Personally I think that a formal ladies' costume should be long. The
formal mens' outfits (kilt + Prince Charlie, Sherriffmuir, Montrose
etc) tend to be worn at social events where women are in long
dresses (e.g. ball dresses). For most of the period over which the
mens outfit has developed (last 100-200 years) ladies would never
have worn shorter dresses at formal dances. When we perform,
we're demonstrating dances that originally developed as social
dances, so in my opinion the costume should reflect this.
Cheers
Iain
Date sent: Wed, 17 May 2000 15:16:57 EDT
From: Stronshiray@aol.com
To: strathspey@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de
Subject: Aboynes for demonstrations
> I think that the Aboyne can look very formal. In the Delaware Valley Branch,
> the more recently made ones have one-piece chemises with fluttery chiffon
> sleeves, which look very pretty. Also, with the amount of lace one can put
> onto an Aboyne and the variation in ostentatiousness of the buttons, an
> Aboyne can be extremely formal looking. But I suppose that's just my
> opinion, which is no more valid than anyone else's.
> Regards,
> Eleanor Mulhern
> RSCDS DVB
>
> --
> Stronshiray@aol.com
>
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School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
The Robert Gordon University, Schoolhill, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB10 1FR
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