merch-cloth-lst - 8/19/10

Lists of clothes and pattern merchants.

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From: bj at alpha1.csd.uwm.edu (Barbara Jean Kuehl)
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Medieval Clothes Patterns?
Date: 19 Dec 1995 13:34:40 GMT
Organization: Information & Media Technologies, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

In article <4ai033$393 at news.fsu.edu>, Paul Diaguila <˙y> wrote:
>My lady and I are looking for a source of patterns for Medieval cloths.
>Any help will be rewarded with much gratitude...

The following is a list of catalogs which have been recommended as 
possible sources of historic clothing and/or fantasy items with 
medieval flavor.  The compiler of this list makes no claims as to the 
quality of either the merchandise or service provided by these 
companies.  This list is excerpted from the Medieval and Renaissance
Wedding FAQ.
=====================================================================
For readymade medieval clothing or period patterns and accessories:

Amazon Vinegar & Pickling Works
2218 East 11th Street
Davenport, IA 52803
1-319-322-6800
They have three catalogs.  The Pattern catalog ($7.00) illustrates 
over 1,000 patterns for men, women, children and dolls, medieval 
through 1950.  The Shoe catalog ($5.00) has shoes from all periods.  
The General catalog ($3.00) has everything except patterns -- hats 
and bonnets, readymade clothing, accessories, toys, books, 
kitchenware, etc.

Authentic Wardrobe
12710 E. Wentworth Ct.
Vail, AZ 85641
Source of readymade clothing and cloaks as well as special orders.

Carolina Stitches in Time
Box 10933
Winston-Salem, NC 27108
No current information available.

Chivalry Sports
PO Box 18904
Tucson, AZ 85731-8904
1-602-722-1255
Source of clothing, books, weaponry and some patterns.  They publish 
a "catalog magazine" ($14 for a 1-year subscription).

Creative Costuming
Address unknown
1-703-354-7711
Source of clothing and accessories patterns from 1200-1800 AD.
No current information available.

Greystone Garb
Address unknown
1-619-949-2628.
Source of handmade period clothing.  No current information available.

Harriet's, Etc
(specify Rental, Tailoring or Pattern Division)
P.O. Box 1363
Winchester, VA 22604
1-703-667-2541
Emphasis is on the 18th & 19th centurys (catalogs of patterns for 
ladies', men's or children's fashions are $3.50 each).  They also 
have historical costumes for rental or will make costumes to order, 
although I'm unsure if they will do medieval or Renaissance.

Hedgehog Handworks
P. O. Box 45384
Westchester, CA 90045
(310) 670-6040
     or
8406 Flight Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90045
No readymade clothing but a source of costuming books and other items 
needed to make clothes (stitchery supplies, notions, needlework 
tools, stays, hooks, clasps, and buttons) except the fabric.  They 
charge $5 for their catalog, refundable with an order of $30 or more.

Historic Fashions
1812 N. Queens Lane #219
Arlington, Va 22201
No current information available.

House Morning Star
11246 S. Post Oak Rd. #217
Houston, TX 77035
1-713-729-7990
Source of patterns, books, and sewing materials, but they will also 
make costumes to order.  Mostly Tudor stuff:  bodices, skirts, and 
chemises-as well as men's garb.

JAS Townsend & Son
P.O. Box 415
Pierceton, IN 46562
1-800-338-1665
Emphasis is on the 18th and 19th centuries.

MacKenzie-Smith
Post Office Box 3315
Truckee, CA 96160
1-800-829-1974
Source of medieval items (armor, swords, jewelry, cups) and Period 
Patterns.  The items catalog is not free, but you can request a 
Period Pattern flyer for free.

Moresca Clothing and Costume
361 Union Center Rd
Ulster Park, NY 12487
1-914-331-6012
Source of capes, tunics, etc.  Catalogs cost $5.00 plus $1.75 for
shipping and handling.

Museum Replicas Ltd
2143 Gees Mill Road
Box 840
Conyers, GA 30207
1-800-883-8838
Source of medieval clothing and accessories such as swords, jewelry, 
goblets, relics, etc.

Puffs and Slashes
c/o L. R. Fox
P. O. Box 443
Bloomington, IN 47402-0443
An anotated bibliography of pre-1650 costume sources (including books 
and periodicals).  $2.50 per copy

The Queens Thimble
515 S. Evergreen Dr
Mira Loma, CA 91752-1577
1-909-360-6041
Source of handmade period clothing.  No current information available.

Raiments
P.O. Box 93095
Pasadena, CA 91109
1-818-797-2723
Source of medieval and renaissance patterns.  The catalog is $5.00 
($7.00 if shipped first class) but is very large.  They also sell 
books and some accessories.

