Saturday morning messing around

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:36:02 GMT

First I read this post and the words,

" 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."

Later, in the comments, someone else wrote,

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.

While I don't see bra's as a patriarchal imposition, 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. Because that went so well for me last time.

Anyway, I needed more information about the style of dress - what's a "bog dress"? Here's what I found:

Nice picture here - http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/bog/clothing1.html
Nice video here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvo3EYebgOE
Pictures of reconstructions here- http://www.tollundman.dk/toej.asp Confusingly, that site describes the Woman as wearing, "a fur cape made out of sheepskin and a skirt woven with natural-coloured wool." That doesn't look like a skirt to me, more like a peplos but might be a translation problem.
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.

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.

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)

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