As a former marching-band member, I'd like to second (belatedly) the
recommendation of pantyhose (or tights) to layer with Bjarne's period
stockings.
Back in my high school days, the band uniform consisted of (for all
members) a white shirt with black bow tie, a red blazer, a white
boater, and, in colder weather, a black V-neck sweater and white
gloves. The male band members wore black slacks with a red seam-
stripe and white buck shoes; the female band members wore black
pleated above-the-knee skirts and white marching boots. We looked
very sharp, but come late October and November those skirts were NOT
enough against the New Jersey cold and damp. Pantyhose were invisible
and had no bulk, but they warmed us up from waist to toe. I believe
some of the twirlers wore them too.
On a costume-history note: interestingly, I keep hearing that
pantyhose were invented in the late 'sixties, and certainly I didn't
routinely buy them for ordinary wear until '68 or so; but my friends
Connie, Joyce, another Joyce, Patty, Marilyn, Rita, and Marcia would
join me in testifying that our mothers found them, bought them, and
saved our musical knees with them as early as 1962. Can anyone else
pinpoint an earliest-available date, from her own experience?
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On Jan 4, 2008, at 1:08 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/4/2008 10:40:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The best bet may be to layer stockings.
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This is what I was thinking too.
Unless you want a more rustic look with the wool, I'd get a pair of
pantyhose or tights. They are very warm in themselves, but put your
silk stockings
over them and you should be quite warm....unless it's like way
below freezing.
The modern super-stretchy tights would be very smooth and more
than likely
undetectable under your correct period stockings.
Even if you do get some fine wool stockings, layering may be needed
to keep
you warm. Are there not depictions of men in layers of different
colored
stockings...some rolled down a bit to show the layers underneath?
Or is that too
early? Too dandy?
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