A beaded/netted overgown? How cool is that? ;o) I hadn't heard of that intriguing garment, so thanks to you and the other poster who mentioned it. I can see now why the designers of AlbertCat's movie might have tried to imitate it. --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Heather Rose Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:34 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] movie costumes > > On Jan 2, 2007, at 5:00 AM, Sue Clemenger wrote: > > > Not if what she was wearing was obviously knitted. That's a humongous > > boo-boo, right there. Also, the color of the gown sounds really > > wrong--is > > there any evidence of linens being dyed in Egypt at that time? > > --Sue > > > > From the description, it sounds like it might have been inspired by > a surviving Egyptian "bead net" dress -- a very open network made of > threaded beads. The one I'm thinking of is basically a tubular > sheath with shoulder straps and at the bottom hem it has a "fringe" > of dangling flower-shaped beads. _Might_ -- I'd have to see the > original to know if the suspicion holds up. There's a rather dark > photograph of the item I'm thinking of about halfway down the page at: > > http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/sexuality.html > > Heather _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
