I'm sorry, but this is complete bunkum!!! I've been looking into uniforms more than usual lately, as I've been doing lots of work for an army museum. Some aspects of the cut did not change, but the uniform patterns for all sections of the british services changed drastically between 1800 and 1900, and even more drastically after the turn of the century. (Obviously, army and navy, because of course the raf didn't exist till 1918). Also, some aspects of cut appear not to have changed when you look at the uniform (such as the underarm), when in reality it was completely different. The first places to contact in a search for info on rifles uniforms (it's the 95th, btw, not to be confused with the 60th (Royal Americans) - extrememly similar uniforms, but different facings and some differences in the lacing) would be the national army museum, and the imperial war museum, which may have something. From memory, the green howards museum may have something. This part of the NA may be able to help you too - http://www.95thrifles.com/ Obviously, if you're actually looking for the uniforms that appear in the tv shows, rather than a correct historical one, then the best thing to do is simply to get hold of lots of pictures of those uniforms, and watch the tv programs on dvd (so you can pause and zoom). Not all of the uniforms in the tv show were completely accurate (for example, the back of sharpe's dolman in the iIndian ones is simply an abomination!). If you need any other help or pointers, feel free to mail me off list - I'll try to get back to you as quickly as possible, but there may be a brief delay because I get married at the end of next week, and I'm still making my wedding dress :o) Debbie In a message dated 19/11/2008 06:07:11 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hmm, yes, but uniforms of the 1700-1800s did not move much, only some of the structuring changed. In fact British Admiralty uniforms of the 1930s would not have seemed too far out of place in the Regency period, _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
