I happened to come across this site<http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/varangians.shtml>a few months ago after I had decided to get around to finishing this doll <http://www.smallwork.com/babayaga.html>:
Just before resuming work I happened to have made my first Viking dress. I am by no means an expert in this area, but the similarities jumped right out at me. It has also made me ponder the Viking Celtic relationship..... Sg <http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/varangians.shtml> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond < ca...@thyrsus.com> wrote: > On Monday 28 September 2009 3:50:13 pm Käthe Barrows wrote: > > Is the sarafan a relative of the apron dress?? > > > > I don't think so. It has sides, and, in its recent configurations, it > > has straps sewn right on. They're wide apart in front and close > > together in back. And the garment doesn't seem to go back farther > > than the 1600s (I tried researching one for SCA wear, and they're not > > quite early enough.) > > More to the point, the sarafan doesn't show up until long after the Viking > apron dress was... history. > > -- > Cathy Raymond <ca...@thyrsus.com> > > "A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." > --Walter Bagehot > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
