Actually, I'm part of the generation that found pantyhose a Much more comfortable option than stockings, garterbelt (or girdle) and garters. (Of course, this begs the question of stockings to begin with.)
Patty -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JAMES OGILVIE Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 11:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] comfort vs. fashion Anyone who thinks that people wear clothing for comfort and practicality should contemplate the wearing of pantihose. Janet >>It is surely interesting to think logically about such a problem, but, >>just as you say, we can never rely on it, and, as we all know, people >>didn't always act very logically and didn't choose the most comfortable >>garments they could. Think of all those corsets and hoop petticoats and >>cage crinolines - the latest being worn even by lower-class working women >>that would surely need a more practical dress than the bourgeoise and >>nobility. > >While it's certainly true that some fashions are more inconvenient than >others on a purely practical level, I think that saying that people acted >illogically and chose uncomfortable garments is misleading. We tend to >think that our current fashion is the most logical, comfortable, and >lovely one, but people in the past thought the same thing> >So I must agree with Heather that it's dangerous to use modern ideas of >what is comfortable to evaluate historical clothing practices. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
