Vicki,
You definitely want some upper-class stockings then. Get natural
color, or match your shoes. An older woman might match the shoes.
I remember my grandmother's stockings (she married in 1913), which
were heavy, opaque and had seams. Of course, my memory is from the
50s. . . she hadn't changed her stocking style, or her shoes (black
oxfords with 1-1/2 inch heels). She was a conservative dressing farm
wife.
Your lady might wear slightly less opaque hose, but I'm betting the
shoes are the same. Little patterns of holes in the toes, right? lace
ups, stack heels.
Too bad you couldn't find the double strap kind. They are more
flattering for your feet and would look more upper class. Of course, a
suffragette who walks in parades probably would prefer the oxfords
anyway ;)
==Marjorie Wilser
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Three Toad Press
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On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Vicki Betts wrote:
Thanks for everyone's input. I should have told you that I'll be a
middle-aged woman, small town (15,000 population in hot Texas) but
upper
class and well-traveled, a suffragette who has campaigned in Austin
and
Washington, DC. The dress is really nice green lawn with a stylized
cream
and dark brown vertical ivy motif. The top of the dress is the
Armistice
blouse but the collar and cuffs are cut from a white linen table
runner with
drawn threads. I attached a mid-calf skirt and I'm using a self
fabric belt
with an oval mother of pearl(ish) pass through buckle about five
inches top
to bottom and maybe two inches side to side. I'm planning on a
cream silk
georgette broad brimmed hat, deep crown, with feathers. I tried to
get some
shoes with a double buttoned strap, but I'm settling for a pair of
oxford
type shoes, dark brown to almost black.
Vicki Betts
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