When did this evidence about Egyptian beaded net dresses surface? I
never heard of it before nor is it in my old costume history books.
It's been decades since I studied the history of costume, but since I'm
going to be teaching it this January I'd really like to keep up on
recent developments.
Sylrog
On Jan 2, 2007, at 9:34 PM, Heather Rose Jones wrote:
From the description, it sounds like it might have been inspired by a
surviving Egyptian "bead net" dress -- a very open network made of
threaded beads. The one I'm thinking of is basically a tubular sheath
with shoulder straps and at the bottom hem it has a "fringe" of
dangling flower-shaped beads. _Might_ -- I'd have to see the original
to know if the suspicion holds up. There's a rather dark photograph
of the item I'm thinking of about halfway down the page at:
http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kunoichi/themestream/sexuality.html
Heather
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