WOW! Look at those gloves!
Ok, different question completely from Penny's, what is the first lady on the right wearing? Is that an over coat with netting in the center over her dress? ♫ Chiara Francesca > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Audrey Bergeron-Morin > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 12:02 PM > To: Historical Costume > Subject: Re: [h-cost] HELP: What event is this worn to? > > > "Dans la Tribune des Dames le jour des Drags" > > > > What event was these hats worn? If I put in Google "jour des Drags" > images come up like equestrian events. Was/Is there an equestrian > event called Tribune/ Day of the Drags? I am just guessing...so the > French speaking list members, go on...fall off your chair laughing at > me. > > > > "La Tribune des Dames" could be a newspaper, but most likely... it > also means a place to sit/stand, reserved for women. For example in > the House of Commons, there was a place reserved for women who wanted > to attend. I'm sure the same term could also be used to describe a > stand space reserved for women who want to view a race, for example. > > As for the "Jour des Drags"... Drag is not a French word, so this > makes matters slightly more complicated. However, it seems like all I > can find agrees with you: horse races. > > Wikipedia: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_des_Drags > > Take a look here... > http://www.lartigue.org/fr2/jhlartigue/chronologie/jhlp- > chronoimg40.html > > So, in the women's reserved stand, on the day of the Prix des Drags > horse-race (in Auteuil) > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
