.com/tag/conventions
andy
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Lavolta Press wrote:
But I could do the downloads myself, right? As I do for the s/w on my
computer. I see what you mean about local tech support though, as
there's always some chance, however small, of getting a defective
machine or otherwise having technical problems.
AFAIK, most
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nah - the bad one is the number of people from soruthern England who've
though I was Scottish.
I'm not, I'm from near Newcastle in the North East. *rolling eyes*
But if you're from another planet, why do you sound like you're from
the North?
Lots of
Original Message
Subject: [GBACGCostumers] Reminder: CC26 Historical Masquerade
Pre-registration
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:13:17 -
From: emfarrell.geo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Costume-Con 26 Historical Masquerade
Call for Entries
The Costume-Con 26 Historical Masquerade
--BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE--
I've just finished loading the program info for Costume-Con 26 into our
online database, and you can now view it at
http://www.cc26.info/view_program.php
I'm still working to consolidate a few pieces that ended up duplicated
in the database, so pardon our dust while I
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good evening to all of you and hope my series of questioning doesn't
seem silly but for some reason I am still having trouble trying to
decypher the difference between an amateur costumer (myself, one who
has a general knowledge of a topic) and one who is a serious
Robin Netherton wrote:
Schaeffer, Astrida wrote:
And please, please, if you
have Peacock's history of costume (that one's a modern abomination),
take it out and burn it. It has nothing but impossible line drawings and
no facts to back anything up. If only I could make all copies disappear
from
Melanie Schuessler wrote:
On Feb 21, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Chris Laning wrote:
For instance, Robin is fond of pointing out that elaborately
decorated or jeweled bands along the hemline are usually confined to
queens, saints, angels and other people who don't have to worry
about getting their
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In regards to where I am located, unfortunately for the sake of
historical costuming/dancing, I was born in the wrong place it seems.
I am in the oldest region of the US, Philadelphia area, and it is
absolutely dry in terms of places not only to take classes on any
Penny Ladnier wrote:
Jackpot! I found one type of my attachments on the patent site:
http://www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/govlaw/FemInv/patgifs/121293/01.jpg
So...what is it for? Where the flat section at the top of Fig. 1, my box is a
lot longer. How does it attach to the machine?
I have some
Lavolta Press wrote:
Even given all that stuff about how eco-friendly it is?
Some reading for you.
http://greencotton.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/bamboo-miracle-plant-vs-troublesome-fiber/
I've not seen any bamboo that's been billed as bamboo linen on the
racks where I've shopped. I'm going to
Wanda Pease wrote:
Today was the last day of some friend's visit so we decided to go to
Washougal, a tiny town on the Columbia River, Washington Side.
The Pendleton outlet in Redding, CA also has yard goods, and some pretty
nice stuff. I just don't have any plaid projects on the horizon so
Rickard, Patty wrote:
The smell (mold/mildew) is actually the major problem. (I have a mold
allergy)
I'm going to second the sunlight treatment. Mold and mildew don't hold
up well to ultraviolet. Between snow storms, hang it up where it will
get a lot of sun and a lot of air. It should kill
Chiara Francesca wrote:
Shantung
Once made from hand-reeled tussah silk, today's shantung is usually made
with cultivated silk warp yarns and heavier douppioni filling yarns.
Depending on the filling yarn, shantung may be lustrous or dull. It has a
firm, semi-crisp hand and tends to ravel, so
Margo Anderson wrote:
My sister has just found out that she's going to Shanghai next week.
Can anyone tell me what kind of silk, or other cool fabric, she might
be likely to find there, and what's a good price for it?
Get some ramie. Vegetable fiber cloth, naturally bright white, pretty
much
Penny Ladnier wrote:
Can anyone figure out how they mounted for display the ladies'
costumes? Especially one like this:
http://tidenstoej.natmus.dk/periode1/dragt.asp?ID=119
It's hard to tell from the pictures, but however they did it, it was
brilliant. I'm going to guess that they made
Tania Gruning wrote:
Hiya all.
I am in the process of making a shirt (not historical), that has been on hold
for several years.
When I started on the shirt, I used a wheel and tracing paper to get the pattern over to the fabric.
It is white 100% linen. How can i get the marks out? it has been
Lavolta Press wrote:
A publisher friend of mine wants to find someone to license and
market, for mass manufacture, many years' worth of batik designs, only
a small number of which are represented on:
Check out the Surface Design Association
http://www.surfacedesign.org/
They may offer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Darling, I am home from 6 long years in the military and I just cannot wait to
get out of this uniform and into my good old...
I did it to save resources for the war effort...
Come on, that one's easy.
andy
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Lavolta Press wrote:
Robin Netherton wrote:
Copying pages or chunks here and there is something that happens
every day in every university library and Kinko's.
Ah: So since every crime and violation of law happens every day,
somewhere, it’s OK for you to commit any of them?
