On Thursday 12 June 2008 9:23:35 pm Suzanne wrote: [snipping most]
> If you look at the images in the link that otsisto sent > > http://tinyurl.com/4rk3xu > > you'll see many that appear in Anderson's book on Hispanic Costume. > That work is generally considered to be a standard in the field and I > don't remember Anderson suggesting that the verdugada is an > undergarment. But I'd be happy to have input from folks who've > studied this period! It seems to me that this is a short-lived > fashion that is worthy of further study. Most of the evidence dates > from 1470-1495 -- and we're still fascinated by it centuries later! What impresses me about the images in the Villani article (the link otsisto sent) is how many of them show a bodice in the same color/pattern as the fabric of the obviously hooped skirt being worn with them. That may be one of the better arguments in favor of the idea that skirts were, however briefly, worn with the hoops showing on the outside as a fashion statement. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny."--Edmund Burke _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
