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Pia Walker

Pia Walker

RE: sashes - traditionally and in practice

June 13, 2006, 2:10 p.m. (Message 45534, in reply to message 45532)

Amen

Except - are Bugblatters of scottish descent?

You have to come to YOunger Hall these days Anselm - they don't even wear
white dresses anymore - although the men still wear kilts :>)

Eike - wear it any which way you want - I have started to wrap it round my
middle - belt style - hides a multitude of sins {choclate, cream puddings,
middleage spreads etc).

I once saw a lady in America wear a sash hiding her dress neckline to the
front, fastened with two brooches - one on each shoulder - with the ends
hanging down her back - that looked fantastic.

For dem. purposes, we wear the sash folded - one end longer than the other -
gathered with a brooch and fastened to a shoulder - the same side shoulder
for all and one end carried over to the opposite side on the back - it looks
good when dancing when the end of the sash flows freely behind you.

I personally do not like the wrap around style, where you start at a
shoulder and cross over the front to end up back at the same shoulder - it
is all right if you are flat as a board, but the minute you have curves both
in expected and unexpected places - you can bet your last dollar that the
sash will sit and emphasize just there.

Pia

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