Me too - I often feel you can get away with a fairly generic dress,
especially for my period of early medieval, but if you get the headdress
right it really pins it to a particular date.
Jean
On 31/07/2013 19:34, Simone Bryan wrote:
Yes one of my pet peeves is hair coverings, it is like a
But it's still ultimately made from hydrocarbons - as are most synthetic
fabrics. Polyester may have gone away for a while, but viscose, lycra,
polyamide, microfibre haven't.
As for things derived from petroleum not belonging on your skin -
Vaseline? Everything is either animal, vegetable
Ah, I remember my New Romantic days, those wonderful black velvet
knickerbockers and frilly white blouse! But in the UK, certainly
modernly, it's always knickerbockers. Knickers are female underwear,
only. The idea of (male) baseball players routinely wearing knickers is
hilarious!
Jean
Also (sorry, I don't know where you are from, mundanely) don't be
confused by the modern terms - pants are an outer garment in US
English, but underwear only in UK English.
Jean
On 21/07/2012 03:20, albert...@aol.com wrote:
Breeches is an English term. Like culotte is the French term (sans
My mother has summer blouses made of Liberty's lawn, whenever she can
get it. They get bundled in the washing machine along with everything
else and are absolutely fine.
Jean
On 16/02/2012 13:37, Lauren Walker wrote:
Hi, all,
Has anyone machine washed and/or dried Liberty of London cotton
On 21/11/2011 10:08, Kate Bunting wrote:
Linda wrote:
Thank you, Elizabeth W. and Sharon C. - I never realised that wearing a
hat could have so many implications! I wonder if the idea is modern of
doing honour to the occasion by wearing a hat, which seems to be
coming back into custom and not
I do something very similar to this, but I start by clipping the top
section back, quite high, with a big decorative slide or barrette. Then
I plait the three sections, and wind them round the round the slide in
the same way, but more on the back than the top of my head. It looks
like you've
These are brilliant! Miss Belgium looks very... Belgian. A bit dull.
Miss GB - no idea!
JEan
On 12/09/2011 20:54, Cin wrote:
Check out the ridiculous national costumes from this year's Miss
Universe pagent: http://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/62603630.html
There are other websites with a
I always love these huge panniers. I think they look like sofas - space
for a chap to perch on either side!
Jean
On 26/07/2011 14:02, Leif og Bjarne Drews wrote:
I dont remember before i left h-costume last, if i told you my plans for making a
court dress from 1750ies? I have baught 20
Interesting because I believe a sewing machine was considered a key item
with which to start from scratch and be able to support yourself. There
is a tale in my family that one of my mother's great-aunts went from
Scotland to Chicago in the late 20's, just in time for the Depression,
came
Haven't heard of that one specifically, but dresses made from parachute
silk generally, certainly, in Britain. Fabric was rationed, so there
were all sorts of ways of getting enough for a wedding dress, if you had
time to prepare (many weddings were on-the-spot when the groom managed
to get a
I quite like the one from Trooping the Colour. I'm not sure that BE
will be invited to Zara's wedding in the summer, but if they were I can
imagine her insisting on vetting the hats beforehand!
Jean
On 04/05/2011 09:45, Sharon Collier wrote:
She might if she actually wore them on her head
Where did the last 40 minutes go? Oops! That's going to join my
favourites :-)
On 03/05/2011 15:57, Marjorie Wilser wrote:
Gosh that was fun! Thanks for the link!
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coverage)
I love very silly books featuring hideous Victorian hats. Who's the
author and what's the series?
-E House
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Jean Waddie
anne.montgome...@googlemail.com wrote:
Re hats: I'm reading a series of (very silly) books at the moment, set in
Victorian London
I thought the trees were brilliant. How do you get enough flowers to
look significant in a huge Abbey? - just get trees instead!
On 29/04/2011 19:08, Sharon Collier wrote:
My daughter theorizes that Kate had always wanted an outdoor wedding and
this was the compromise. I liked it. It made it
London, where the heroine's best friend is noted for her
utterly hideous taste in hats. Perhaps the writer has been watching
certain younger royals? Someone really needs to tell them how dreadful
they look!
