Thanks for posting that link, Beth! That was really interesting. The dead-at-forty thing is
something I'm always arguing with people, too. Just because your life expectancy at birth was thirty-five doesn't mean thirty-five-year-olds had gray hair and hobbled around on canes! Bjarne, thanks for answering my question about the 1690 skirts. That was the answer I wanted to hear! :) Tea Rose ========================================================= Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 13:05:57 -0500 From: "Beth Chamberlain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [h-cost] Catherine's waist measure This doesn't give waist measurements but it does give average heights. IF super small waits were in fashion the portraits of the day would look wildly out of proportion to us. I'm shorter than the average of the time you're looking at and at my thinnest had a barely over 21" waist. Even is I had been corset trained I can't imagine taking 8 inches off, my hips would have jutted out like shelves! http://www.plimoth.org/learn/history/myth/fourfttwomyth.asp Beth Chamberlain ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
