In a message dated 8/15/2006 5:56:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Most people don't realize that what they're wearing right now, like as they're reading this e-mail, will be considered historical 100 years from now. ******************** Sure we do! But I suppose people who don't care about clothes don't think about it in those terms. But this works in many other areas than fashion. I recently got some old "Laugh In" episodes on DVD. The minute I saw that old NBC peacock come up on the screen a million synapses fired in my brain that hadn't fired since 1968! I remembered piling into the car with the folks to go see my Dad's friend's new color TV. It was the 1st color TV on the block and there were only like 3 shows in color then...that peacock was the 1st thing I ever saw in color on a TV. Look at music... The vinyl record is gone. The CD disc is well on the way out being replaced by iPod technology. When one's in the thick of it, it's hard to see sometimes. Anyway, as far as clothes go, who knows what the future will latch onto or how they will interpret it. Going back to 1968....I have like 3 dresses of Mother's made of grey flannel, decorated with rhinestones. Grey flannel and rhinestones? Three of them? Was that a "thing" that fall? Will it be documented in fashion mags? How will the Kyoto accessorize it? What would an 18th century person think of the way the Kyoto displayed those 18th century gowns? We love it [well, I do] but would our 18th century time travelers approve? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
