> I can definitely see that typical colonial reaction of anything from > the homeland being better, but sheer scarcity would surely lead the > colonists to make use of what's around them. I'm also thinking, > though, about the many types of native clothing that European > frontiersmen adopted, and how American Indians accessorized with trade > goods....
And I was thinking how they would look by the 21st century. Surely they'd start out looking just like back home. Then regular trade would happen, both with the Skraelings and with the home folks. But as with the American colonies, where the various nationalities of colonists started out looking just like back home, things evened out over the centuries to where everybody looks like everybody else now, with only slight variations. I' may be a costumer, but I can't tell European tourists from American tourists from Far Eastern tourists in the Fisherman's Wharf neighborhood, the most tourist-ridden neighborhood in San Francisco. It's only when they speak that I can tell (and thick Australian English from an Oriental tourist is a reality check the first time). -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William Gibson -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
