I saw this on another list and I thought I'd check with the wise folks on this list. I've never heard this before. Truth or myth?
" I took a history of fashion class in college (design major) and the decorative cutting of clothes goes back to the 16th century if not earlier. It started with the german warriors who would take the fine silk clothing of the people they bested in battle but the clothing was too small (these were evidently big guys) so they cut the pants up in decorative slashes so that they could still wear them. (look up "landschkinects") This was of course before the invention of the washing machine so the fabric didn't disintegrate like it would now with modern washing practices. And the fashion spread throughout Europe. The frayed edges of the cuts were definitely part of the design element of it to the extent that there were some fabrics woven to look like they had been decoratively cut...the frayed edge duplicated with an overlaid weft that was severed after weaving (like velvet, only in spots) and there were special chisels made for the tailors to do the cutting with." Thanks for your wisdom Julie On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send h-costume mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of h-costume digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. LonCon Membership for sale ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 16:06:49 -0400 (EDT) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [h-cost] LonCon Membership for sale > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello, > I am selling my membership to LonCon, the world SF con in London. I am > asking $100, which is what it cost me at ChiCon. > Henry Osier > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > End of h-costume Digest, Vol 13, Issue 62 > ***************************************** > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
