In a message dated 4/12/2006 9:36:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Many extant corsets use chamois leather, like the leather you can use to wash a car with. There is often a small piece, about an inch deep inside and out, (sort of crescent shaped) under the arm towards the front armscye, to prevent chafing. *************** I've also seen an early 19th century waistcoat with a strip of chamois [about maybe 3/4 of an inch wide] lining the bottom of the fronts. The shirt Daniel Day-Lewis wears in "Last of the Mohicans" is of chamois leather. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
