http://www.saragrace.us/METMilBasesPics.html<http://www.saragrace.us/METMilBasesPics.html<http://www.saragrace.us/METMilBasesPics.html> Thank you for the correction to the link...not sure why it did that. To the question of what a Military base is - pretty simply, it is "typically" a padded/quilted skirt worn as light armor.
I say typically, because of course, there are variations on it. Some were just decorative, some were protective. Some were attached to padded "bodices," others were just "coverups." Here is one of my favorite pictures of several: http://tinyurl.com/oj5c3<http://tinyurl.com/oj5c3> Another, which I cannot seem to conjure up at the moment is of a man on one knee wearing a skirt and a metal curiass. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
