> the Mode-in books were considered very doubtful sources. All of them.
That's Ruth Turner Wilcox, and The Mode In Costume was originally published in 1948. Interesting also, speaking of re-drawings, to compare any garment which appears both in Janet Arnold and Nancy Bradfield, and there are several. I trust both these women to have good eyes for authentic detail, but when comparing any such pair of garment illustrations one finds that the proportions are slightly different between them. We need to remember that any redrawing is a secondary source at best. Sometimes Wilcox is not even a secondary source. My favorite example she got from Vecellio, who wasn't a primary source either. (Wilcox substituted heeled shoes and trousers where Vecellio shows a skirt and flat shoes.) -- Carolyn Kayta Barrows -- “The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed.” -William Gibson -- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
