Hi,
That would have ben an interresting job. Do you happen to have any ideas why
the american pockets was slightly bigger than the continental ones?
Could it be that the american ladies were more independent and therefore had
more to carry arround?
Would off cause be mostly impossible to find out.
Suzi do you know of any english dresses called open gown, wich would be
without the watteau pleats in the back? It is mostly because i have a guess
that some dresses must have ben made without the pleats, according to the
paintings i have seen here in Denmark. The problem is that we only have very
few dresses preserved from the time. And isnt it a shame, the museum of
decorative arts in copenhagen have many 18th century dresses, but they have
never ben published. I was thinking about asking, even i know it is pricy,
to get photocopies of the dresses, they have in their files.........
Bjarne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Suzi Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 5:06 PM
Subject: [h-cost] The perfect (costume) job, and I missed it!
A quote from today's Daily Mirror, normally a bit of a scandal sheet, it
is headlined "OUT OF POCKET" (their capitals.)
"Scientists have trousered £140,000 to study the history of women's
pockets.
The handout, from taxpayers, paid for two researchers to examine 18th
century tie-on pouches (!) in a bid to 'help understand more clearly what
they meant to those who wore them.' (!!)
<snip>
The grant was given to Southampton's Winchester School of Art and Textiles
three years ago. The study results are on display at a Bath museum."
I'd have done that for board and lodging and free photos! How dare they
not ask me!! I took loads of photos in the U.S. recently of pockets. Did
you know that on average, pockets in England are smaller than in the U.S?
I bet they didn't put that in their research!!
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