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junehur
Upstart Joined: 18 Jul 2008 Posts: 31	Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 8:46 pm    Post subject: Masquerade   Quote: most women tended to use it as an opportunity to wear lavish, sometimes immodest clothing under the guise of "historical accuracy" Does this mean a Regency lady could even wear an 18th century era dress with its voluminous skirt and hair wig?
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Wellies
Lady of the Order of Bluestocking Joined: 11 Feb 2009 Posts: 305 Location: In exile...	Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 1:00 am    Post subject:   Quote: Does this mean a Regency lady could even wear an 18th century era dress with its voluminous skirt and hair wig? I would think so. From what I have read in the meantime, basically any previous era of history can be considered "poaching ground" for costume ideas. And those 18th century dresses were gorgeous! _________________ I have the honour to be etc. Wellies "Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained." -- The Duke of Wellington
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