[h-cost] Notice for Bayeux Tapestry scholars/students

2016-01-05 Thread Robin Netherton
This just crossed my desk, and with the recent activity on this list, it makes sense to post it here. It's very time-limited, so if you're active on a list or group that does Norman Conquest history or the Bayeux Tapestry, please pass this on! Forwarded Message The Oxford

Re: [h-cost] Is h-costume still going?

2015-12-17 Thread Robin Netherton
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Re: [h-cost] New Topic: Is this a Postmortem Photo

2015-01-17 Thread Robin Netherton
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Re: [h-cost] slashing fabric

2014-07-22 Thread Robin Netherton
that was severed after weaving (like velvet, only in spots) and there were special chisels made for the tailors to do the cutting with. Thanks for your wisdom Julie -- Robin Netherton Editor, Medieval Clothing and Textiles ro...@netherton.net voice: (314) 439-1222 Life is just a bowl of queries

Re: [h-cost] Anyone know what manuscript this is?

2014-05-27 Thread Robin Netherton
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Re: [h-cost] fiddly question

2014-04-29 Thread Robin Netherton
I don't know about Regency, but in many periods, gum arabic was used as a fray preventive liquid, like Fray-Check. You can get it at art stores that sell painting supplies. --Robin On 4/29/2014 4:55 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote: I cut at an angle and then cheat and use fray preventive liquid.

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-20 Thread Robin Netherton
On 3/20/2013 5:34 PM, Jean Waddie wrote: But in the UK, certainly modernly, it's always knickerbockers. Knickers are female underwear, only. One of my favorite speakers on costume history once began a lecture at an international conference by saying, I considered giving this presentation

Re: [h-cost] Hello again!

2012-10-02 Thread Robin Netherton
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Re: [h-cost] Interesting Underwear find

2012-07-17 Thread Robin Netherton
This article is getting some discussion in other places. It's a shame the author (or whoever provided the information to the author) makes so many assumptions. For instance, the pictured garment described as a bra appears to be fragments of a much larger item -- look at the part surviving at

Re: [h-cost] Ear-coverings and wimples

2012-04-04 Thread Robin Netherton
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Re: [h-cost] Ear-coverings and wimples

2012-03-25 Thread Robin Netherton
On 3/23/2012 1:03 PM, Laurie Taylor wrote: Most Unusual Concession to Modesty: The earliest Christians believed that the Virgin Mary was impregnated through her ear and that other women as well had used their ears as reproductive organs. For that reason, an exposed female ear was considered no

Re: [h-cost] Image search - help?

2012-03-25 Thread Robin Netherton
On 3/25/2012 11:30 PM, Laurie Taylor wrote: I know that when I saw this image it surprised me, as it was the first time I'd seen it ever, in spite of having done many hours of image research on sideless surcotes, on many previous occasions. No idea why this image is so obscure or elusive. I

Re: [h-cost] Ghent Alterpiece

2012-03-14 Thread Robin Netherton
On 3/13/2012 4:37 PM, Wicked Frau wrote: Now if they will only do the same for the Arnolfini Wedding! You mean like this? http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/jan-van-eyck-the-arnolfini-portrait Zoom bar is at the right. For full screen, click the icon, or with luck this will work to

Re: [h-cost] Ghent Alterpiece

2012-03-12 Thread Robin Netherton
Quoting back the link for Marjorie ... With my own comment: Lynn Downward wrote: Maybe we don't have to go to Belgium after all. The Ghent Alterpiece is now online. I can assure you, it's still worth the trip, unless maybe you have a room-size monitor. Even if you know the dimensions of the

Re: [h-cost] Need help with faux leather color

2011-10-05 Thread Robin Netherton
On 10/4/2011 6:48 PM, Ulrika O'Brien wrote: Robin wrote: I picked up a pair of reddish-brown fashion boots at a resale shop. ... In any case, I'd really like to wear these, but not while their color is mismatched. So, I need a way to either lighten one, or darken the other, or color them

