Actually, in the original illustrations Holmes isn't shown wearing that very often. He spends most of his time in London and an Inverness coat and deerstalker cap would be something worn when out in the country, probably hunting. for a good look at the original Sherlock Holmes illustrations, go here:
http://www.arthes.com/holmes/ Karen Seamstrix ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Talia <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [h-cost] dressing Sherlock Holmes Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2010 10:11:40 -0500 I believe it's an Inverness Coat. Talia On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Dawn <[email protected]> wrote: > The character is often portrayed wearing a long heavy coat and the infamous > 'deerstalker' cap. Is there a name for the coat? I'm not sure what I should > be looking for. Is there a predominant color that it would have come in, > such as black, or grey or brown? > > > > Dawn > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ____________________________________________________________ Diet Help Cheap Diet Help Tips. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=bxMt_6aqGY9KIHrDIi0_WAAAJ1AvoIBeuuk_F0glj6oEWAQQAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYQAAAAAA= _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
