For those of us who came of age wearing stockings and either a garter belt or girdle to keep them up, believe me, pantihose were a GREAT invention.
Ann Wass Anyone who thinks that people wear clothing for comfort and practicality should contemplate the wearing of pantihose.? -----Original Message----- From: JAMES OGILVIE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:30 am Subject: [h-cost] comfort vs. fashion Anyone who thinks that people wear clothing for comfort and practicality should contemplate the wearing of pantihose.? ? Janet? ? >>It is surely interesting to think logically about such a problem, but, >>just >>as you say, we can never rely on it, and, as we all know, people >>didn't >>always act very logically and didn't choose the most comfortable >>garments >>they could. Think of all those corsets and hoop petticoats and >>cage >>crinolines - the latest being worn even by lower-class working women >>that >>would surely need a more practical dress than the bourgeoise and >>nobility.? >? >While it's certainly true that some fashions are more inconvenient than >>others on a purely practical level, I think that saying that people acted >>illogically and chose uncomfortable garments is misleading. We tend to >think >that our current fashion is the most logical, comfortable, and >lovely one, >but people in the past thought the same thing>? >So I must agree with Heather that it's dangerous to use modern ideas of >what >is comfortable to evaluate historical clothing practices.? ? _______________________________________________? h-costume mailing list? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume? ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