[h-cost] Need help with faux leather color

2011-10-04 Thread Robin Netherton
Not my usual historic, but a materials question that might be answered by you knowledgeable folks. I picked up a pair of reddish-brown fashion boots at a resale shop. Not leather, but they're a good imitation, they fit me perfectly, and they were cheap. Not till I got home did I discover --

Re: [h-cost] Need help with faux leather color

2011-10-04 Thread Robin Netherton
On 10/4/2011 9:12 AM, Land of Oz wrote: Chances are they got mismatched by fading in the first place, and it's probably your best bet for trying to match them. I don't think you are going to find any kind of leather product that will work. It's possible something like a permanent marker *might*

Re: [h-cost] Robyn, lacing question

2011-06-10 Thread Robin Netherton
On 6/10/2011 3:05 PM, otsisto wrote: Are there any docs. to cotehardies being laced in the back? I very vaguely remember something to a yes and I think I may have seen pics. but my ADD isn't letting my brain find it on my mental shelf. I have never seen any good evidence for back lacing of

Re: [h-cost] Latex backed fabric question

2011-05-18 Thread Robin Netherton
On 5/18/2011 9:55 PM, Judy Mitchell wrote: It's likely the acetone in the nail polish that's doing it. You can buy straight acetone at wig stores probably beauty supply places. It's still likely to be a PitA to wipe down that much fabric though, but at least you wouldn't be using a teensy

Re: [h-cost] Modesty issues with the GFD

2011-04-18 Thread Robin Netherton
On 4/18/2011 10:07 AM, Sunshine Buchler wrote: One of the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries in the VA shows a lower class woman in a gothic fitted dress with a partlet tied on top of it. Circa 1430. I would advise against using that image as evidence for anything, as there are significant dating

Re: [h-cost] Different kind of modesty question

2011-04-18 Thread Robin Netherton
On 4/18/2011 12:52 PM, Franchesca wrote: I love wearing cotehardies. However, I sweat under my bosoms when I do wear them. Has anyone found a solution, costuming wise, for hiding this or stopping it from showing through a fitted garment like a cotehardie? First thing is to remember that this

Re: [h-cost] Costume Con

2011-02-01 Thread Robin Netherton
On 2/1/2011 6:48 AM, Lisa A Ashton wrote: If you are planning on attending this year's Costume Con in NJ, would you be interested in doing a talk or two? I am the Programming Director for hte con. Your talks are always well-attended and very appreciated. Can't make it that far; so sorry! I

Re: [h-cost] Costume Con

2011-01-31 Thread Robin Netherton
Catching up on stacked-up e-mail... On 1/27/2011 9:09 PM, penn...@costumegallery.com wrote: The workshops that Robin did last year were outstanding! blush Glad you liked them. It was great fun. I've been to, hmm, three Costume-Cons, and had a blast every time. I've always come as a guest

Re: [h-cost] Seeking help with La Fleur de Lyse pattern -11th-12thCentury

2011-01-31 Thread Robin Netherton
On 1/30/2011 11:41 PM, Carol Kocian wrote: I don't know if it's related at all — when Robin Netherton demonstrated making a gothic fitted gown, she might or might not use front and back gores depending on the figure of the wearer. If I recall correctly, wide hips worked well with the flare

Re: [h-cost] Gale Owen-Crocker, please contact?

2011-01-12 Thread Robin Netherton
On 1/12/2011 4:53 PM, Genie Barrett wrote: Hi, sorry for the bandwidth, but I was hoping you could contact me privately regarding your Anglo Saxon Costume dissertation? Replied privately on Gale's behalf. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list

Re: [h-cost] loot query...

