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- Where is a good source of costuming information?
-
- A good source for costuming information is the SCA, Society of Creative
- Anachronism. The avowed purpose of the SCA is the study and recreation
- of the European Middle Ages, its crafts, sciences, arts, traditions,
- literature, etc. The SCA "period" is defined to be 600 AD to 1600 AD,
- concentrating on the Western European High Middle Ages. Some members
- extend the period from 450 AD to about 1650 AD. More or less officially
- the purpose of the SCA is "The study and re-creation of the Middle Ages
- and Renaissance, not as they were, but as they should have been".
-
- Most members of the SCA make and wear period costumes. Furthermore,
- most Kingdoms have active costumers guilds. The SCA also host collegia
- (classes) on all aspects of the historical period, including costume.
-
- You can find SCA members in the newsgroup rec.org.sca. If you post
- there, be sure to mention your city and state so that those who respond
- can suggest local SCA groups and sources. If you wish to contact the SCA
- national headquarters you can write to:
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- The Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.
- Office of the Registry
- P.O. Box 360743
- Milpitas, CA 95036-0743
-
- Publications of the Society from the national office include "The Knowne
- Worlde Handboke" and "The Complete Anachronist". The Handboke is a
- general information book about all aspects of the Society's activities.
- It has a few sections on costume, and has some patterns drawn on a graph
- paper grid that can be blown up. The Anachronist is a bi-monthly series
- of pamphlets on a single subject each. The national newsletter,
- Tournaments Illuminated, has occasional ariticles on specific aspects of
- costume.
-
- Note: The third edition of The Knowne Worlde Handboke is available as of
- January 1993 for $12. Membership in the SCA includes a subscription to
- Tournaments Illuminated.
-
- There are two regular SCA postings, one posted by Wilson Heydt
- (whheydt@PacBell.COM) and the other written by Arval Benicoeur
- (joshua@paul.rutgers.edu or mittle@watson.ibm.com) and Siobhan Medhbh
- O'Roarke (smor@um.cc.umich.edu).
-
-
- Historic Costume Maillist:
- Contact: h-costume-request@andrew.cmu.edu
- Purpose: This list concentrates on recreating period elegance, from
- the Bronze age to the mid-20th Century. Its emphasis is on accurate
- historical reproduction of clothing, historical techniques for
- garment construction, and the application of those techniques in
- modern clothing design. Other topics appropriate for discussion
- include adapting historical clothing for the modern figure, clothing
- evolution, theatrical costumes, patterns, materials, books, and
- sources for supplies. Members of the SCA should note that this list
- discusses historic costume of all eras, not just the SCA period.
- General conversations about the SCA are not suitable for this list.
- Other topics not suitable for this list include halloween and
- children's dress-up costumes, and advertisements for vintage clothing
- (for sale or wanted).
-
-
- Other groups that may be of interest include:
- National Civil War Association (NCWA)
- taped message (+1 408 927 7651)
- (as of Jan 1993)
-
- Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild ("Dreamers of Decadence")
- Jana Keeler (+1 415 469 7602)
- Jwlhyfer de Winter (+1 415 864 5511)
- Newsletter by $8/year from Bruce MacDermontt
- 2801 Ashby Avenue, Berkeley, California, 94022
- (as of Jan 1993)
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- Firends of the English Regency
- Newsletter "Haut Ton" $8/year, contact Elayne Plez
- 15931 Kalisher Street, Granda Hills, CA 91344
- (as of Jan 1993)
-
- FIRES, the Florida Indian Re-Enactment Society.
- c/o David Mott
- 2710 Fountain Cir #201
- Naples, Fl 33942
- Seminole War re-enactments. $5/year includes bimonthly newsletter
- (as of April 1992)
-