At 14:06 16/02/2006, you wrote:
I mut look this one up! It might have all those dicey tid-bits that would
amuse women at Tea.
> On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
>
> > I'd like to see That one...(And who said that Victorians were lacking
> > in a sense of humor... when it came to "Dress"?
>
> Some of the examples I use during my talk on the Victorian view of
> historic costume come from a book called "Fancy Dresses Described," by
> Ardern Holt, a very popular manual of ideas for costumes for fancy-dress
> parties. In addition to a large number of historical figures, it gave
> instructions (and a few illustrations) for how to dress as a deck of
> cards, a tea set, various flowers, etc. (The historical designs, of
> course, bore little resemblance to actual period costume of the historical
> figures.)
>
I have a copy if you have problems finding one. Not all the
illustrations are there, but as I picked it up cheap on E-bay, I was
quite happy.
Suzi
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