---- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pants, especially pants on women. Possibly blue jeans.
**Excellent example. Blue jeans first came into being around 1849. Then were popularized in the 1950's and have remained in some form or another since then. Remember bell bottoms? Remember having to have Designer labels? Also interesting that this is a garment worn by men, women and children, rich and poor, fancy versions and work versions. I sometimes think about what reenactors might wear 400 years in the future. Maybe jeans and a t-shirt will be the future version of T-tunic, i.e. the basic garb for reenactors. Hmmm...T-tunic and T-shirt...coincidence? ;-) > The thing about the 20th century is, that so much more has been > published, that it's much harder for the works of any fiction writer to > emerge from the sea of other stuff as even existing, let alone great or not. **Excellent point as well. There is so much, what can stand out? I know I love both Diana Gabaldon and Dickens. Who would you say are the stand-out writers of the 19th century? > > I'll tell you who I think the greatest 20th century writer is so far: > Gene Wolfe. **Hmmm...not familiar with him. I'll have to hit the library. THanks for the lead. Julie _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