2010-12-26 Thread Robin Netherton
the only photo we can print in color in a volume. --Robin -- Robin Netherton Editor, Medieval Clothing and Textiles ro...@netherton.net ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] 17th c. blue jeans

2010-11-27 Thread Robin Netherton
Not quite jeans, because the garments aren't pants, but it sure looks like jeans-style denim: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hdNKiR4beIYhMuO9xwl992_jkvHQ The article includes images of three of the paintings. --Robin ___

Re: [h-cost] Opinions on Manesse Codex diagonal stripes

2010-10-21 Thread Robin Netherton
Chiming in late, I'm afraid, but toss my reading into this camp: On 10/20/2010 11:47 PM, Heather Rose Jones wrote: Symbolic interpretation of armorial designs not intending to represent actual garments? I suppose the garments *could* be made by a variety of conjectured methods, as others

Re: [h-cost] Need help on quick solution for boy's clothing, c. 1800, US Midwest

2010-09-01 Thread Robin Netherton
On 9/1/2010 11:20 AM, Kathryn Pinner wrote: White soccer socks will fit him better than girls knee socks and will stay up better. Even loafers or docksiders (or slippers) are better than athletic shoes Brilliant on all counts, thanks! --Robin ___

[h-cost] Fwd: [Costume-Con 28 report (from a newbie perspective)

2010-07-06 Thread Robin Netherton
Reposting here with permission; thought it might interest those of you who were at CC28 in Milwaukee. Original Message Subject: Costume-Con 28 report (from a newbie perspective) From: Amanda cupr...@yahoo.com Hello everyone, I just posted a report from CC28 that I wrote

[h-cost] Leather cleaning

2010-07-05 Thread Robin Netherton
I have acquired a secondhand jacket of leather-and-suede patchwork in reds and blacks. It's in excellent shape -- leather is supple and seams are all intact -- but it could use some cleaning (nothing major, just the sort of grime that comes around cuffs and corners with routine wear). I know

[h-cost] Seeking costume activities in Canada Maritimes

2010-06-10 Thread Robin Netherton
A net-friend has a 16-year-old daughter who has become interested in historic costuming. From photos of what she's doing, it appears to me she'd be delighted to make contact with the sort of people who go to Costume-Con, or possibly to Renaissance Faires. However, she's in Fredericton, New

Re: [h-cost] 19th c women's dress - pockets

2010-06-09 Thread Robin Netherton
debloughcostu...@aol.com wrote: Firstly, even though a pocket may have been sizable enough to accomodate the items referred to, it wouldn't be waterproof. Secondly, who in their right mind would put them all in there together??? My coat has poachers pockets - designed for the

Re: [h-cost] 19th c women's dress - pockets

2010-06-09 Thread Robin Netherton
Lavolta Press wrote: And in fact, most modern restaurants will give you a special bag or container to take leftover food home in if you ask. I have had elderly relatives who did this routinely. Not for economic reasons but because it was physically very difficult to cook for themselves at

Re: [h-cost] Who is going?

2010-05-06 Thread Robin Netherton
Penny Ladnier wrote: Who from h-costume is going to Costume Con? I will be there Friday-Sunday. Looking forward to a great time! How wonderful, Penny! We've never met in person, have we, in all these years? H-cost members: Don't forget to put a red H on your badge. I'll be wearing the red

Re: [h-cost] Who is going?

2010-05-06 Thread Robin Netherton
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Re: [h-cost] Victorian Hair:

2010-04-28 Thread Robin Netherton
Sharon Collier wrote: Many people save their hair, the stuff that ends up in their brush, for use in fancy hair styles. They make a rat of it and pin/arrange the rest of the hair over it. Also, many fancy hairstyles used false pieces. There is a scene in Jefferson In Paris, where the daughter is

Re: [h-cost] Victorian Hair:

2010-04-28 Thread Robin Netherton
Lavolta Press wrote: For the 19th century at least, the they got the texture and body by never washing their hair is a reenactor's myth. In fact, people were using the equivalents of modern hair products, whether these came in a bottle with a label or not. You're right about that; it's an

Re: [h-cost] atten Robin

2010-04-15 Thread Robin Netherton
Margaret Decker wrote: I will be at Cost-con 28. Do you need any assistance. I've lost your e-mail add. Margaret Decker Answered privately. Anyone else from the list going to be at CC28 in Milwaukee next month? Do we want to put H's on our badges or stage a meet-up? --Robin

