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 entir
Where is a good link to buy the Amish cotton stockings?
- Marion
___
h-costume mailing list
h-costume@mail.indra.com
http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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 sto
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 hadn