I don't have but a French farthingale I store right now, and that is flat enough I hang it on a hanger in the closet by its ties. It's support roll I keep in the box I store the whole garment in.
At one of the classes I took from Linda Sparks of Farthingales some years ago at Costume College, she showed us how to prepare a farthingale or large crinoline so that the steel boning could be rolled up & stored in a large zip-lock baggie. That's how she took her hoops on the plane. Basically, you shorten the channel tapes by a few inches where the steels are inserted into the channels, so they could be easily put in and pulled out. It didn't affect the way the steels stay in the channel. It does help to use the connectors that Farthingales sells, of course. It will require a few minutes of prep before wearing or storing the garment, but worth that extra time I think. I'm not sure how to work this with reeds used for boning. This is what I plan to do when I make my next farthingale, as my storage space is limited. Kimiko On Mar 13, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Laurie Taylor wrote: > But I'll settle for asking how do you all store your hoop > skirts or hoped petticoats or what ever term you prefer? > > What can be safely done to them to minimize the space that they require? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
