On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Teragram wrote:
> move, long loose flowing clothes get caught in or dragged through things,
But they sure are warm, and I found out with the SCA just how practical
long skirts really are for doing what a bear does in the woods. MUCH
more practical than jeans!
PS - the SCA Rennies tell me that their backs ache a lot less after a
long day in the field when they wear corsets or boned bodices or
doublets than without. I haven't tried it yet,b ut I wonder if they have
a point? Men used to wear tight waistcoats for doing manual labor in the
18th century - was there a reason for that?
Speaking of sexual objectification, I'd hate to be a man wearing
late 15th century men's garb!
Patricia (Pat) Mathews
mathews@unm.edu
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