Capt. Sterling

I'm next week's HOUSE episode... snigger...I was always a fan of Cesar Rodney... maybe now we have something in common. the worst bit is I can't put my glasses on and without them I cannot see to sew... ugh...

Nope... there is a big, black spot on the xray, doctors don't know what it is but that is exerted so much pressure that it not only bent my septum, but pushed it completely out of where it should be.

Yeah especially since no one can tell me why its broken...

If I am alone how the hell did I catch small crabs on the beach? See, I did get to take Mister Prostitute after all! ROTDLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE spicy food, I'm just not allowed to eat it...

Aye that I did...

? Find by whom?

This one shows the pleating I am always talking about rather well...

kind of reminds me of the Valdemar Slot Gown a bit around the front

And some interesting images, that have subjects that don't really seem to be wearing any type of hoop circa 1708-9 granted the last one is in the comfort of her own home circa 1693

Some clothing over hoops

The Weekly Journal of 1718 remarked: 'Nothing can be imagined more unnatural, and consequently less agreeable. When a slender virgin stands upon a base so exorbitantly wide, she resembles a funnel (inverted)- a figure of no great elegance;and Ihave seen many fine laides of a low stature who, when they sail in their hoops about an apartment, look like children in go-carts.' The Spectator of 1711 stated: "The hooped petticoat is made use of to keep us at a distance." London Magazine 1741, "the circular hoop... shew'd the Beauty of the Leg and Face... and gained admirers." According to The History of Underclothes... "the basic hooped petticoat, known as the cupola coat or bell hoop gave a dome shape or pyramidal form to the skirt of the dress. Its diameter varied from the pocket hoop. the smallest size, to the very large which could incommode the wearer and embarass the spectator-including the newspaper of that name, which recorded in 1711 seeing 'well shaped innocent Virgins bloated up, and waddling up and down like big-bellied Women." They site the earliest bell hoop could be seen from about 1710-until 1780 in various shapes.... And thank you Cheeky for posting that picture,, saved people having to wait

Learning from experience... NEVER eat very spicy food when yer nose is broken

I gotta say that Capt. Sterling has one of the greatest hats! I always think "Solomon Kane" when I see his photos (I know that Howard character was almost 200 years earlier but still!). Well thank ye Jib... that style remains in fashion for quite a long period of time...

That line drawing was most likely the market place with a number of folks buying the "hoop" skirt for a foundation garment... and no way was it Chole's. I will repost it when I get home, although it doesn't give much to go on... the foundation garment looks more like the farthingale hoops from earlier on...(I believe that was the term for the foundation garments from the Tudor/Elizabethan era)

God bless ye, many happy returns of the day and many, many more to come! The snotties say happy birthday as well!

I would keep the dog

Aye tis indeed...

Aye of course... the oatmeal will be a good starter... do need to know if you will be joining us for dinner on Friday as most of us are NOT going to the ball and are doing a meal instead.... Blackbeard's is supplying lunch on Saturday and Sunday as well as Saturday evening meal... they are also now suppling ice, water and Gatorade...I will let you know what contributions you can make to keep a fair balance between them providing and them eating... As to packing up on Monday... I am assuming that will be all right since they allowed it last year, but I will double check...as I am planning to leave Monday morning....

That would be Capt. Pern, as last year non pc folks were only allowed in the camps at certain hours...,unfortunately, I do not know what those hours are yet this year, although as along as the camps are open to the spectators, you should be welcomed in... No matter what time though, feel free to come by the pirate hunter camp, if necessary we will step outside to say ahoy and chat...damnation, I might even put ye to work!

Clarifying the jacket statement above... wool fabrics were manufactured well enough that during the 17th through 19th centuries, good woollens could often be left without hemming the raw edges which would not unravel (or which took a lot of wear and tear before they started to fray)... I actually have one good reproduction coat, with rather expensive wool that can support a raw edge even today..and a splendid Life Guards Topcoat from the late 19th century that has raw edges...so it is a practice that continued for quite some time..(I would even hazard to guess that the English are still producing wool good enough to leave garments unhemmed). from looking at various garments through out these time frames, one can see raw edges on woollens as opposed to silks and linens, where raw edges were turned in/under/over and hemmed. I can post some pictures when I get home from work that may show raw edges which appears to be a rather common practice for construction even on more expensive garments. I believe one can even see the raw edges on James II's wedding coat that is at the V&A... many fashion history books speak about this practice, so to look from one particular source should actually be quite simple... off the top of my head, I'd say Waugh and Hart's Fashion in Detail.... but there are also a number of photographs of original pieces that will support this as well.... Will look up the description of the Manchester coat, but I believe that says raw edges as well....and perhaps Foxe can post a picture he has of an embroidered pocket from the Stirling (?)which I don't have in front of me right now... as many times, pockets were treated like the rest of the garment as far as being left with raw edges or hemmed...

Make it toward the end of Sept. then. Getting weekdays off when work is just starting, isn't going to happen...at least for schools in VA... or make it before Labor Day.

Um don't forget the River Ramble/Marcus Hook Event... which I believe is around Sept 18..., the crewe is going to be in the Plank House area...

Try me, I might, after all I truly am blond

Captain, I am assuming this means sloppy wet kisses and big dirty powder smuggy hugs! Sounds about right, now if we could just help Mr. Roberts to understand this...