Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor
>>> Lavolta Press <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 26/01/2007 02:58 >>> wrote: >Bear in mind that the meanings of many Victorian color names changed >from fashion season to fashion season; and also, different, trendier >names were often applied to the same old colors. I find this is still true. Here in the UK "aubergine" is usually a dark purple (the colour of what you Americans call eggplants), but in a recent catalogue I've seen the name applied to a lighter pinkish-purple. ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