Re: [h-cost] Hi and misc info

2010-03-31 Thread Robin Netherton
Donna Hawk wrote: Just joined the list and was cruising through some earlier conversations. RE: Hennin - several members were pleased to find Gay's Glossaire archéologique du moyen âge et de la renaissance, Volume 1 in Google Books as a resource. What nobody commented on (possibly didn't

Re: [h-cost] The term hennin

2010-01-25 Thread Robin Netherton
Kate Bunting wrote: Robin wrote: If you're seeing the whole page that has coiffet as its first entry, you're on the right page. Below that is coiffure, which has a bunch of subsections. Look in the right-hand column of that page, toward the bottom, long paragraph dated 1428. But I'm not! By

Re: [h-cost] The term hennin

2010-01-22 Thread Robin Netherton
Kate Bunting wrote: It's not my area of interest, but as I can read French and am interested in words I looked at the Gay book out of curiosity. All I got when I searched on hennin was a virtual clipping from the book showing the word coiffet, and I was unable to proceed further. How do you

Re: [h-cost] The term hennin

2010-01-20 Thread Robin Netherton
Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle A. wrote: Robin: I, of course, got the authors' names wrong, so I undoubtedly completely confused you. I can't find the French version at work, so it's probably in stratum 5 or 6 at home: I shall find it tonight to compare and contrast. However, my never to be

Re: [h-cost] The term hennin

2010-01-20 Thread Robin Netherton
=book_resultct=resultresnum=1ved=0CAcQ6AEwAA#v=onepageq=Henninf=false It was under hair/coiffure things. On 1/20/10 9:40 AM, Robin Netherton ro...@netherton.net wrote: _Glossaire archéologique du moyen age et de la renaissance ___ h-costume mailing

Re: [h-cost] 1968 Trade Journals and Terms

2010-01-19 Thread Robin Netherton
Penny Ladnier wrote: Another questionable term from 1968... Lets go the opposite direction!!! What is a B-D man's knit shirt? Button-down? --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

[h-cost] The term hennin

2010-01-18 Thread Robin Netherton
I've been asked about the origins of the word hennin, commonly used today for a range of 15th-century tall headdresses. I was surprised that the OED doesn't trace it back any further than the 19th c., but the OED is notoriously bad with clothing terminology, and I don't have access at the

Re: [h-cost] The term hennin

2010-01-18 Thread Robin Netherton
otsisto wrote: I do not know why you are looking it up in OED as it isn't English. (Did the English wear hennins?) The word is used in modern English (and it's in the OED as such), and the OED gives etymologies, so I was hoping for a clue -- but as I noted, OED is not my reference of choice

Re: [h-cost] The term hennin

2010-01-18 Thread Robin Netherton
Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle A. wrote: Perrine and Mane's book on costume gives one explanation, but since they don't footnote anything, it's difficult to know if they are right. I know that metal headpieces of the same shape are found in pre-and Islamic graves in central Asia. One source I have

Re: [h-cost] Check out my photos on Facebook

2009-12-29 Thread Robin Netherton
Maggie wrote: Vicky, are you trying to tell someone that H-Costume should have a Facebook presence? Or did you just invite your whole address book? That's what FB will do if you let it get hold of your address book. For the record, anyone can see your Facebook photo albums if you choose to

[h-cost] Off-topic: Nashville?

2009-12-22 Thread Robin Netherton
I'm trying to find out whether anyone in my personal network of online acquaintances lives in Nashville. If so, please reply privately. Thanks, Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Milwaukee/CostumeCon... Raphael?

