Bear in mind I'm no expert, but they really do appear to be something a woman would have worn. Not sure if any have laundry marks, but that would cinch it as we know all the initials of the entire Reed family.
Perhaps she was introducing "sacque" as a generic term? Like "shoe" could describe an extremely wide variety of footwear... okay, I'm seriously reaching here. As for the meaning of VCR... this was all done way before my time, and these notes were transcribed from something. I'll ask. Dede _________________________ West Village Studio www.workroombuttons.com --- On Wed, 9/14/11, cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com <cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com> wrote: Best thing would be if you could post a photo of one or two of these garments (spread out flat would be sufficient). From the description you quoted, these sound like just...shirts. Or shifts. I don't think "sacque" is a term used for these garments either in that time period or modernly...except that she refers to "a man's sacque coat" though I don't see how that relates to the garments described thereafter. The generic dictionary definition for "sacque" is "a woman's full loose hip-length jacket" (dictionary.com) and what she describes doesn't fit that definition. What is "the VCR?" _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
