“Costume On Stage… From the Ethereal Ideal – To A Design on Paper – To The Costume on the Stage” – is an  upcoming session from the Friends of Costume and Textiles at the ROM on Saturday, September 25th, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m..  There will be presentations by Marshall Pynkoski – Co-founder and Co-director of Opera Atelier, Martha Mann – Noted Costume Designer for theatre, opera and film and Rita Brown – Costumer/Cutter at the Shaw Festival and Papier à la Mode collaborator.  In “Costume in Motion,” Dancers of Opera Atelier will also be featured.

Cornelia Powell of Atlanta, Georgia, backs her online magazine and a number of publications with years of experience. She also shares wedding-related news and highlights the ancient heritage of women in cultures worldwide. A current article is “Consider Not Wearing a Strapless Dress, Unless….” a wise comment on the lasting trend to strapless bridal dresses which you can find at www.WeddingsOfGrace.com.

The Joseph Brant Museum is excited to announce the opening of its new costume exhibition, The Crazy Years: The Fashion Renaissance of the Roaring 1920s.  Enjoy spectacular examples of 1920s fashion while learning about the social and cultural changes that were occurring at the same time.

The exhibition features several dresses from the Eileen Collard Costume Collection, as well as hats, shoes, purses and other accessories popular at that time.  A media component showcases images and music from the era, visually highlighting a decade recovering from the First World War and embracing  a new-found freedom and attitude that included  the women’s rights movement, the jazz era and the influence of Black Culture.

Joseph Brant Museum is open Tuesday-Friday from 10-4:30, and Sunday afternoons from 1-4:30.  Please note that admission rates have changed slightly due to the HST.  For more information, visit website: www.museumsofburlington.com.

or contact Paul Stone, Curator, at (905) 634-3556.
Joseph Brant Museum, 1240 North Shore Blvd., Burlington ON L7S 1C5
(905) 634-3556

Sartorial Press are selling off the stock of these books while they last.Ordering may be done on site:  www.sartorialpresspublications.com

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2010 Costume Society of Ontario Calendars may still be available, only $20.00 CAD (plus $2.95 postage when applicable).  Each month features different striking historic fashion prints, and a full page monthly calendar below—truly most attractive as well as useful.  The CSO is a charitable organization, so all proceeds from the sale of these calendars will go towards future CSO events and publications aimed to promote education in all aspects of dress and encourage preservation of historic costume and related source materials.

To order by mail, indicate number of the 2010 Costume Society of Ontario calendars you wish, at $20.00 each, plus that number x postage of $2.95 (in Canada), and send a cheque for the total to: Sarah Walker, 37 Parkington Crescent, Scarborough, ON, M1H 2T6; more information from Sarah Walker at 416-438-4826.

An exciting opportunity is presented by Opera Atelier’s sale of a selection of their costumes early in June.

There will be a Runway Show and Cocktail Reception on June 3rd from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. for which tickets are $25.

The sale continues on June 4 and 5 from 1  to 5 p.m.; there is free admission on these dates. The location is “All-Canadian Self-Storage” at 1 Laird Drive, at Millwood Road. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 416-703-3767 ext. 26.

2008 Hand and Lock Prize for Embroidery, Maria Lavigina

“A Taste of the Rich Tradition of Embroidery,” a lecture by Alastair Macleod, Chairman of Hand & Lock, UK, will be given at Seneca College, Toronto on Monday, March 22, 2010, at 5:30 pm. The lecture is presented by the School of Fashion & Merchandise at Seneca College. Entrance $5, exclusive to CSO members; seating limited, so RSVP by March 15, to: hilary.dennis@senecac.on.ca or call 416-491-5050 ext. 2080 or 2178. Location: Seneca College, 1750 Finch Ave. East, Toronto, ON, Senecentre: F1514.

Various aspects will be covered, including origins of embroidery and its development; gold and silver wire and military embroidery, and military lace and cords; outline of different techniques in hand embroidery, and Irish and Comely machines; seminal embroideries such as The Bayeux Tapestry; contemporary embroidery and its future; a brief history of Hand & Lock established 1767, and aims and details of the Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery. www.handembroidery.com.

Royal Ontario Museum

Lecture on “Clothing for the Warrior and the Courtier: Patterns of Sixteenth Century European Court Dress,” illustrated, and free of charge. This will be given by Jennifer Tiramini, the 2009 Veronika Gervers Research Fellow, on February 17 at 6:00pm to 6:45pm; this will take place in the Signy & Cléophée Eaton Theatre on the Museum’s Level 1B, entry via the President’s Choice School Entrance, at the Museum’s south end. For more information, contact Marilynne Friedman, Senior Publicist, 416-586-5826; e-mail: marilynf@rom.on.ca.