Renaissance Herald (was Renaissance Shopper)
P.O. Box 422
Riverside, CA 92502
1-909-943-7333
Actually a quarterly magazine, which contains advertisements for many 
companies dealing in period garb, armor, weapons, etc, etc...Lists 
quite a few clothing makers, including one who says they specialize 
in Renaissance wedding garb.  They have two subscription plans:  for 
$7.00, you get a lifetime subscription, but it is sent at bulk mail 
rates; for $5.00 annually, you get the magazine at first class mail 
rates.

Rose D'Zynes
1196 Sunglow Drive
Oceanside, CA 92056
1-800-899-7673
Source of custom-designed medieval and Renaissance wedding attire for 
rent or purchase.  Call to request a videotape of bridal fashions.

St. Michael's Leather Emporium
156 E Second Street, Suite One
New York, NY 10009
1-212-995-8359
Source of custom-designed leather armor, jewelry and Renaissance-era 
clothing.  Catalog costs about $3.00.

Sterling Silks/Sterling Cloth Company
701 Cleveland Avenue Southwest
Canton, Ohio  44702
1-216-456-0653
Source of silk fabrics, thread, etc.

Whole Costumer's Catalog
PO Box 207
Beallsville, PA 15313
1-412-632-3242
A listing of catalogs and stores that sell fabric, patterns, 
accessories, etc.  Costs $17.95 (incl. S&H).

=====================================================================
For medieval weapons, jewelry and other gift items (but very little 
clothing and no patterns):

Art & Artifact
2451 E. Enterprise Pkwy
Twinsburg, OH 44087
1-800-950-9540
Check out their wedding chalice, a reproduction of an 18th century 
English piece.

Atlanta Cutlery
Dept. TFH
2143 Gees Mill Road
Box 839
Conyers, GA. 30207
1-800-883-0300

The Cottage Works
12 W. Willow Grove Ave., Box 186
Philadelphia, PA 19118-3952
1-215-242-8849
No current information available.

Dancing Dragon
5670 West End Road, #4
P.O. Box 1106
Arcata, CA 95521
1-800-322-6041
Source of fantasy dragon items.  Check out their dragon champagne 
flutes, dragon bride & groom caketopper (in pewter), and double 
dragon banner.

Distant Caravans
PO Box 5254
Reno, NV 89513
1-702-746-0416
Source of middle eastern clothing and belly dancing jewelry.

Fellowship Foundry
2550 East 12th St.,
Oakland, CA 94601.
1-510-261-3292
Source of pewter wedding goblets.

Gryphon's Moon
3557 Tanner's Mill road
Gainesville, GA 30507-8828
1-770-536-2805
Source of Celtic rings and pendants.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
255Gracie Station
New York, NY 10028-9998
1-800-468-7386
Source of jewelry reproduced from ancient, medieval and renaissance 
designs.

The Noble Collection
P.O. Box 831
Merrifield, VA 22116
1-800-866-2538
Source of swords, helmets, suits of armor, axes, and letter openers.

North Shore Gifts
4857 Alcyn Dr.
Racine, WI  53402-2507
1-414-639-5927
No current information available.

Past Times
280 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210-1182
1-800-242-1020
Source of gifts and jewelry from Great Britain inspired by "the past" 
(Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Medieval, Tudor, Stuart, Victorian, etc.).  
Check out their medieval tapestry wall-hangings.

Things Medieval
300 West Gray
Suite 110
Norman, OK 73069
1-405-360-8760
Claim to be the largest armorer in the country.  Specialize in
mail as well as preformed rings.  Send SASE for catalog.


Subject: clothing merchant listings
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 12:41:50 -0500
From: "Browne, Douglas D." <dbrowne at indiana.edu>
To: "'stefan at texas.net'" <stefan at texas.net>

Could I get you to list another clothing merchant in your Florigileum (sp?)
listings?

Howdy To Your Face (http://www.howdygarb.com) is a leading manufacturer of
tourney garb (i.e. the everyday garb you wear to the camping event in the
rain and the mud, but that you still want to look period and look pretty
good).

Howdy To Your Face, PO Box 40, Bloomington, IN 47402 USA.
Estrella War, Gulf Wars, War of the Lilies, Midrealm-Meridies Border Raids,
Pennsic War as a minimum.

The main contact person is THL Katrinn de Ferrara (Kathy Burke), who owns
the business. Phone 812-863-7450. We can take personal checks as well as
Visa, MasterCard, and Discover.

