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[ksmith]

Why is it that those fragments of scenes, those odd mentions and bits of business, are the parts that take the most damned research?

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[lmarley.livejournal.com]

I love costume museums, for this very reason. Last winter I spent an hour in the basement of the Met in New York, making notes on the quite fabulous exhibit of costumes they had there. Used almost everything, too!

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

"The Met" as in the Opera House? I would have taken the time to visit if I had known the had things like that. Although the hours spent the Metropolitan Museum of Art were not wasted. Their clothing display was confined to couture, however, which I would have enjoyed at any other time.

[lmarley.livejournal.com]

I did tour the Met that trip, also for research purposes, but in this case I meant the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was a display of couture, but there were at least half a dozen historical costumes, and some of them were spectacular. The internet has been very helpful, as well. I had good luck googling things like "18th Century Costumes" and found good sites that are meant for costume designers.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

Were the costumes early 1800s? If they weren't, I would have blown them off. Not the period I was interested in.

If I did miss them, then it wasn't for want of hunting. I asked the guides, and tramped all over that damned place. My feet ached.