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Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:30:49 +0200
From: "Leif og Bjarne Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [h-cost] modest
To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Is there an english term of a piece of clothing called a modest?
In a danish inventory there is the term of modester in plural, have never
heard that word before. Its inventories from 1720 and 1730.
Bjarne
You know I'm sure I've heard the term 'modester' in an English costume
context, but I really can't think where. It just rings bells.
Is it possible the term uses 'mode' in the sense of fashion eg wasn't
'modiste'
an 18th term for a women's tailor or seamstress?
Claire/Angharad
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