Vlad de Jaffa/Doug Browne
Webmaster/"The Computer Guy"
Howdy To Your Face


Subject:
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 99 21:02:10 MST
From: "Casta Diva" <castadivagarb at hotmail.com>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG

Greetings to All, and to those attending Estrella War,
an announcement.

Pardon for the traffic, but we made a late decision
to attend Estrella War, and did not make it onto the
list of merchants sent out. We wouldn't want you to
miss us on an oversight like that, so, here goes...

Casta Diva, providing you with exceptional court garb,
would like to announce that we will be in attendance
at Estrella War, and have new and exciting additions
for your perusal.

If this is the first time you've heard of Casta Diva,
this is NOT your average garb. Casta Diva offers
clothing designed for wear in opera(read 'gorgeous,
comfortable, convenient to wear and built to last
through rigorous abuse') based on historical models,
including the works of Janet Arnold, that would truly
suit royalty in period.

For a look at some of the Casta Diva garb, visit the web
page at:

     http://www.access.digex.net/~castadiv/index.html

Casta Diva is based in Atlantia, and not often seen in the
southern climes. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to
see (and try on)(and maybe even purchase) this incredible
clothing, worn by international Divas. Pricing is reasonable-
look at the material and the work, and do some calculations.
Most folks couldn't (or wouldn't have time to) make garb like
this for themselves, and of those who could, the prices would
be hard to match just for raw materials.

Tell your friends. Bring your money. Bring your friends. Bring
your friend's money. (Sorry, friends are no longer accepted as
trade for garb. We do, however, happily accept the Lady Visa,
Master Card and American Express.) Please pass on this
information to those who would be interested.

 For further information, please contact Casta Diva at:

             castadivagarb at hotmail.com
             or
             castadiv at access.digex.net

             or call (703) 938 6631


From: Chiara [chiara at io.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 3:21 PM
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Garb question...sort of

I have, it was pretty nice to deal with them and the order was sent when
they said it be sent and received when they said it would be received. Your
right, they carry items not many other carry. :)

Sincerely,
Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio
Steppes, Ansteorra

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cahira" <cahira_of_bonwicke at yahoo.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 2:44 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra] Garb question...sort of

> Has anybody on list ever ordered anything from
> www.farthingales.on.ca? I have found some stuff there
> that I haven't been able to find locally, but I am
> always leary of ordering from a site that I know
> nothing of.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Cahira
> Asterisk


From: Robin Craig [aceiatx at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:24 AM
To: bryn-gwlad at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Pennsic Purchase Question???????????

Well,  the dress itself is very pretty, but it is very much a fantasy dress.

A period person would never have used a patchwork effect such as this (unless
maybe a gypsy - I don't know).

For online costume shoppoing, you might also try
renstore.com
www.historicenterprises.com

-Robin

--- Herodotus <Herodotus at mlxivi.com> wrote:
> I am considering buying a Dress for my wife for This Pennsic on E-Bay
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1749792799
>
> The seller calls it a fantasy dress, and not totally period, but it
> looks OK to me.
>
> I need some opinions or options, (And not making our own cloths, we
> both can not sew), also is the buy it now price too high.
>
> H.


From: Brian & Pam Martin [twinoak at cox-internet.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:52 AM
To: bryn-gwlad at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Pennsic Purchase Question???????????

Aethelyan is right.  The price is too high and I think you lady wife would
feel uncomfortable in this at an SCA event.  I've searched around a little
bit and found some sites that sell clothes that look very nice and the
prices are much more reasonable.  I've never ordered anything from them so
I'm not sure of their reliability, but the garments themselves look to be of
a high quality.

www.castlegardencreations.com
www.maidenfaire.com
www.andsewitgoes.bigstep.com
www.careycostuming.com
www.goldenagedesigns.com
www.greycatdesigns.bigstep.com

Good luck shopping!

Jehanne d'Avignon
Baroness of Bryn Gwlad


From: Monette Mueller [emelinedeneville at yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 10:14 AM
To: bryn-gwlad at ansteorra.org
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Pennsic Purchase Question???????????

Another source of garb (as well as armor, feast-gear,
etc) is www.renstore.com.

The company has been in business quite awhile, are
very reputable, and their designs are simple and less
likely to cause a 'time-ripple'.  The proprietress is
a member of the SCA, as well as most of her staff.
Their items are usually in stock, available for rush
delivery and are much less expensive than the item you
saw on eBay.

I have used them before, and have never had a problem.

