"Costume" doesn't have the same ambiguity for British people, as we would call the sort of thing Americans wear at Hallowe'en "fancy dress" (though my late father, born in 1907, used to call a woman's suit a costume).
In my re-enactment society we, too, call our period clothing "kit". Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor _____________________________________________________________________ The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk. The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
