"agree...except white wedding dresses..." Lyn
***
In reference to the white
wedding dress, I didn't mean as far as long term tradition, or
ties to wealth
or royalty...just that white indicates purity, something difficult to attain
or not worn daily (white) or perhaps
some form of exalted state
rom
London where I assume they were a little more ahead in the fashion stakes!
>From Angela in cold damp Sussex England
--- On Sun, 17/7/11, lynrbai...@desupernet.net
wrote:
From: lynrbai...@desupernet.net
Subject: Re: [lace] Re: Lace - White
To: elationrelat...@yahoo.com
Cc: lace@ara
al Message-
>From: Susan Reishus
>Sent: Jul 17, 2011 10:01 AM
>To: Arachne Lace
>Subject: [lace] Re: Lace - White
>
>"I would also bet that keeping clothing white was very difficult and
>expensive in the middle ages and so that also showed off a person's
&
Susan Reishus wrote:
> I am knitting white tip towels and hand towels, and when asked what
I am doing,
> the first comment is, "Oh that will be hard to clean!" when I feel
it is quite
> the opposite. My sister got similar comments to her queries about
why most
> things were white, when buying h
"I would also bet that keeping clothing white was very difficult and
expensive in the middle ages and so that also showed off a person's
wealth."
Liz Redford
"White meant rich." Lyn in PA
***
That is what first came to
mind for me. My grandmother and mother had to have everything "white" of t
