>--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>>> [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?
I also can't picture that Frederica would have worn something with that sort of connotation, to such a potentially important social event, especially when it was of the utmost importance to provide her family with the appearance, at least, of an impeccable family background. Joannah. ~*~ Practice random acts of kindness, and senseless acts of beauty. ~*~ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
