In a message dated 1/18/2008 3:56:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anyone know when shirt became applicable to "over the underwear" rather than the first layer? ************************ Well, it depends on whether it's cold or not, I would think. And, y'know, that early Louis XIV "petticoat breeches" period shows oodles of shirt. I mean a ridiculous amount! And it all looks white, even if adorned with colored embroideries or ribbons. In the sixteenth century, shirts are pretty much white. As to natural fiber colors...especially in the lower classes, I can't say. And don't you start to get striped and calico [as in floral prints] shirts, albeit rarely, in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
