I am the proud (?!?) owner of a copy of Ancient Costumes Of Great Britain
and Ireland, by Charles Hamilton Smith, originally published in 1814.
Maybe this is the source of the Druid sleeves on half the costumes offered
on eBay
But it's a nice big book and does good duty as a lap desk. :-P
Kohler
Hey, Kohler has pictures of real garments (albeit displayed on live models),
and also some decent drawings of patterns taken from them--I've used one of his
early 19th century bodices as a guide.
Ann Wass
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From: Frank A Thallas Jr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
I have several books that I (and others) consider to be not good - some of
them (eg Kohler) come in handy for the photos if nothing else...
But I do tend to find that they come in handy as a design source for modern
clothes :o)
In a message dated 23/02/2008 00:44:02 GMT Standard
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 library shelves
