My grandmother was convinced that, although flannel was warmer than other kinds of fabric for underthings, the warmest flannel was red. Something in the color insured that it was better for winter than any other color of flannel. It could even be plaid, but it HAD to be mostly red. She had a large piece of red flannel she'd wrap around the neck of anyone who was sick. I saw her wear it many times and I wore it myself if I visited when I was sick. She had (white) flannel vests to wear under her slips when it was winter and one red vest for those really cold days. And she lived in San Francisco, not the coldest area of the world! LynnD
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Angelique Carlson <subversivey...@me.com>wrote: > This topic is really interesting. My great grandmother, post Victorian > and a very conservative dresser, wore a red winter petticoat. I believe it > was flannel. When I was young I though that it was amazing and wanted one > of my own. I wonder how ideas and colors of underpinnings have changed. > > Angelique > > Grandmother was a tee totaling Methodist and not wild in the least. She > did bake an excellent sugar cream pie and smelled like Lavendar. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
