What Anne so dearly longs for is "leg o' mutton" sleeves. Just google it. The Anne books take place from the late 1890's all the way to 1919 with Rilla of Ingleside so the fashions are fairly easy to figure out for these books. I am an ardent L.M.Montgomery fan.
Bice On 10/16/05, Gail & Scott Finke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My daughter is re-reading the Anne of Green Gables books for the third or > fourth time. She wants to know what the dress with "puffed sleeves" that > Anne longs for as a child would look like. I am not familiar with that > period. I know, I know, I can look it up. But I thought someone here might > know off the top of his/her head. > > Thanks in advance! > > Gail Finke > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume