Re the color black, some of you might find the chapter on "Black" in Anne Hollander's book "Seeing Through Clothes" to be very interesting..I myself have found the book to be very fascinating as well as useful for the social historian, in general. Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 3:57 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] various fashion
> > > I heard a comment about the color black in clothing: " People wear black > > because it reflects the mood of the times." > > > > The guys I know who wear black, aside from the wannabeagoth crowd, do so > because they know it will match all their other black stuff. They want > to look nice, but are design challenged when it comes to picking colors > or textures. Fashion changes too much to keep up with, so they stay with > safe neutral colors. > > As for dressing up in historic costume but not in real life, I rarely > have RL chances to wear long gowns, silk dresses , beaded fabrics or > anything requiring a crinoline. But costume events give me several > chances a year to get decked out in something fancy and original. It's > not that I don't want to wear ball gowns, I just don't get to many State > Dinners or Coronations. :) > > > > > Dawn > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