2009-10-19 Thread Robin Netherton
cc2010m...@cs.com wrote: Also, the Milwaukee Public Museum, www.mpm.edu, is maybe about four blocks away. The Streets Of Old Milwaukee are a great place to go in Victorian garb. And in case it isn't clear, I should note that the Streets of Old Milwaukee is an exhibit within the Milwaukee

Re: [h-cost] Herald's Renaissance Dress in Italy

2009-10-06 Thread Robin Netherton
Charlene Charette wrote: And the last couple of copies I've found were in the US$2000+ range. OK, I know it's a good book. Is it really *that* good a book? Is there that much in there that isn't anywhere else? --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list

[h-cost] More on that spider silk

2009-09-25 Thread Robin Netherton
Better pictures, more detail in this article: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/spider-silk/ --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] satire paper on baggy pants

2009-09-13 Thread Robin Netherton
Susan Farmer wrote: Somebody out there wrote a wonderful satire on Mall Crawler Baggies -- it was written as it it were a paper presented at Kalamazoo 2450 or something like that. Anyway, I can't find it any more! Does anybody happen to know what that URL is?

[h-cost] Bowing to the inevitable

2009-08-03 Thread Robin Netherton
After much prodding from various people, I've put up a Facebook page. Actually, I put up two -- one for my personal stuff and another for people who know me for my costume research and lecturing, because I don't think I could stay sane if I tried to deal with incoming information from both

Re: [h-cost] Historic sewing conferences in the US?

2009-06-23 Thread Robin Netherton
Pierre Sandy Pettinger wrote: Since Costume Con is held by a different group every year, there is a variability in what classes are offered, and their quality. It all depends on who is running Programming, and who is attending and willing to teach. Different regions bring in different

Re: [h-cost] Seeking an image -- distaff on a hat

2009-06-12 Thread Robin Netherton
Joan Jurancich wrote: At 02:33 PM 6/11/2009, you wrote: A colleague needs quickly to locate an image he remembers seeing of a woman with a distaff stuck in her headdress. I'm sure I've seen this one too -- I have a vague impression that she was walking or going about other work, with a very

Re: [h-cost] Seeking an image -- distaff on a hat

2009-06-12 Thread Robin Netherton
Thanks, Anne! It seems, though, that the author I'm working with does need a different image -- he's talking specifically about distaffs and the ways they may be carried, and in this case the woman herself is actually her own distaff, with no physical distaff in sight. I feel certain I've seen

Re: [h-cost] Seeking an image -- distaff on a hat

2009-06-12 Thread Robin Netherton
Ginni Morgan wrote: Robin Did you check out the Brueghel paintings? I seem to recall something like you originally described as occurring in a crowd scene and for some reason, I seem to remember it as being one of the Brueghel paintings. Could be very wrong on that, but that is my memory.

[h-cost] Seeking an image -- distaff on a hat

2009-06-11 Thread Robin Netherton
A colleague needs quickly to locate an image he remembers seeing of a woman with a distaff stuck in her headdress. I'm sure I've seen this one too -- I have a vague impression that she was walking or going about other work, with a very small distaff stuck into a hat or turban or wrapped veil.

Re: [h-cost] Quiet list?

2009-05-15 Thread Robin Netherton
Sandy wrote: Hello out there - everyone must be busy, the list is so quiet. Just back from almost a week at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo (better known as The Zoo), where we had 13 papers on medieval dress and textile studies just in the sessions I organized,

Re: [h-cost] URGENT NEWS FROM CC28

2009-05-15 Thread Robin Netherton
cc2010m...@cs.com wrote: You can now make your Hotel Reservations for Costume-Con 28! The phone number is (414) 271-7250. Just tell them that the reservation is for Costume-Con 28. Hey Henry, are there plans to update that website? Last time I looked it had almost nothing on it -- and if

Re: [h-cost] CC27

2009-04-29 Thread Robin Netherton
that Robin Netherton gave me in St Louis. I wish I'd been that creative! I think it was Tara or Dawn who was handing those out. I am saving the one I got for my next CC. --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] possibly OT -- Academic Hoods

2009-04-20 Thread Robin Netherton
Lynn Downward wrote: Please don't send me any angry messages about me being a homophone Hmm. Lynn, Linn, Lynne, Lin ... sounds like a homophone to me. (g,d,r) --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Quilt at the VA

