Hot looks for 1775

Corsican (TX) Daily Sun ^ | January 15, 2011 | Janet Jacobs

[Pharmboy]

Although I usually do NOT report on local news regarding the RevWar or other topics touched on by this ping list (e.g., DAR or SAR meetings, commemorations, anniversaries), I posted and pinged this one for two reasons: 1) a lot of good information about colonial life here (I did not know that underwear was not worn by the ladies back then) and 2) I could post the whole article.

[blam]

My grandmother wore clothes similar to those.

[A_perfect_lady]

I love the dresses... I love anything that covers the extra 20 lbs I’m carrying. But no underwear, and then not bathing for 2-3 weeks?(shudder)

[Pharmboy]

The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list...

Freepmail me to get on or off this low-volume list

[Vendome]

I like attire like that.

Much easier to remove.

[Hootowl99]

Interesting... Thanks for posting this and please add me to your ping list.

[Pharmboy]

Can you imagine our colonials seeing her?? What might have startled them more—blue bikini gal or a Ford F-150?

[Red_Devil 232]

Third from the left, "Does this make my rear look big?"

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Thanks for posting this interesting article. It’s a wonder the population didn’t die out with the hygiene habits common back then. Indoor plumbing, Thomas Crapper’s inventions and the modern waterworks and sewage works have done wonders for hygiene and public health.

Kudos to Ms. Carolyn Schiewe for personally researching and hand-making these beautiful dresses. What a labor of love! She must be a wonderful lady.

[DejaJude]

Can you imagine our colonials seeing her?? What might have startled them more—blue bikini gal or a Ford F-150?

I would guess the women folk would have been shocked to see her in all that water since they didn't bathe very often.

[Lorianne]

Thanks for posting this!
I love the beautiful fabrics.
The creativeness of women sewing their clothes in days gone by never ceases to amaze.

[null and void]

I’ve looked and looked and looked. I just can’t see the Ford F-150 in that photo.

[Hoosier Catholic Momma]

Please put me on your ping list! I’ve always loved history, but until the last couple of years, never fully appreciated this era.

Watched the first two episodes of ‘John Adams’ last night on DVD (again)...if you can make it through those two episodes alone and not feel proud to be an American, then you need to pack up and get the h*** out of here!

[ottbmare]

The styles of the past were a lot more flattering to people than today’s styles. I find especially that the dresses of the nineteenth century were flattering to older and/or heavier ladies. Even a rather heavy woman looks grand and dignified in a long, waisted dress with a moderate hoop or a corded petticoat, as opposed to the shorts and tank tops that let all the flab, cellulite, leg hair, and varicose veins hang on. Rarely attractive on anyone over forty.

[ExpatCanuck]

“No. Your rear end makes your rear end look big.”.

[Pharmboy]

The fact that you're still alive means that you've only thought about saying that...

[Pharmboy]

The fact that you're still alive means that you've only thought about saying that...

[LibFreeOrDie]

No underwear inspired the earlier Tudor dance, “The Volt” (shown here in the trailer for Disney’s 1953 “The Sword and the Rose”):

http://disneymoviesonline.go.com/movies/the-sword-and-the-rose-750000000130/

[My hearts in London - Everett]

Both of my daughters wish we still dressed that way ~ and they’re 24 years old. They love the way ladies dressed then.