Waist??

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Waist??

05-22-2004, 01:36 PM

A few months back I bought my fiancee Who Wore What, she has been reading and flipping through and was very taken with what are reffered to as Waist. When are these appropriate; and when not? Are there currently any sutlers who sell these?

Also what about these Medicci belts? I am seeing more and more carried by sutlers, but how common were belts of this type?

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Emmanuel Dabney

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05-23-2004, 08:41 AM

Re: Waist??

Similiar question was just asked/answered on CWreenactors.com (aka Szabo's). I provide you the link here: http://www.cwreenactors.com/dcforum/civilian/4367.html

The bottom line to these blouses/waists/Medici belts not in the commoners everyday wardrobe or even high class. Young (so it has been thought 25-26 being a cut off for these items), extremely fashionable, and therefore well-to-do women would have had the ability to have this stuff in their wardrobes.

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