tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post168791200274750686..comments2024-03-19T02:34:30.151-04:00Comments on The Blue Remembered Hills™: In days of old, when knights were bold and monkeys chewed tobacco Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-7591057468477442252015-06-04T17:11:57.710-04:002015-06-04T17:11:57.710-04:00How about a chrome yellow silk damask Nehru jacket...How about a chrome yellow silk damask Nehru jacket? The material would be fantastic, the lines of the Nehru jacket slimming, the music of the 60s (updated of course) plays on.home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-89980682724424973432015-06-02T06:34:13.226-04:002015-06-02T06:34:13.226-04:00home before dark, thank you. A few (ahem) more pou...home before dark, thank you. A few (ahem) more pounds to lose then to the tailor. I'm looking forward to it myself. I have a few of these 40-50 year old memo samples one of which is a 6' length of chrome yellow silk damask and I can honestly say I'm not sure what to do with that. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-20556249798411923922015-06-02T06:29:08.893-04:002015-06-02T06:29:08.893-04:00ArchitectDesign, thank you. London was appallingly...ArchitectDesign, thank you. London was appallingly dirty at the time with soot from thousands of coal-fired chimneys but the exhibition was a temporary structure in Hyde Park where the air might have been cleaner and one can assume it did rain a time or two. Photographs seems to show the interior as quite clear of fog but … I don't know nothin' about photography at that date.Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-89877632438359682732015-06-02T06:23:55.877-04:002015-06-02T06:23:55.877-04:00Chronica Domus, thank you. I too would have loved ...Chronica Domus, thank you. I too would have loved a tour of the Great Exhibition but until a time machine is invented in my lifetime … I have heard of Hermes scarves being used as jacket linings and silk may help the garment drape better than would linen. However, the idea brings to mind those lovely Japanese garments where the sober outer hides a beautiful woven treasure inside. Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652670896513329236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-44061342671169172192015-06-01T13:11:13.397-04:002015-06-01T13:11:13.397-04:00Love the eye candy and the history. Can't wait...Love the eye candy and the history. Can't wait to see you in your new blazin' glory!home before darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272062955786414729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-39831933368346065232015-06-01T09:41:42.710-04:002015-06-01T09:41:42.710-04:00Yes I too have to applaud your using of the fabric...Yes I too have to applaud your using of the fabric as a jacket lining!<br />We did talk quite a bit about the Crystal Palace in my basic architectural history classes in architecture school, but not really about the contents. I think a lot of architecture professors feel 'above' such things as objects though so we focused on the building. The amazing thing was London was so dirty at the time, the interior would have appeared quite foggy, don't you think? The glass would just be filthy dirty!ArchitectDesign™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01481754380363676771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785207417164829425.post-87429237488641041072015-05-31T20:58:50.078-04:002015-05-31T20:58:50.078-04:00Gosh, that is a superb idea - lining a jacket in p...Gosh, that is a superb idea - lining a jacket in printed linen. My father, a recently retired tailor, had a commission from a member of the Jordanian royal family to line her jacket in a wildly bold Hermes scarf, so why not a linen of hollyhocks I say.<br /><br />I would have thoroughly enjoyed touring the great exhibition at Crystal Palace.Chronica Domushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732224119040843337noreply@blogger.com