This is important stuff for a costumer – particularly a 19th and early 20th century one – to know.
Did you hate gym class? Did you find it a terrible, tyrannical thing? Well here is some academic logic behind those feelings.
The concept of the gymnasium and physical regime grew out of the 19th century. Prior to [...]
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Physical Culture
Posted in Philosophy, Silliness, tagged 19th Century Physical Culture, Physical Culture on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Heroic, Platonic Ideal and Historical Costuming
Posted in Philosophy, tagged Historical Costuming, Philosophy, Platonic Ideal on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s National Historical Costumer Appreciation Day!*
People are nuts about Tolkien. They love the empowerment of the individual, the watermark of his tales. No hero embarks of a quest whose outcome he or she knows. But they fight anyway, willing to stare into the abyss, and with the ever present jugdement and threat of self-death above [...]
