Melanie Schuessler wrote:
On Feb 21, 2008, at 10:13 AM, Chris Laning wrote:
For instance, Robin is fond of pointing out that elaborately
decorated or jeweled bands along the hemline are usually confined to
"queens, saints, angels and other people who don't have to worry
about getting their hems dirty." ;)
I'd like to point out that in the 16th century, highly decorated bands
along the hemline were actually fashionable. It's true that only
certain people (the wealthy) could afford them, but they're not
markers of imaginary clothing in the 16th like they might be in
earlier centuries.
Every century and culture has its real but impractical clothing. The
Japanese fashion of nagabakama (those long pants that trail for a meter
or so behind you) was never practical, and really only wearable if one
never left the confines of castles or shrines with immaculately polished
floors.
andy
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