2009-04-12 Thread Robin Netherton
Kim Baird wrote: Help! I know I remember someone talking about the Tristan and Isolde quilt at the VA, and perhaps some new research that is being done? I couldn't find anything in the archives. A detailed look at the quilt, and its partner at the Bargello in Florence, is in the newest

Re: [h-cost] 1940s patterns

2009-04-01 Thread Robin Netherton
Adding to Penny's useful post: If you want the real thing, eBay is a good source for old patterns, and they often have the precise year on them. Last time I did this (which was some years ago) I also found that there were a number of web vendors specializing in vintage patterns. Be aware that

Re: [h-cost] Continuous knotting a necklace

2009-03-04 Thread Robin Netherton
Cin wrote: Im planning a necklace, as an accessory to a 15th c Italian gown, and would like to know if, and how, to make one that is a continuous strand. The clerk at the bead shop didnt know how. All she wanted to do was sell me inappropriate findings. I'm sure there's a way, I just dont know

Re: [h-cost] Mary I ???

2009-03-02 Thread Robin Netherton
Patricia Dunham wrote: Ha on me! Just showed this to my husband. His immediate reaction? Of course it's Victorian, that's a metal engraving. (Not before 18thC, used extensively in Victorian period.) Your monitor resolution is better than mine! That was my first thought, but I couldn't

Re: [h-cost] Mary I ???

2009-03-01 Thread Robin Netherton
Penny Ladnier wrote: An inquiring mind wants to know...How can people tell that it looks like a Victorian painting. What is the difference in the style of painting? On this one, the mouth seems particularly 19th c. to me. There's a general sense of proportions and modeling of hands and face

[h-cost] Medieval Clothing and Textiles, Vol. 5

2009-02-23 Thread Robin Netherton
I have just received my author's copy of the 2009 volume of Medieval Clothing and Textiles journal. This is rather earlier than we expected! I understand that orders are now in the UK warehouse and are being shipped, and will be at the publisher's US branch shortly. Contents of volume 5:

Re: [h-cost] Yellow power tie?

2009-02-19 Thread Robin Netherton
Dawn wrote: Kate Pinner wrote: I realize it's now passe, but I'm doing a production of Angels in America that takes place in 1985-86. That's too early for yellow. In the mid/late 80's the power tie was red, either a solid red or the striped one, occasionally a tiny print. I went to work in

Re: [h-cost] Yellow power tie?

2009-02-19 Thread Robin Netherton
aqua...@patriot.net wrote: I don't remember the specific years, either, but it was the red power tie and the yellow sincere tie. Yes! That was it! Even when it was everywhere, yellow was not the power tie. I'd forgotten it was supposed to be sincere, but that's indeed the word that was

[h-cost] Fabrics posted for sale

2009-02-15 Thread Robin Netherton
All this talk about the swapsell list put me in the mood to do some stash clearing. I just posted a bunch of silks and a chunk of wool to that list. If you're not on that list and want to be, sign up here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swapsell/ --Robin

Re: [h-cost] Yahoo group: WAS: Pics of taffeta:

2009-02-04 Thread Robin Netherton
Saragrace Knauf wrote: Okay, I am a rock. I can't find the group on Yahoocan someone point me there? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swapsell/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] Pics of taffeta:

2009-02-03 Thread Robin Netherton
ladybeanofbun...@aol.com wrote: I went onto the yahoo group that was recommended, the one which has been established for h-list members to use for posting and am still awaiting a confirmation or approval to the group so... ready when they are to start loading the pics there so I can then

[h-cost] Swapsell group (was: plaid taffeta)

2009-01-31 Thread Robin Netherton
Land of Oz wrote: I was previously a member of that list, but the messages were next to non-existent. I just went there to join again, and according to the message history, there wasn't a single message in 2008 and a total of 10 for all of 2007. Not much going on there It was never

Re: [h-cost] Reminder: Lectures in L.A.

