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Thread #123051   Message #2708197
Posted By: GUEST,Doc John
25-Aug-09 - 11:45 AM
Thread Name: BS: British National Dress?
Subject: RE: BS: British National Dress?
Isn't English national dress more based on class and 'occasion': evening dress, morning dress, shooting, hunting, fishing etc.
I always get the impression that national dress was invented in the 19th century by those quaint folk who invented Ye Olde Tea Shopee etc although it was based on local fabrics, styles etc which were themselves based on necessity.
Doc John