I sew costumes, if she's interested in having one made for her. I have
pictures of other costumes I've made. I was a technical theatre major in
college (which included costuming) and have worked with local community
theatres for years; also Dickens and Renaissance fairs.
Sharon Collier
I'm curious--does anyone know the answer to this question? Do the artists
who draw the covers of romance novels just come up with a costume out of
their head, or do they pose the models in a costume from a costume warehouse
or something? Some novels' covers look almost like photos; the costumes
Pictures, please!
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From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Bambi TBNL
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 9:14 PM
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pink?
Oh..WOW!!! Ok so now i so gotta do this if there is
A fair number of costumes you see on the covers of books can very well come
direct from movie stills. They photoshop them to change colors and minor
details. Otherwise the dresses can be put onto models and photographed to use
for the cover shot. Recycledmoviecostumes.com has lots of
It's my understanding that the flower was named after the fabric treatment
(because of its petals' jagged edges), and the colour after the flower.
Kate Bunting
Librarian 17th century reenactor
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The University of Derby has a
I had two historical romances published back in the 70s (when it was
comparatively easy to find a market). The first had a lovely cover illustration
which portrayed the lead characters just as I imagined them (whether by
accident or design, I don't know). The second had a horrible cover, in
Suzanne,
The sad thing is that the Halloween shops all buy from the same
distributors. A couple of years ago I went to the Halloween convention in
Vegas...I am still seeing those same costumes in the marketplace. Last week
on the TV show Whitney, her nurse sexy costume was shown in the new
Yesterday I went to the powwow in our area. I put a few of my photos on my
Facebook page (look in my email signature for the link). There are two
really nice photos of a newborn baby in the arms of his grandfather and
father dancing with the baby. I hope you enjoy the photos that are on
Often times the costume is orderd in a certain artist model size, color
optional. Who designs it is between the writer , the artist and the publisher,
the costumes ia not seen as a designer/historian but as the seamstress who
almost never has any more info than an artist sketch which they
About 20 years ago a friend who is a historical artist, borrowed
several of my period gowns and had his gorgeous wife, my friend, pose
in them in bodice ripper poses. His goal was to start doing
historically accurate bodice ripper covers. I don't know if anything
came of it. I should ask his
Sometimes covers are even reused. Sometimes a certain model is popular (aka:
Fabio). Romance novel covers go through phases. Right now there is a trend
for headless women (what does THAT say?). Other covers feature a shirtless
man-- with or without tattoos.
The frustrating thing for an author
I also make costumes. I am in Amarillo. I sew for a costume shop in Syracuse,
ny. And sell mascot heads on eBay when I can.
Sent from my iPad Becky Rautine
On Sep 24, 2011, at 9:10 PM, Suzanne sovag...@cybermesa.com wrote:
I don't usually purchase costumes. . . but my daughter [who's in
When I read the original post, I thought it sounded like something that would
have to be made to order. Sounds like you have a couple of alternatives to
choose from, and enough lead time to have it done.
Ann Wass
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From: Becky Rautine zearti...@hotmail.com
To:
One reason for the frustrating mis-matches between story details and cover in
the mass market genre fiction industry is that cover art is much more about
conveying brand and sub-genre information than intended to be illustration.
The idea is to build a (somewhat arbitrary) symbolic vocabulary
What is bodice ripper poses?
Sincerely,
Rebecca Rautine
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:53:04 -0400
From: katybisho...@gmail.com
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: Re: [h-cost] costume on book covers, argh
About 20 years ago a friend who is a historical artist, borrowed
several of my period
My personal frustration with novels of historical fiction is when the
publishers take a piece of real art work from a period, and use it for the
another, completely wrong period.
This happened to some extent with the recent reissue of Georgette
Heyer's Georgian and Regency novels. The
The usual poses of ladies as seen on the covers of bodice ripper novels.
Katy
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Becky Rautine zearti...@hotmail.com wrote:
What is bodice ripper poses?
Sincerely,
Rebecca Rautine
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:53:04 -0400
From: katybisho...@gmail.com
To:
Um, you guys know that bodice ripper is considered insulting by romance
writers, right? Kind of like costume nazi among historical clothing
researchers. And since I'm a published romance novelist (science fiction, so
the clothes aren't a problem) and have been researching historical clothing
I read a book, about the early life of Elizabeth I. The front cover was a
portrait of Princess Elizabeth, daughter of James I, dated approximately
1612. It wouldn't matter to someone who didn't know clothing styles, but to
me, it was confusing.
Sharon C.
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From:
But why can't they at least get the hair color correct? When I read a book
with a red-haired heroine, I expect the cover to have a red-haired woman on
it. Otherwise, when I start to read, I am constantly on the lookout for the
characters who look like the cover, thinking they will be the main
I, too, write romances, and I've been fighting the bodice ripper label for
years. To me, bad book covers are on the same level as poorly done
historical costumes or bad SCA garb. ( I teach Costume History on the
college level and my husband and I are in the SCA, so I know from whence I
speak.)
about the early life of Elizabeth I.
Slightly OT, but reminds me of the magazine ad a few years ago for Queen Anne
cordial cherries, that showed Queen Elizabeth I. I wrote the company, and got
the response that I was really sharp-eyed. Well, duh, a woman with curly red
hair and dripping
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