Make that Colorado, not Colorado, silly autocorrect! On Thursday, January 19, 2012, Alexandria Doyle <garbaho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 <sha...@collierfam.com> 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: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On >> Behalf Of Angelique Carlson >> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:28 AM >> To: h-cost...@indra.com >> 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 >> 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 >> > > -- > So much to do and so little attention span to get it done with… >
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