This isn't my period, but I always envisioned a town crier to look a bit like this guy with stockings and buckled shoes: http://www.noquartergiven.net/hamptonbbfestival.htm (about 1/3 down the page) It would certainly be less work than all of those buttonholes on the gaiters. :)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings Earthlings, I'm making a 1770's colonial rural town crier. ... And maybe some gaiters. I like the look of all those buttons up the outside calf. But I do also have riding boots... but I'd have to put a cuff on them and I don't know if he wants to fool with boots. Of course all the buttons on the gaiters! Talk about fooling with something. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume