"Work for early 1800s Old West?" Topic
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combatpainter  | 28 Dec 2014 6:33 a.m. PST |
1812, Alamo, San Jacinto types…What do you think? |
| zippyfusenet | 28 Dec 2014 7:00 a.m. PST |
Not the tricornes or the knee britches. Maybe the other two. |
79thPA  | 28 Dec 2014 8:32 a.m. PST |
Knee breeches are fine until the 1820s, and contemporary art work shows them being worn. Tricornes were out of fashion, but, if someone so desired, they could simply make a cocked hat out of a hat blank. It would certainly be quite unusual for someone to have a tricorne. I imagine the wearer would be "that guy," as there is "a guy" in my metro area who wears a top hat. Some tricornes did go West in the early 1800s as Indian trade goods. |
| zippyfusenet | 28 Dec 2014 9:39 a.m. PST |
Knee breeches are fine until the 1820s, and contemporary art work shows them being worn. By old men. The French Revolution and the Romantic movement brought in trousers as standard legwear for men in the Atlantic world, especially for working men. Culottes, 'fancy britches', continued to be worn in reactionary countries like Spain and by older men who stuck with the fashions of their youth, especially if they wished to show aristocratic/royalist leanings. |
| 79thPA | 28 Dec 2014 10:35 a.m. PST |
I guess we will have to agree to disagree. |
| zippyfusenet | 28 Dec 2014 11:59 a.m. PST |
That's what Alexander Hamilton said to Aaron Burr. I meant to smilie there. :-{) |
| Mute Bystander | 29 Dec 2014 3:59 a.m. PST |
We do seem to have a few "Alexander Hamilton"/"Aaron Burr" personalities here. 
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| tuscaloosa | 29 Dec 2014 3:25 p.m. PST |
And just what do you mean by that? I demand satisfaction, sir: pistols at 40 paces! :-) |
| zippyfusenet | 29 Dec 2014 6:21 p.m. PST |
As the challenged party, I should have the choice of weapons. Inspired by Davey Crockett, I propose grins at ten paces. If we can both stand each others' faces for one minute by the clock at that range, we'll move in to five paces. If we both hold out for another minute, honor will be satisfied, and we can call it a draw. |
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