Oh. I think I get it. You mean "garments with tiny pleats," and not "tiny, pleated garments." Gotta love the English language! ;o) I *thought* you were referring to the now-discredited theory of a "corselet" being worn around the torso of people in bliaut. --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "otsisto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:24 AM Subject: RE: [h-cost] Bliaut silk natural dyed colour question > I don't have any sites in particular to show you and I do not know the term. > But there are garments for which I have heard refered to as bliauts. > The material looks like the Fortune' material or the very fine pleating of > some Landesknecht hemd. > The statue on the left, note the skirt. > http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~lwittie/sca/garb/bliaut.html > This site says that light weight silks were used to make bliauts so never > mind about what I said about the light weight salmon silk. > http://web.comhem.se/~u41200125/greenbliaut.html > De > > -----Original Message----- > "Mini pleated type garment???" > --Sue, missing the reference completely... _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
