We viewed some of coaching weekend events at Newport a few years ago, at Marble House, it coincided with the Newport vintage Dance Week that year.
http://www.vintagedancers.org/newport/index.html It was really fun to watch them go through their paces, it added a bit more period ambiance to our week. Katy On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Beteena Paradise < bete...@mostlymedieval.com> wrote: > As support to my statement that the whip is the driver of the coach. Here is a website about an event in Newport which sounds lovely: > http://www.newportmansions.org/events/a-weekend-of-coaching > > A quote from the text on that website: "All seating is outside, with the driver, known as a "whip," sitting in the slightly elevated right front seat, and the whip’s wife or female relative taking up the “box seat” on the left. " > > Teena > > > ________________________________ > From: "penn...@costumegallery.com" <penn...@costumegallery.com> > To: h-costume <h-cost...@indra.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 12:41 AM > Subject: [h-cost] What is a Whip? > > I am working with a 1914 etiquette book and a person titled Whip is used in > the section about Dress When Driving. What / Who is a Whip in this context? > > > > "Men who are guests on a coach wear morning or afternoon dress according to > the hour of the day on which the vehicle makes its start. The whip, if the > host of the occasion, is usually arrayed in distinctive costume. A gray > suit is the usual selection for spring and summer, brown is a frequent > choice for the autumn.. In the country, and in summer, a gentleman whip > wears a light colored and light-weight suit, with brown shoes and gloves and > a straw or panama hat. > > > > For touring, or driving an automobile.No ceremonious costume for men has yet > been evolved to approximate, in style and completeness, the formal dress an > amateur whip wears." > > > > Penny Ladnier, owner > > The Costume Gallery Websites > > <http://www.costumegallery.com/> http://www.costumegallery.com/ > > 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history > > FaceBook: <http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery> > http://www.facebook.com/TheCostumeGallery > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