2009-01-30 Thread Robin Netherton
Margo Anderson wrote: On Jan 30, 2009, at 9:34 AM, Maggie wrote: I was so excited when I heard about this, and I was planning to be there,but I'm giving classes of my own at the Renaissance Symposium that weekend about 400 miles away, and there's just no way to do both. I have to hope that

Re: [h-cost] odd sideless

2009-01-27 Thread Robin Netherton
Back from a weekend trip and responding to a bunch of posts on this thread. The frontal piece on the sideless surcote shows up around 1380. This is also the point at which the garment has all but faded from depictions of ordinary noblewomen, and is typically found only on royalty/royal family.

[h-cost] Reminder: Lectures in L.A.

2009-01-27 Thread Robin Netherton
There are still some seats left for my lecture day in Los Angeles on Feb. 7. Location is Mount St. Mary's College. I'll be giving five lectures on women's fashions of the 14th and 15th centuries. Topics are the Gothic fitted dress, the Greenland gored gown, the sideless surcote, the V-necked

Re: [h-cost] Anne d'Auvergne dress fastening

2009-01-23 Thread Robin Netherton
Pixel, Goddess and Queen wrote: On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Zuzana Kraemerova wrote: Hi, I am planning to make a silk dress inspired by this picture: http://www.sca.org.au/st_florians/university/library/articles-howtos/heraldry/HeraldicFrocksS_files/image042.jpg But I cannot remember what the

Re: [h-cost] Photos of abandoned garment factory

2009-01-15 Thread Robin Netherton
of the property. I bet this group wouldn't have left much behind of the wool, buttons, thread, tools... --Robin -- Robin Netherton Editor at Large ro...@netherton.net voice: (314) 439-1222 // fax: (314) 439-1666 Life is just a bowl of queries

Re: [h-cost] Plaid Taffeta:

2009-01-06 Thread Robin Netherton
ladybeanofbun...@aol.com wrote: Hello, I am trying to clear out some of my fabric because I don't have the time to make anything with it and was thinking of putting it up on ebay. However, I am not an experienced seller and was wondering if anyone would be able to suggest what may be the best

Re: [h-cost] Gothic Fitted Dress

2009-01-04 Thread Robin Netherton
Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote: Robin Netherton's site is here. For some reason, it now requires a login and password to access the material on the GFD. Grr. Thanks for letting me know. This is news to me, and I have no clue what to do about it. I will see what I can manage. --Robin

Re: [h-cost] Yellowed silk

2009-01-04 Thread Robin Netherton
albert...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 1/4/2009 1:11:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, hippy_dippy_dan...@yahoo.com writes: if I remember correctly, silk has the same chemical make up as human hair. ** I find that hard to believe. Silk comes from

Re: [h-cost] Gothic Fitted Dress

2009-01-04 Thread Robin Netherton
Kathleen Hanrahan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robin, Robin Netherton wrote: Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote: Robin Netherton's site is here. For some reason, it now requires a login and password to access the material on the GFD. Grr. Thanks for letting me know

Re: [h-cost] Gothic Fitted Dress

2009-01-04 Thread Robin Netherton
Dawn wrote: There's also an issue of maintaining some measure of restriction on whether the documents themselves (as opposed to the main index page) get picked up by search engines ... I try not to encourage people to grab bits and pieces off the web, out of context, rather than reading the

Re: [h-cost] Costume- and sewing-related Christmas gifts

2008-12-30 Thread Robin Netherton
Dianne wrote: Oh yeah, and a flying monkey :). I need to make him a little vest.. Catherine perk? Flying monkey? My SCA coat of arms is a winged monkey. Any clue where he came from? No idea about Catherine's, but I think mine came from here:

[h-cost] Attn. Chris (ShaShalott) was: Check out Felonspy.com

2008-12-28 Thread Robin Netherton
Sid Young wrote: Is this an appropriate email for this group??? Also the last one about free software ??? ShaShalott is an infrequent but known poster at h-cost. It looks like her e-mail address has been hijacked and the evildoer is sending spam to everyone in her addressbook. It

Re: [h-cost] Check out Felonspy.com - You need to know who your neighbors are...