Jean
On 29/04/2011 21:07, Margo Anderson wrote:
On Apr 29, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Jean
I couldn't remember the details of the original so I had a quick google
and found it on this page
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/henry8face3.htm - unknown artist,
copyright Christie's images.
It is definitely less decorated than most versions (there are LOTS of
copies of this portrait!)
Vacuum? Last night I was vaccuuming sawdust off a microfleece jumper (why
can't he find his work shirt before he starts sawing?!) with the stiff brush
intended for car interiors. It worked better than I expected - washing
doesn't shift it at all.
Jean
On 15/10/2009, Alexandria Doyle
Dear Kate,
The best advice is, don't expect them to fit neatly, they never did! The
pictures I've seen of extant garments with triangular gores, the top of the
triangle tends to be flattened or rounded off.
My technique is to sew the top couple of inches first, with the rest of the
gore loose,
I'm not quite sure what you mean, but I think the answer is that the
codpiece overlaps the front of the hose pieces, it doesn't fit edge to
edge. The hose may meet or not, the codpiece just covers if they don't
meet.
Can you tell me what the badge is that the gentleman in the hose is wearing?
Margo Anderson wrote:
On Apr 14, 2008, at 12:52 PM, Paula Praxis wrote:
This a discussion that benefits all era of costume. Agreed that
not all on this list work in theater but many of us do and to hear
from others about your experiences is great. I agree the modern
period is the
Chris Laning wrote:
These experiences suggest that both designers and directors would be
happier in the end if, whatever the expectations are, they were
*written down* and agreed on ahead of time.
I absolutely agree. My husband and a group of friends build sets for
amateur theatre, so
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Someone recently told me that it was a sign of refinement/education to be be
to spell a word in different ways. Anyone ever hear of this?
Andrew Trembley wrote:
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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
I went and checked with my husband about the original books, I assume
that's what the writer was referring to. But it would be worrying if
people then listened to Sean Bean's accent and thought Ah, that's what
Cockney is!
Jean
Kate M Bunting wrote:
Trust an American not to know the
not be that
poor. But then, it is a Saint. It may represent
something I don't understand about her story or why
she and 11,000 virgins were all killed by the Huns
(maybe they dressed provocatively with these
demi-skirted gowns.)
{I am trying to be funny, and it is failing badly -
sorry}
Kimiko
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As far as I know, it's not intended as a way of keeping your skirt out
of the mud. But on the other hand, it's not a permanent, sewn
arrangement, it's definitely something done with cords that you can
either loop up or let down. It would be nice if there was any evidence
of someone wearing
This is similar to one method of making the Polonaise, in the 18th
century: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/orie/ho_1976.146a,b_1970.87.htm
Jean
Saragrace Knauf wrote:
I was browsing through my Pyramid Collection Catalog and came across this skirt and thought it was a great idea. I think I
Robin Netherton wrote:
This question relates to a costume issue I'm working on, but it's out
of my own field.
I am working with a document from England, c. 1400, that describes a
brooch, worn on the chest, as being as wide as the boss of a buckler.
There is no additional detail. I need to
Cin wrote:
At 01:43 19/02/2008, you wrote:
the foreparte of the George of Dyamountes the Mayle
of the curates and Rivet of the same of Siluer half
gilte with a sworde in his hand of gold a lozenged
Dyamounte like a sheelde and a Dragon of gold weying
together iij oz di di quarter
a little
My first reaction is - that looks chilly! Why would you use all that
fabric to keep your bum warm and not your torso? It looks more
convincing with the shawl, but as Hanna said, the Valkyrie figure seems
to have something apron-like in front.
My husband has also commented that there is
Robin Netherton wrote:
Pierre Sandy Pettinger wrote:
We use the chalk-skirt-marker-and-box method also.
