Re: [h-cost] bifurcated garments

2013-03-22 Thread Maggie Koenig
I'm starting to wonder if our ancestors found the idea of women in pants as shocking as we think they did. I keep finding examples of women wearing them in the 19th century. The bloomer costume as reform dress, the bathing costumes, women in camping and hiking situations, women on the westward

[h-cost] Bounces

2013-03-22 Thread costumegal66
Eliza, Would you please check into a problem for me. For the past two months when I send a message to h-costume or reply to a post, my email bounces.   The bounce message states that my email address is marked as spam.  I am receiving posts okay. Penny Ladnier From my Android phone on

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-22 Thread R Lloyd Mitchell
Amelia Bloomer gets the credit, but she and her sister and other friends were not the first to make the bifurcated scene . There were several religious groups who tried a fashion reform as a peculiar identity for their sect as well as diversity clothing. Robert Owen with his group at New

Re: [h-cost] bifurcated garments

2013-03-22 Thread Carmen Beaudry
I have pictures (somewhere) of my great-grandmother working on the farm in pants. I also seem to remember that when my grandmother was very small and left out to herd the sheep, that she wore boy's clothes. I, of course, was more shocked to learn that an eight-year-old would be left alone

[h-cost] One more about the Embellishments book

2013-03-22 Thread Astrida Schaeffer
It's taken longer than I thought, but I just got word that my Kickstarter has been approved. So for those interested in checking it out, it's at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1285190256/embellishments-constructing-victorian-detail At the very least it has nice images of some of the

Re: [h-cost] bifurcated garments

2013-03-22 Thread Marjorie Wilser
I agree, Maggie, if my conservative proper ancestors wore'em so early. . . Perhaps the shocking aspect we hear so much about in fashion history texts was when *fashionable* women wore them! Perhaps little worn by the anonymous classes was considered shocking: only in the upper and

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-22 Thread CC2010Milw
Hello! Thank you, everyone! I am happily surprised with the amount of answers! It makes me afraid of asking What do you call that little nibby bit on the end of a shoe lace? Just kidding on that. Henry ___ h-costume mailing list

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-22 Thread Purple Kat
Aiglet... Katheryne (ducking and giggling) On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:41 PM, cc2010m...@cs.com wrote: Hello! Thank you, everyone! I am happily surprised with the amount of answers! It makes me afraid of asking What do you call that little nibby bit on the end of a shoe lace? Just

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-22 Thread Rickard, Patty
This time of year maybe we should say egglet? Ceit -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Purple Kat Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 2:48 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants Aiglet... Katheryne

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-22 Thread Purple Kat
oh n,,, not pun-ishment.. SIGH ,, I guess the yolks on me ... Katheryne On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Rickard, Patty ricka...@mountunion.edu wrote: This time of year maybe we should say egglet? Ceit -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com