| Winston Smith | 14 Sep 2018 1:48 p.m. PST |
At the office?
On a date?
In battle?
Out on the boat fishing?
Grilling burgers in the back yard? |
| 14Bore | 14 Sep 2018 2:21 p.m. PST |
I take it as much as Patrick O'Brien wrote and films it was all the time. I have read men in that period without a hat might as well been without his pants. |
dragon6  | 14 Sep 2018 2:23 p.m. PST |
At the office? Yes
On a date? Yes
In battle? Yes
Out on the boat fishing? No unless social superiors or inferiors are present then yes
Grilling burgers in the back yard? No |
| Winston Smith | 14 Sep 2018 3:08 p.m. PST |
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| robert piepenbrink | 14 Sep 2018 3:24 p.m. PST |
A gentleman might hold an office, though he would never be a clerk. And being in battle almost defined him. But he had assignations, not "dates." For all such occasions he would of course be fully dressed. Would you expect him to run around with his natural hair like that lunatic Swede? As for fishing and grilling, if such things were necessary, he had minions--or "creatures"--to do such things for him. Clearly, Winston, you don't get out in the 18th Century very often. |
| Winston Smith | 14 Sep 2018 4:39 p.m. PST |
I'm trying to bring the powdered Whig back to the 21st Century. |
| Old Contemptibles | 14 Sep 2018 5:05 p.m. PST |
someone is doing some gaming and figure research. |
| Cacique Caribe | 14 Sep 2018 8:30 p.m. PST |
Wore them in the bathroom, perhaps? It is, after all, the "powder room", right? :) Did anyone ever refuse to partake of that silly custom back then? Dan
PS. I'm one of those who cracks up every time I see modern British commonwealth magistrates and barristers (or whatever they're called) wearing their wigs. I hope I never end up in front of one. I wouldn't be able to contain myself.
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| Gone Fishing | 15 Sep 2018 8:27 a.m. PST |
You know, the whole practice was a little odd, not to mention impractical, but I've always thought they were quite flattering. Certainly they looked a sight better than we do in our t-shirts, jeans/shorts, etc. And if period paintings are anything to go by, they were frequently worn into battle, whether on the fields of Mars or the courts of Venus! Good luck to you, Winston. Tis a noble campaign, this! |
| robert piepenbrink | 15 Sep 2018 9:18 a.m. PST |
Well, think through what sort of powdered wigs to bring back. Do you want proper Sun King aristocrat wigs, or those small tight things which look like you had to powder your own hair? A lackey might wear them under Louis XIV--or a king in the days of Louis XVI. No wonder they had a revolution. |
| 14Bore | 15 Sep 2018 9:46 a.m. PST |
As for bringing them back? No way , I do nothing but read that period history and never got the reason why because I don't get it. |
| Winston Smith | 15 Sep 2018 12:18 p.m. PST |
Wouldn't you just love to see the "Seal Team 6" or "contractors" in all their finest, with a powdered wig and boonie hat perched on top of it?
Heck, why not a tricorne? |
| von Schwartz | 15 Sep 2018 12:50 p.m. PST |
Would the powdered wig be appropriate for more…..intimate encounters? Kinda redefines kinky don't ya think? |
gets in his first game of the convention.
