Re: [UnschoolingDiscussion] Hoop skirt
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In a message dated 12/9/2003 3:19:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
skirt you can imagine. She couldn't get through the door from the
lobby into the actual theater and had to spend the whole evening in
the lobby. <g>>>
I'm wondering how she thought she would fit in a seat.
Life is good.
~Mary
Why didn't she just tip it up -- she could at least have stood at the back of
the theater -- was she too embarrassed or something?
Nance
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[email protected] writes:
>>About hoop skirts . . . I used to usher at the San Francisco Operain the 60's. One opening night, a woman showed up in the biggest hoop
skirt you can imagine. She couldn't get through the door from the
lobby into the actual theater and had to spend the whole evening in
the lobby. <g>>>
I'm wondering how she thought she would fit in a seat.
Life is good.
~Mary
Why didn't she just tip it up -- she could at least have stood at the back of
the theater -- was she too embarrassed or something?
Nance
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Tia Leschke
>My memory doesn't work *that* well. <g>
>Why didn't she just tip it up -- she could at least have stood at the back of
>the theater -- was she too embarrassed or something?
Tia
Robyn Coburn
My mother made a lot of Victorian dresses for Dickens on the Strand in
Galveston, as well as various theater productions. The hoop petticoats she
used are not authentic since they are made of lighter, flexible, modern
nylon boning instead of whalebone or steel. However the method she taught
the actors and re-enactors for getting through doors, or into the narrow
wings of the theaters is to lean to the side, pick up the bottom most hoop
and lift, gathering the hoops together like a roman blind (or those round
paper lampshades). You then tuck this under your arm so you have diagonally
(almost vertical) concentric circles across your hips, with the other side
still at the ankle. Obviously this displays your legs to a certain point
although there is usually enough fabric in the skirt to drape over the
underpants area. It was a backstage-move-quickly trick.
Robyn L. Coburn
<<Why didn't she just tip it up -- she could at least have stood at the back
of
the theater -- was she too embarrassed or something?>>
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Galveston, as well as various theater productions. The hoop petticoats she
used are not authentic since they are made of lighter, flexible, modern
nylon boning instead of whalebone or steel. However the method she taught
the actors and re-enactors for getting through doors, or into the narrow
wings of the theaters is to lean to the side, pick up the bottom most hoop
and lift, gathering the hoops together like a roman blind (or those round
paper lampshades). You then tuck this under your arm so you have diagonally
(almost vertical) concentric circles across your hips, with the other side
still at the ankle. Obviously this displays your legs to a certain point
although there is usually enough fabric in the skirt to drape over the
underpants area. It was a backstage-move-quickly trick.
Robyn L. Coburn
<<Why didn't she just tip it up -- she could at least have stood at the back
of
the theater -- was she too embarrassed or something?>>
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-=-A familiar problem -- THE HOOP
Sitting in a hoop.
Lift hoop and skirts slightly (an inch or two) before sitting down. This will
allow the boning of the hoop to lay on top of the chair without causing that
unsightly frontal raise we all dread.-=-
http://users.aol.com/gallen9075/ettiquet.htm
Sitting in a hoop.
Lift hoop and skirts slightly (an inch or two) before sitting down. This will
allow the boning of the hoop to lay on top of the chair without causing that
unsightly frontal raise we all dread.-=-
http://users.aol.com/gallen9075/ettiquet.htm