[email protected] wrote: > Children wore liberty bodices and horrible things they were, > too! To me a spencer was always a fine wool garment worn > next to the skin. It could have long or short sleeves, > round or v neck. In the days before central heating it > enabled you to be warm and yet look smart without having an > extra layer on top of a pretty dress.
When I was small (early 1940s), I wore a vest (UK) next to my skin - in the winter this was made of fine wool jersey fabric, and had a round neck and short sleeves (a bit like a Tshirt). In the really cold weather, I wore a liberty bodice on top of my vest; this was also made of wool, and it had a low round neck and no sleeves (a singlet shape). It had cotton tapes running from the shoulder seams down to the bottom edge, and there were buttons near the bottom to attach suspenders - elastic, to hold up my brown woolly stockings. Then on top of those layers I had my shirt, jumper, and other layers to try to keep warm. Later on, from teenage onwards, I had a bra next to my skin; and on top of that, rather than (sometimes as well as) a vest, I wore a spencer. This was made of fine wool, knitted in a pretty lacey pattern, with a low round neck and long sleeves. No buttons, so not like a cardigan. And all of that was hidden under the blouse, jumper, or whatever. Margery. ======================================== [email protected] in North Herts, UK ======================================== - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