And we're
Lavolta Press wrote:
So, my first assignment for YOU is for YOU to go buy Richard Stim's
_Getting Permissions: How to License Clear Copyrighted Materials
Online Off._ It's readily available on the Nolo Press website, on
Amazon.com, and probably in libraries. It contains an extensive
Robin Netherton wrote:
And when was I pursued? Not me, but the magazine I worked for. Our designer created a cover design that used
a Superman type treatment about super fund raisers and a visual image of an office
worker opening his shirt to reveal a dollar sign treated like Superman's S. DC
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now, if only they could make the underwires STAY in the bra and not poke
through...
I'm working on making sure my bamboo (skewer) boning stays in my
kataginu and doesn't poke through...
It's not like it's a new problem. It's just been relocated.
andy
Elizabeth Walpole wrote:
- Original Message - From: Sylvia Rognstad [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Safe Sex dres - and 500 Evening Gowns/Wearable Art
At least, if you wear it on a date,
Suzi Clarke wrote:
People did not necessarily wear what we would consider fancy dress.
They frequently wore evining clothes, and a domino over. This was a
hooded cloak, for both men and women. There are patterns for both,
taken from original garments, in Period Costume for Stage and Screen
-
Penny Ladnier wrote:
I have an 1894 textile definition and wanted to know is this it classified as a
particular weave or just a fabric.
I'm not sure what this question means.
Definition:
Clay Worsted: A variety of flat-twilled worsted woven with a twill similar to that of serge, the
Land of Oz wrote:
Simplified examples would be a soft fuzzy wool blanket and a smooth
shiny suiting. Both could use the same weaving structure (plain weave
or twill), and both would be made from wool, but the soft fuzzy
blanket would be made from loosely spun yarn and the suiting would be
I 'm going to eventually use the sand silk herringbone suiting,,,
...but for a draft/muslin/version-I'm-willing-to-wear-if-it-turns-out I
found a green/yellow windowpane plaid that will definitely make striking
hakama and (if the yardage alllows) a nice kataginu...
andy
Penny Ladnier wrote:
Oh Linda... hmmm... the Lipton factory is your neck of the road. From
Modern Marvels tea episode:
http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detailepisodeId=214205
How did I miss this?
The _Good Eats_ tea episode is a miracle...
andy
At the beginning of September, PEERS (our local vintage dance society)
is doing The Mikado Ball: A Topsy-Turvy Event and (since we have other
events that need it too) I'm doing some Japanese costume for it.
I'm looking for some good resources on Japanese clothes to help me along
the way.
MaggiRos wrote:
Speaking of Costyume College this coming weekend, who
all on H-Cosatume is going, besides you and me and
LynnD, I wonder?
Kevin and I will be there, hosting the hospitality suite on Sunday
evening for all of you who are still there but don't care about the CGW
Annual
Andrew Trembley wrote:
MaggiRos wrote:
Speaking of Costyume College this coming weekend, who
all on H-Cosatume is going, besides you and me and
LynnD, I wonder?
Kevin and I will be there, hosting the hospitality suite on Sunday
evening for all of you who are still there but don't care
Suzi Clarke wrote:
At 01:45 12/07/2007, you wrote:
On Jul 11, 2007, at 5:12 PM, Anne Moeller wrote:
It's a pity she looks like Gary Oldman in Dracula in one of the
pictures!! (The bifurcated wig and lime green silk dress one.)
Suzi
I knew that dreadful look was familiar. Yuk!!
I would
R Harper wrote:
Hello, all - I've got an interesting theatrical costume project. Am
helping with a production of The Rocky Horror Show, and one
character wants tear-away briefs for underneath his very short kilt.
snip
I was told once by a fellow costumer who once worked for one of the
Sylvia Rognstad wrote:
On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Sheridan Alder wrote:
The trendy thing nowadays is asking applicants to provide an example
of a time that you had to deal with a difficult situation, customer,
etc. Try to think of something, even if it seems pitiful at the time
- like,
Saragrace Knauf wrote:
Okay, this may be a little off topic, but since I heard it on the Tudor Fashion special
(TFS) on showtime, maybe it isn't too bad. I heard the word Metrosexual (MS) for the
first time in my life earlier this week in reference to what I can't remember, then I
heard it
John O'Halloran (our stage manager for next year) took a bunch and
posted them to his flickr account
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johno/collections/
Lots of pictures of Historical and Friday Night Social, less of FSF
(none) because he was working the stage then.
andy
Sharon at Collierfam.com wrote:
Where and when is Costume Con?
Costume-Con 25
St. Louis, MO
March 30-April 2, 2007
http://www.cc25.net/start.htm
Costume-Con 26
San Jose, CA
April 25-28, 2008
http://www.cc26.info/
Costume-Con 27
Baltimore, MD
May, 2009
Susan Carroll-Clark wrote:
Greetings--
monica spence wrote:
we are doing history in a completely
different way.
AAUGGH! Talk about revisionism! Lousy scholarship and bad costumes.
In other words, they are doing history in exactly the same way as most
historical dramas do it, alas.
It's
Dianne Greg Stucki wrote:
At 04:53 PM 12/11/2006, you wrote:
I have one in my garage (don't ask),
-C.
Now you KNOW we have to ask!
No, if she said she had one in her kitchen, asking would be imperative.
Garage, not so much.
(and I know why at least one person would have a police box in
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