> That is a real pity, as if my husband were to wear a jewelled or > decorated chain in England it would be considered to be pretentious > and inaccurate, as it is not seen in portraits as far as I can > remember.He will probably have to go without altogether in that case, > as I don't want to spend money on something he can't wear here.
Or just do something extremly unobtrusive. I have heard of people wiring in a tiny little bead so that when someone was rude enough to confront them (and there are people who are sticklers for this) they could show that it was indeed decorated. There is no rule that stipulates just how obvious hte decoration needs to be as far as I know. People have also put a ribbon in theirs as well. I suggest this only for those with a sense of humour and who can have a good gentle giggle about it. I personally like pushing comfort levels but know that there is a fine line before pushing buttons;) The only wide chains I can think of are chains of office which do have a dangling pendant quite often. but then I keep imagining men from Henry VIII's reign and of high rank. I face the same issue myself as I do German renaissance, and there are a large number of unadorned chains. In fact my next big item has a matching guertel and kette in plain gold chain. I'm going to swap out those items for ones seen in different portraits. ANd probably whack a pendant on the end of the kette. I also worried about the headdress for my Valois gown as it was extremely decorative and could look like I was assuming status I don't have as a Pointy Hatted person. But it was far enough on the back of my head to not look like a circle or coronet at all. Some kingdoms have actual written suptuary laws, some are just tradition. They are a handy way of instant recognition, but don't work in every case, and when not everyone knows the rules. Michaela de Bruce http://glittersweet.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.0/325 - Release Date: 26/04/2006 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
