Was'/t there someone on this list who made their own medieval academic gown (in addition to defending their dissertation)and sent a photo journal of the process? Patty ________________________________________
On 7/24/2011 10:16 AM, Heather Rose Jones wrote: > On Jul 23, 2011, at 6:36 PM, "Susan B. Farmer"<[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Second -- what I'm looking for is what was Medieval/Renaissance Dress. Our >> dean keeps saying that Academic Dress (tm) is unchanged since the 14th >> Century -- I want to know what 14th C Academic Dress looks like! >> > > When I get home I'll give you the reference for what I found when I had a > similar question. The short version of my own conclusions was "the styles are > clearly related, but if you showed up at a modern college graduation wearing > a 14th c cap and gown, it would be instantly identified as odd. " > Thanks! I've threatened to do just that, though. Susan _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
