In a message dated 1/14/2007 12:28:46 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Note that: there are an equal number of photographs with the women's wear buttoning left over-right as well, so this could be a transition time It was indeed a transition time. You see both men's and women's clothes buttoning both ways, in real clothes as well as photographs. (One of the hazards of relying on photographs alone is that the image could be reversed.) One theory is that the gender closings were only standardized as ready-to-wear became widespread, and that was later in the 19th century. Ann Wass _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
