On Thursday 04 January 2007 1:11 am, Penny Ladnier wrote: > Okay, I caught up on the topic... I'm sorry for my stupid question. > > I am wondering if these Egyptian dresses that were found in the 1920s were > what made beaded dresses in the 1920s so fashionable. From my research, > they appear in fashion around the same time as the dates of the beaded > Egyptian dress finds.
They do, but the "beaded dresses" Rosalind Hall (?) Janessen talks about are significantly different than the finely beaded creations of the 1920s. They are a coarse mesh, made of either linen thread or large beads. Some of the western "beaded dresses" may incorporate motifs from Egyptian pictorial art, but I don't think the actual ancient "beaded dresses" were that big a factor. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity." --Robert Frost _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
