Re: [h-cost] red for marriage dress

2012-11-16 Thread Catherine Walton
just for comparison, here's a short item from my newspaper today about changes in the use of red in China, where wedding gowns used to be red Catherine Linda Walton (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). Color red takes on new meanings in modern China | World news | The Guardian = The

Re: [h-cost] red for marriage dress

2012-11-14 Thread annbwass
Somehow I never got the original thread of this conversation--just two follow-ons--so I'm confused. Ann Wass -Original Message- From: Patricia Dunham chim...@ravensgard.org To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Tue, Nov 13, 2012 9:32 pm Subject: Re: [h-cost] red

[h-cost] red for marriage dress

2012-11-13 Thread snspies
The statement comes from Mary Taylor Simeti's book, Travels with a Medieval Queen and is found on page 98. Nancy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume

Re: [h-cost] red for marriage dress

2012-11-13 Thread Patricia Dunham
Nothing I've found on-line indicates any academic background at all for Ms Simeti. She has written 4 books, mostly based on her life in Sicily with her Italian husband, including 2 cookbooks. chimene On Nov 13, 2012, at 11:29 AM, snsp...@aol.com wrote: The statement comes from Mary Taylor