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
On 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
It's a funny thing, since the Costume Society of America says it's
all costume, even what I'm wearing right now. :-)
For many people, costume is for Halloween and theater, so most
groups who have specialized clothing for other purposes will pick
another term. Any word we choose can
This makes me wonder when do the term clothes come into use. I have not
seen the term used up to the 1920s.
Penny Ladnier
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The first instance listed by the Oxford English Dictionary for apparel
is circa 800 AD. For bed clothing, circa 300 AD.
Fran
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On 10/12/2010 11:01 AM, penny1a wrote:
This makes me wonder when do the term clothes come
Astrida
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It's a funny thing, since the Costume Society
Subject: [h-cost] Words for clothes (WAS: Re: I found my way back!)
On 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
I really think it depends upon who you are talking to as to the term used.
Last weekend, I was around the general public and referred to my work as a
fashion historian. This is the easiest term for the general public to
understand. But I did explain to those interested the Costume
of in garb or in costume. :)
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Subject: [h-cost] Words for clothes (WAS: Re: I found my way back!)
On Oct 12, 2010, at 6:02 AM, annbw...@aol.com wrote
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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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Usually it does. Most Norse reinactors when saying kit usually means
clothing, knives, shoes, belt...etc.
De
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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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In
I always explain that what we wear in my reenactment group are clothes.
Costumes would not survive the work-a-day life they get in our endeavors.
My title, suggested by a very discerning friend, is Historic Clothing
Coordinator. Grand, ain't it? ;D
Ever,
Regina Lawson
Historic Clothing
I have deleted the relevant message in this thread, but am replying just the
same.
Use of the term Clothes--Just dated it to 1867, as Horatio Alger's Ragged
Dick uses the term on its third page.
Ann in CT
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I have deleted the relevant message in this thread, but am replying just the
same.
Use of the term Clothes--Just dated it to 1867, as Horatio Alger's Ragged
Dick uses the term on its third page.
Ann in CT
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