Emeline de Neville


From: Sunny Medlock <sunnyday78723 at yahoo.com>
Date: May 12, 2005 6:28:55 PM CDT
To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad <bryn-gwlad at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Socks

It has been brought to my attention that I posted a link that makes it difficult to find socks at this site.  Here is a better link for you to try,
http://www.thebasketman.com/socks.htm

mea culpa,

Elisabetta

Sunny Medlock <sunnyday78723 at yahoo.com> wrote:

I have decided I am in desparate need of a much better alternative to the modern synthetic stockings I have been wearing under my dresses. I don't have the time or patience to sew them from linen, or knit them from wool or silk. Cotton socks from the Basket Man http://www.thebasketman.com/corp.htm have been recomended to me, so I think I will put in an order soon.

Elisabetta


From: Nadine Latief <nl33 at cornell.edu>
Date: May 12, 2005 9:51:58 PM CDT
To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad <bryn-gwlad at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Socks

My favorite SCA merchants, Historic Enterprises, sell linen socks:

http://www.historicenterprises.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=17

Need garters for them though.

Lowrie.


From: Kathleen Kinard <belle_vivre at yahoo.com>
Date: May 13, 2005 8:19:12 AM CDT
To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad <bryn-gwlad at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Socks

I bought lovely cotton stockings from JS Townsend &
Sons... yes, they've got elastic in them, but I just
roll a cuff at the knee and never need garters-
they're SOOO comfy! and NOT expensive whatsoever...

/\  |eronica
   \ |  /\  |enier
    \|    \ |
           \|


From: Sunny Medlock <sunnyday78723 at yahoo.com>
Date: May 13, 2005 8:35:52 AM CDT
To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad <bryn-gwlad at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Socks

The advantage to Historic enterprises is that they are spot on accurate 
(or as close as we can get with out a time machine).

The disadvantage is that they are $20.

Yes, I could make them.  There is even a good layout on the Renaissance 
Tailor's website, and I could purchase a pattern from 
www.reconstructinghistory.com, but that would take time, and I would 
rather be making a new dress right now.

Someday, I will have real, historically accurate stockings that are 
appropriate for my persona.  Someday...

For now I am going with the sock man (whose striped socks look an awful 
lot like some I have seen in old paintings)

Elisabetta


From: "Schuster, Robert L." <SchusterRL at UMSYSTEM.EDU>
Date: February 22, 2010 2:12:52 PM CST
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Garb Sources?

http://www.historicenterprises.com/
http://www.revivalclothing.com/

Both have good customer service and the end products are generally accepted as excellent.
I plan to hit both shops at Gulf War:)

Halv
Whose garb is suffering these days

-----Original Message-----
<<< I made the miserable mistake of actually paying attention to my
calendar this morning while doing some work at work (shocking!). In
doing so, it dawned on me that it's practically March, Lilies War is
only a few months away, and I have 1 person completely without garb
and another needing to replace some stuff that's gone to the wayside.
While I can sew up a storm when my mind is put to the task, time
always seems to be a factor and continues to slip away from me,
especially since I tend to do everything by hand rather than by
machine these days.

Sooo...I was wondering if folks out there had any online resources
that they trust and like to use to obtain "garb-in-a-pinch" when they
just don't have the time or energy to do it themselves. What sites are
good for what things? Does one need to be wary of sizing (ie: like
renstore.com where their 2X is more like a L for some things)? Are
there any specialty sites you recommend? Are there any SCA merchants
online that could use more SCA business?

Jibra'il. >>>


From: Jacquelyne Frankhouser <mairghead at JUNO.COM>
Date: February 22, 2010 2:17:27 PM CST
To: CALONTIR at listserv.unl.edu
Subject: Re: [CALONTIR] Garb Sources?

I make and sell garb.  I will be at Chieftains, and my etsy site is www.maggiebruce.etsy.com  I don't outsource to Pakistan it's all done here.
I do commissions as well. mairghead at gmail.com

Maggie


To: SCA Newcomers list <scanewcomers at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: Need some advice
Posted by: "David Backlin" edrei at smythkepe.org quiet2284
Date: Tue May 4, 2010 7:18 am ((PDT))

From: "peneth4" <frasercp at hotmail.com>
<<< There is an ebay seller who has a number of gowns for sale that I like the 
look of but am unsure how "authenticly medieval" they are.

Would appreciate some feedback on how close they are to the real thing. 
The links are:

http://myworld.ebay.com.au/your_dressmaker_medieval/  >>>

Sorry for the late response, but I noticed the items are made in Thailand. 
I've known a few people who have ordered similar items and have reported 
so-so quality for items made in China or Thailand.

My own (perhaps slightly biased) suggestion would be to check some SCA 
dressmakers:
-Barbs Garb
-Briar Patch Garb
-Neverland Designs
-THLJudith (on e-bay)

THL Edrei the Quiet
Merchant and Adventurer
Check out my Facebook page
http://tinyurl.com/trimguy

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