User talk:Mabalu/Archives/2014/January

Thanks for finding the DVF dress!
That picture is perfect. Good job! Johanna-Hypatia (talk) 15:18, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Millinery
I agree with your recent edits to Millinery. I just wonder whether the information about fascinators could go in the body of the article. If you think it might, it still needs a statement that defines "fascinator". I think the article could benefit from more information about what goes into making women's hats, but I am unable to supply any; perhaps you can.CorinneSD (talk) 15:25, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hello CorinneSD! There's already an article on fascinators and also a link in the Millinery article to the List of headgear page, which includes a link to the fascinator page. Mabalu (talk) 17:18, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, and thank you for your reply. I saw the link to "List of Headgear" in the article and found "fascinator" in the list – way down the list, under "unspecified", or "general" (forget exactly). I guess I ought to defer to your extensive knowledge of fashion, but from the point of view of a general reader (with an interest in fashion), it seems to me that the article on "Hatmaking" (to which "Millinery" goes) is rather sparse. I don't understand why there isn't an article specifically on millinery, which could include fascinators, or at least a paragraph on them. Is it because the subject of millinery is too vast to be covered in one article? CorinneSD (talk) 00:01, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I would like to see an article on millinery, as I agree it is distinct to hatmaking - hat-making, for me, means something more industrialised - the making and refining of basic hat styles and types, whilst millinery is more about the trimming, decoration and individualization of headgear on a more personal level - a distinction sort of semi-made in the article, which is actually pretty weak and could benefit from significant expansion and editing if someone has the time and inclination to work on it. For now, hatmaking is a good main article for both. The "Types of millinery" section is unreferenced and very feeble in itself too, so you could probably add something covering/briefly describing some of the most basic types of hat for now. Mabalu (talk) 10:25, 17 January 2014 (UTC)