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17th-century dress belonging to English noblewoman found on Dutch island
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| April 24, 2016
Posted on 04/24/2016 6:11:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:11:38 AM PDT
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Kaslin
To: Kaslin
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:12:29 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Thirteen years on Free Republic made me a feminist.)
To: Kaslin
Historians believe the dress belonged to the Countess of Roxburge, Jean Kerr.
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:16:47 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(Thirteen years on Free Republic made me a feminist.)
To: Kaslin
Can’t wait for the vintage clothing auction on ebay, bidding should be legendary.
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:24:36 AM PDT
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Buttons12
( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
To: Buttons12
A replica could be attempted ... looks like it would fit an 11-year-old.
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:25:41 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(The kitten's name is Bonkers.)
To: Buttons12
The late sixties and early seventies bloomed a vintage clothing interest.
It never stuck, but some ladies were absolutely lovely in that style of clothing
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:27:21 AM PDT
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knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
To: Tax-chick
A replica could be attempted ... looks like it would fit an 11-year-old. Exxxxxcellent! That's my size.
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04/24/2016 6:28:14 AM PDT
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Buttons12
( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
To: Tax-chick
That’s what I was thinking. I read that except for Scotland, most people in that area were much smaller than we are and women averaged 5’ to 5’3” while men averaged 5’6”. The Scots (men) were about 6’1”. My ancestors came here from Scotland in the 1700’s during the clearances and most males in my family are 6’ to 6’5”.
To: Buttons12
That’s an advantage if you want to wear historic fashions. I’m taller.
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04/24/2016 6:30:14 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(The kitten's name is Bonkers.)
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:30:28 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
To: Tennessee Conservative
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:33:59 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(The kitten's name is Bonkers.)
To: Tennessee Conservative
It was the hardy Scots-Irish who settled the frontier areas of western PA, Ohio and Kentucky starting in the mid 1700’s.
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:36:27 AM PDT
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Ciexyz
("You know who gets hurt? The people who worked hard, lived frugally, and saved their money."- Trump)
To: Tax-chick
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04/24/2016 6:38:41 AM PDT
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ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: ConservativeMind
The ship sank in 1643, when the countess was almost 60. Maybe she just had a small build, or was corseted extremely tightly, or the display or photograph gives a mistaken impression of the dress size.
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:42:02 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
(The kitten's name is Bonkers.)
To: Tax-chick
Here is a picture of the dress
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posted on
04/24/2016 6:45:37 AM PDT
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Kaslin
(He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
To: Buttons12
Exxxxxcellent! That's my size.My ex #3 was a size 00. How does that compare to this dress?
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posted on
04/24/2016 7:13:27 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Jus Soli + Jus Sanguinis = NBC)
To: knarf
It never stuck, but some ladies were absolutely lovely in that style of clothing Some ladies are absolutely lovely in anything.
Or nothing...
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posted on
04/24/2016 7:54:31 AM PDT
by
null and void
("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
To: Tax-chick
I’ve got tons of vintage attire. Being a history buff I often go to CW reenanctments and have rarely had to rent costumes. :D
And then there’s Gunne Sax. I usually have to alter them, but they’re best on taller women. Quickest way to look like a prairie goddess!
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posted on
04/24/2016 7:58:52 AM PDT
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Buttons12
( It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis.)
To: Kaslin
So the English were marring off there daughters at age 10 and delivering them at age 11.
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posted on
04/24/2016 8:06:24 AM PDT
by
Revel
To: Revel
I suppose it’s better than marrying at 6 and delivering at 9.
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