Greetings!
Welcome to the 16th century, a fun and exciting place. <G> Drawers
arrived in England during Elizabeth's reign but were considered
novelties and "foreign." They weren't adopted as regular wear until
later. I've lived in England (as well as Canada and the US) and
didn't find it that cold at all, so I think it is all a matter of
perspective. Certainly once you have all the correct layers on,
drawers aren't going to make much difference except for possibly
during activities like horseback riding. However, having seen 16th
century sidesaddles (rather odd looking contraptions - one was round
and perfectly flat with a peg sticking up for the leg to hook over)
even then the drawers would be rather immaterial.
Cheers,
Danielle
At 11:53 PM 1/8/2006, you wrote:
Um, I have a rank newbie question. I was always told that ladies didn't wear
drawers in this period. Is that a myth, or a regional thing, possibly? I
usually do English.
And I've always suspected that it couldn't be true. I've BEEN to England. It
gets COLD there.
Thanks for your forbearance,
Tea Rose
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