the term "kit" a lot.
I like "kit" because, to me, it implies all the other stuff one takes along
besides actual clothes.
Ann Wass
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From: Beteena Paradise <bete...@mostlymedieval.com>
To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
Sent: Tue, Oct 12, 2010 2:29 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Words for clothes (WAS: Re: I found my way back!)
In the UK, you hear the term "kit" a lot. When doing my Victorian stuff, we
sually say we are going in kit instead of in garb or in costume. :)
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rom: Chris Laning <clan...@igc.org>
o: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com>
ent: Tue, October 12, 2010 4:35:50 PM
ubject: [h-cost] Words for clothes (WAS: Re: I found my way back!)
n Oct 12, 2010, at 6:02 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote:
> Now here is another interesting use of a word for one's clothing and
accouterments. Had to look up exactly what "regalia" means--I have of course
seen it to mean one's trappings, outfit, etc. Its origin, though, which makes
sense if one thinks about it, is the rights and privileges belong to a monarch
or ruler.
I referred to myself as a costume historian to a War of 1812 reenactor, and he
>insisted his outfit is clothing, not costume. Yet, among square dancers, the
preferred term for the matching outfits worn by everyone on the committee of a
national square dance convention is "costume."
Clothing, apparel, attire, costume, regalia--I guess it is like one's own
personal name--one should use the term the individual (or group) prefers.
However, one shouldn't be offended if a poor soul uses the wrong term because
one doesn't know what that group prefers!
nd in the Society for Creative Anachronism it's "garb."
When people are talking about their medieval clothes, they are sometimes garb,
ometimes simply clothes -- very few people call them a "costume" (at least in
y hearing), although someone who makes such medieval clothes is usually a
costumer."
I prefer "clothes," as do many of the people I hang out with, but "garb" is
andy as a one-word term for "the clothes I wear to SCA events, as opposed to
he clothes I wear on other days."
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