Vicki,
You definitely want some upper-class stockings then. Get natural
color, or match your shoes. An older woman might match the shoes.
I remember my grandmother's stockings (she married in 1913), which
were heavy, opaque and had seams. Of course, my memory is from the
50s. . . she
I wish I could find that article -- I think it was written by Irene Castle
and it made the rounds of the Vintage Dance crowd back in the 1980s.
Anyway, the good news about the Amish cotton stockings is that they're
easy to dye. What I'm trying to remember is if the article advised
matching the
Where is a good link to buy the Amish cotton stockings?
- Marion
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Marion wrote:
Where is a good link to buy the Amish cotton stockings?
I'd try Gohn Brothers first.
They're in Indiana -- their website is really rudimentary, but you can call
them or write and ask for a catalog.
Call Toll Free - (1-800-595-0031)
P.O. Box 1110
Middlebury IN, 46540
It's
I'm outside my usual area of 19th century clothing. What kind of stockings
would be worn with a 1917 lawn day dress? It falls about mid-calf, and will
be worn with lace-up oxford type shoes.
Thanks!
Vicki Betts
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Something along these lines:
http://archive.org/stream/columbiabookofya02schu#page/202/mode/1up
from the Columbia Book of Yarns, 1916 edition.
Ann in CT
I'm outside my usual area of 19th century clothing. What kind of stockings
would be worn with a
There were so many options by that time. Lots of machine-made stockings.
Remember that seams on nylons were around through the 1950s. Shaped,
seamed stockings would be nicer than machine-knit in the round.
There is something written about that time about how to dress with taste,
and I think it
Thanks for everyone's input. I should have told you that I'll be a
middle-aged woman, small town (15,000 population in hot Texas) but upper
class and well-traveled, a suffragette who has campaigned in Austin and
Washington, DC. The dress is really nice green lawn with a stylized cream
and dark
