Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/03/2006 19:15 >>> wrote: >The reference you are thinking of comes from chapter 10 of 'Frederica' by >Georgette Heyer. [snip] >"... and the little Alexandrian cap with which, deaf to Charis's protests, she >completed her elegant toilette, >clearly demonstrated that she was to be ranked amongst the dowagers.' >I must say, I never got the impression that an Alexandrian cap was anything >like a Phrygian cap. ______________________________________________________________________ No, I can't imagine a Phrygian cap being something that a dowager would wear. Surely the association with the French Revolution would make it something that only a daring, trendy person would have? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
