I've read everyone's helpful replies to this, but what I'd say is: Go
ahead and make 13th-century garb and wear it. Where I used to teach I
had two colleagues who made their own regalia or had it made--one a
lovely brown robe that looked pretty medieval, and one a standard
robe with a standard-shaped hood but in PLAID (his family's tartan).
They blended in just fine with the Oxford robes and the New Zealand
regalia (including a most remarkable cap!) and the Rutgers red and
the Columbia blue and the Rochester yellow. Live it up--the faculty
should look like a flock of bright and exotic birds on procession,
there's enough black on everybody else. Students and parents love it.
--Ruth Anne Baumgartner
scholar gypsy and amateur costumer
On Apr 15, 2009, at 3:57 PM, Susan Farmer wrote:
Has anybody ever run across a pattern for contemporary Academic
Hoods (which if you believe the line that the college uses are
"unchanged since the 13th century -- I'm gonna make me 13th century
academic garb if I can figure out what it is -- just because!)?
I want to make me a gown out of either linen or tropical weight
wool -- wearing a "black plastic bag" in south Georgia in the
summer is not my idea of fun! And I got curious as to hood patterns.
Susan
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Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Division of Science and Math
http://www.goldsword.com/sfarmer/Trillium/
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