Like the ladies at Ascot. ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Audrey Bergeron-Morin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 3:02 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
