tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:264271MrsBrown's philosophy of life and stuffmore stuff than lifemrsbrown2009-07-18T00:48:49Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:264271:227785Saturday morning messing around2009-07-18T00:36:02Z2009-07-18T00:48:49Znot tellingrelaxedpublic0First I read <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/sca_snark/110219.html">this post</a> and the words, <div style="margin-left: 40px;"><em>" 1. A bra. A corset. A supportive underdress. Something. Anything. Please, for the love of all that is good and holy, spare us those, unfettered, in a "bog dress." Please."<br /><br /></em></div>Later, in the comments, someone else wrote,<div style="margin-left: 40px;"><em><span>unless a person is under the age of 12, or has an A cup or smaller, "the girls" should generally be harnessed in the company of acquaintenances or strangers. I don't care WHO the person is or HOW WELL "the girls" behave in the presence of gravity.</span></em><span><br /><br /></span></div><span>While I don't see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra_burning#Feminist_protests.2C_Miss_America.2C_and_.22bra_burning.22">bra's as a patriarchal imposition</a>, I do think that women should be able to choose to wear or not wear, for themselves, and I considered what my response/comment should be. <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/sca_snark/100452.html">Because that went so well for me last time.</a><br /><br />Anyway, I needed more information about the style of dress - what's a "bog dress"? Here's what I found:<br /><br />Nice picture here - http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/bog/clothing1.html<br />Nice video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvo3EYebgOE<br />Pictures of reconstructions here- http://www.tollundman.dk/toej.asp Confusingly, that site describes the Woman as wearing, </span><em><span>"</span>a fur cape made out of sheepskin and a <strong>skirt </strong>woven with natural-coloured wool."</em> That doesn't look like a skirt to me, more like a peplos but might be a translation problem.<br />I quite like this dress diary - http://szarka.typepad.com/sca/2009/05/bronze-bog-dresses.html, but feel a bit uncomfortable with the Kohler reference.<br /><br />I won't be commenting on the snark post - I've got it out of my system now but you should be able to choose whether or not to wear a breast supporting garment or not - for yourself, and people shouldn't judge you based on that decision.<br /><br />a man sitting next to me suggested that the snarker's stance on bra wearing could be compared to hat wearing; everyone in the SCA should be required, from peer group pressure, to wear a hat/head covering. Anybody who doesn't is just a hussy! (men included)<br /><br /><span><br /><br /><br /></span><em><br /><br /></em><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mrsbrown&ditemid=227785" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments