>From what I understand about her, she wouldn't be one to wear the "at home" >dress. She was much less formal. ;-) Teena
________________________________ From: R Lloyd Mitchell <rmitch...@staff.washjeff.edu> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 6:12 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Nell Gwyn What was 'undress' in this time period re "at home"...or stage door expectation -----Original Message----- From: "Beteena Paradise" <bete...@mostlymedieval.com> Sent 7/10/2012 6:06:19 PM To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Nell GwynTo me it sounds a bit like what you see so often at a renn faire. Her smock with a sleeveless bodice over it and a skirt. ? Teena ________________________________ From: Linda Walton <linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com> To: "h-cost...@indra.com" <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 5:53 PM Subject: [h-cost] Nell Gwyn I found this in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: "Pepys saw Nell again on 1 May 1667, standing at her lodgings' door in Drury Lane (off Bridges Street, the site of the King's Theatre), ?in her smock sleeves and bodice ? she seemed a mighty pretty creature? (Pepys, 8.193)." Please, I'd very much like to know what Nell Gwyn was wearing:? can anyone suggest an illustration which might help? Linda Walton. _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
