Russians have considered red as a "woman's "Colorado, and was good luck for special garments/occassions. I don't know if that has an impact.
alex On Thursday, January 19, 2012, Sharon Collier <[email protected]> wrote: > Red flannel was believed to be warmer, I believe, maybe because of the > color. Or maybe flannel originally only came in red, so the tradition was > established that way. > Sharon C. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Angelique Carlson > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [h-cost] Victorian Underpinnings > > 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 > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