My method is similar, but even lower-tech. I stand on a phone book. My
choice of book depends on whether I want a hem that brushes the floor
or comes a little higher or lower. For
I've never come across Marriage by Correspondence. But I'm shocked to
find they abolished marriage by custom and repute - they kept that
quiet! Another unique little quirk of Scots law wiped out, sniff!
Jean
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I am doing some digging around for rules
I have just had a week off work making curtains for the new house. I'm
pretty pleased - two pairs of muslins, two pairs of full curtains, and
two pairs for our two garden sheds, to stop people seeing what we are
keeping in there. We've spent today putting up new poles and hanging
the
Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote:
I know I'm not the only one...
I wanted to go to work all dressed up. I looked at my medieval
clothing and I just couldn't bring myself to wear this to work. For
one thing, it would be like cheating. And it wouldn't really be
something unusual to wear, from my
Suzi Clarke wrote:
At 00:47 18/10/2007, you wrote:
I'm at work on an English gable hood, as seen in this image: http://
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Gablehood_front-back_c1535_detail.jpg
Unfortunately I don't have a clear enough image to be able to answer
this question: Is there a round
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the story of the bastard monarch
*
It was my impression the Ann and Henry were actually married when Liz was
conceived, and that cutting someone's
Suzi Clarke wrote:
At 03:06 05/10/2007, you wrote:
Six years!?! It would have been out of style. At least, that's what I
would
have claimed! :-)
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What you do sometimes get with very young girls is just the hood with no
fall at the back. It starts with hennins, where there are a few small
girls wearing the dark front piece and no steeple. It certainly carries
on to English hoods, not sure of sources for French. All my books are
in
Quickest and easiest would be a small lace-edged doily with two
streamers, if you achieve big hair, or a little ribbon bow at the back
if not. If you have time you can run a casing round the edge of the
fabric circle and gather it so it's a bit more head-shaped rather than
completely flat.
Do please try to go back and find out the source! In our group we
always say we don't know what women wore under their dresses, because
we haven't found any naughty pictures from the period. But I for one
often wear braies just for warmth. You don't necessarily need braies to
wear hose or
Why did i have to read this article before going to iron all our
underlinen from last weekend's event? It's much too dry, but time just
doesn't allow for me to catch it while it's wet. Spray bottle, where
are you?
Jean
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Hi,
Manny manny thanks for your help with
The background looks to me like tapestry, or it might be painted
pannelling. I've never visited the Houses of Parliament but I bet these
are all along a corridor or gallery somewhere.
Jean
Elizabeth Walpole wrote:
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Wow! That is fascinating, thanks so much for posting. I thought the
19th century cloth dresses were expecially interesting, the similarities
and differences from European dress.
JEan
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I'm going to this exhibit tomorrow.
and lime green silk dress one.)
Suzi
It's certainly an interesting mis-interpretation of that 15th century
style of headdress. The doily in the middle makes her look like a
butterfly cake!
Jean
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does get a bit disturbing at the end with the abstract pieces!
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But not the waist tie ones.
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These make me wonder whether the supposedly square / rectangular waist
aprons, without a separate waistband, are extended in a similar way to
provide ties. You need an extremely large square to be able to just
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in her left hand. See how her fingers are positioned? and it doesn't
seem to sit right for fabric draped over her shoulder.
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costuming is pretty good. The women's falls somewhere
between mediocre and appalling.
I've never read the books, but from watching the series (mainly to drool
over Sean Bean) I suspect this is an accurate reflection of the relative
importance of the female characters!
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would have a bit of consideration for future historians when they
designed these fashions ;-)
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My impression is that Ladies rode for exercise and pleasure, rather than
to get from A to B, therefore it is not something one would do while in
mourning.
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the retailers that stop at a size 14UK (or who think that a size 12UK is
'large').
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are certainly very good insulation when it comes to keeping heat out -
one event inside a castle at Easter, we were going outside to warm up!
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Subject: [h-cost] why renaissance and not 18th century?
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Jean Waddie
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, but yes, I grew up with that. Have to hope you
notice before you get it completely on, it's OK if you're only half-way
into the garment.
Jean
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popular though!
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