Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-21 Thread Kate Bunting
I had a pair of dark red corduroy knickerbockers in the early 1980s. Being used to wearing breeches as a musketeer in the Sealed Knot, and finding them comfortable, I was happy to follow the fashion. I remember my mother telling me years ago that plus-fours were so called because they had an

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-21 Thread Rickard, Patty
And let's not forget clam-diggers - similar to either capri pants or pedal-pushers, also from around the 1950s. Patty -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of aqua...@patriot.net Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:07 PM To:

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-21 Thread Rickard, Patty
I guess I should read all the posts before replying - fun memories. Patty -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Rickard, Patty Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 9:06 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Terms for

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-21 Thread Kathryn Pinner
Seems to me that my daughter (27) and several students (college/high school) recently (in the past 2-3 years) was wearing 'floods'jeans cuffed up to the lower calf. Kate Pinner Costume Scenic Design Tech. Coord., Kelsey Theatre, MCCC 609-570-3584 pinn...@mccc.edu

Re: [h-cost] Terms for pants

2013-03-21 Thread R Lloyd Mitchell
No one seems to have mentioned bifurcated garments...19th C. review and philosophy of women wearing male garments...including Bible Quotations...Lots of interesting examples there! From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On

[h-cost] bifurcated garments

2013-03-21 Thread Marjorie Wilser
I was astounded to learn that my very proper great-great grandmother and her daughters wore bifurcated garments on the Oregon Trail-- in 1852, very soon after Amelia Bloomer was named as their creator. One of the older daughters wrote about their experience and how the garments made

[h-cost] Doll-clothes brain

2013-03-21 Thread Lauren Walker
So, since my last installment, I've been working away on making 9 rows of bias ruched organza quilling trim in 1/12 scale for an 1849 evening dress. Tomorrow I'll make the satin underskirt and start on the 16 ribbon roses. And then there can finally be pictures. (Penny Ladnier, if you're