On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Lavolta Press <f...@lavoltapress.com>wrote:
> Can we get back to historical costuming now? That's what I've been trying to do! The point, however, is that everyone on this list already knows the basic > steps of producing garments for their purposes. They do not need you to > lecture them about it. You're not addressing a roomful of clueless newbies > to whom you can dispense your wisdom about how the garment industry > works--even though you're not working in it and just repeating what you > heard on another forum. Then please don't patronize me the same way you claim I am. And I am working in the industry, not just repeating what I have been told. Yet I also am a costume designer and am knowledgable in those skills. And I do custom, period garments. Am I an expert? No, but I never claimed I am either. > There are people on this list who hold different views on things like, > whether a given garment is totally authentic for a given wearer in a given > period--and whether it even matters if the person wearing the garment is not > a historical interpreter. I personally think that holding a different view > is not a "misconception." > I think that's a wonderful topic for discussion. Perhaps a new thread? Here are some questions that I've pondered. - Where do we draw the line between what is acceptable as historically accurate vs historically authentic? - With modern sewing skills and fads (such as zippers), where do we encorporate those skills to aid in construction of period garments, or do we insist on using the period methods? Michael. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
