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Title: A very interesting read
Post by: Capt Gabriela Fullpepper on December 09, 2013, 09:23:25 AM
http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2013/12/09/what-did-a-noble-tudor-lady-wear/ (http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2013/12/09/what-did-a-noble-tudor-lady-wear/)
Title: Re: A very interesting read
Post by: DonaCatalina on December 10, 2013, 05:14:07 AM
It is interesting- but it perpetuates some of the color myths that have been dis-proven with documentary evidence by others. (http://www.kimiko1.com/research-16th/CostumeMythsWS/myth24.html)
Title: Re: A very interesting read
Post by: isabelladangelo on December 12, 2013, 10:28:40 AM
There are so many mistakes in that it's rather ridiculous.  As Dona Catalina already pointed out, the whole color thing is a complete myth.  (And if the writer bothered to read the sumptuary laws of the day, she would learn quickly that the purple thing only dealt with silk.   ...also, it was a very specific color.  What we call purple today was perfectly fine.   

http://www.elizabethan.org/sumptuary/who-wears-what.html (http://www.elizabethan.org/sumptuary/who-wears-what.html)