2008-12-28 Thread Robin Netherton
shashal...@aol.com wrote: I am so sorry. I forwarded this to the wrong email. Please forgive me. Oh, that's much better than the alternative. You can ignore my other e-mail! --Robin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com

Re: [h-cost] Cyclopedia of costume

2008-12-15 Thread Robin Netherton
Chiara Francesca wrote: This is one of my favorite costuming book collections! Thanks for the heads up. I have been trying for years to save up enough for all 4 volumes. :) Are you certain you're thinking of the same book? Every edition I've seen of Planche's Cyclopedia is two volumes

Re: [h-cost] Cyclopedia of costume

2008-12-15 Thread Robin Netherton
Saragrace Knauf wrote: The online version lists at least 3 volumes Sg What am I missing? I downloaded a 30MB .pdf. It ends abruptly at p.272 midsentence. The title page says IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. THE DICTIONARY. That's consistent with WorldCat listings that say Vol. 1 is the

Re: [h-cost] Cyclopedia of costume

2008-12-15 Thread Robin Netherton
Robin Netherton wrote: Saragrace Knauf wrote: The online version lists at least 3 volumes Sg What am I missing? I downloaded a 30MB .pdf. It ends abruptly at p.272 midsentence. OK, answering my own question. The link forwarded to the list was to Volume 1, part 1. There are also pages

Re: [h-cost] Ladies Clothing - gentry, c. 1503

2008-12-10 Thread Robin Netherton
you might try looking at tomb effigies of the period in question, but others might be able to better speak to that (paging Robin Netherton?) Both effigies and brasses are plentiful in England at this point and are readily available in books. For brasses, search your available libraries

[h-cost] Upcoming lecture day in California

2008-12-01 Thread Robin Netherton
I'm passing this along on behalf of the organizers of my upcoming appearance in Los Angeles. Please feel free to forward to other lists or individuals who may be interested. Original Message SUBJECT: Robin Netherton Lecture Series in Los Angeles The Historical Closet

Re: [h-cost] Fwd: Small-scale clothing

2008-11-21 Thread Robin Netherton
Genie Barrett wrote: Hey all, My hubby found this, and thought to pass it on. WOW is all I can say. Genie Subject: Small-scale clothing This might be of interest to some of the folks on the costuming list. Go here: http://www.coraline.com/http://www.coraline.com/ and enter the key:

Re: [h-cost] scholarly historical costume list

2008-10-31 Thread Robin Netherton
Cin wrote: Oh, there's more? Undoubtedly there are. I'm looking for one that's more prone to scholarly info rather than sewing construction questions and where to buy questions. You might be thinking of the list for discussing and announcing sources that Beth Matney formed after our

Re: [h-cost] French titles - Medieval costume and textiles

2008-10-31 Thread Robin Netherton
Audrey Bergeron-Morin wrote: Pernoud, Regine. Visages de femmes au Moyen age. [Saint-Leger-Vauban]: I don't know what the book is worth, but she's a very good writer, a specialist of the Middle Ages and also very prolific. (Catching up late) I found this first in German, on a clearance

Re: [h-cost] French titles - Medieval costume and textiles

2008-10-31 Thread Robin Netherton
Beth and Bob Matney wrote: Thanks Robin, Thanks, I'll look for the German edition. (I do a bit better with German) Before you go, you might try pricing this and other items on your wishlist on abe or alibris. Anything you can get cheaper used (and shipped) will save you luggage space.

Re: [h-cost] side view tudor headdress

2008-09-09 Thread Robin Netherton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/9/2008 11:13:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.marileecody.com/mary1medal.jpg Nice clear lines. De *** Interesting. In most portraits of, say Anne Boleyn, or Catherine Howard, the crown

[h-cost] Ohio lecture day, pre-registration update

2008-09-02 Thread Robin Netherton
(Feel free to forward or repost this message as you like.) Someone on this list asked me to post when pre-registration is open for my upcoming lecture day, Oct. 11 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Pre-registration information and additional details are now online at

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