[Ansteorra] gifting of clothing WAS Re: Largesse gifting

[Michelle Dodd]

Salut cozyns,

Actually, in the right, uh, hands, a wench bodice is quite lethal.

En Lyonel

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On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Joseph Percer <jpercer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Because the Carpet armor and the freon can helmets were SAFETY  
> problems.
> A wench bodice, in the proper hands, is by no means unsafe...
>
> Andrewe
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Bree Flowers <evethejust at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Robert G. Ferrell <rgferrell at gmail.com 
>> > wrote:
>>> On 2/4/2011 9:59 AM, Bree Flowers wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Why not have a collection of stuff
>>>> in your stash that they'd like?
>>>
>>> Because that makes you an enabler.  An accessory to the crime, as it
>>> were.  We can't 'legislate' people to stop wearing wench bodices,  
>>> but we
>>> can give them a viable alternative and show them that wearing more
>>> appropriate clothing is also fun.
>>>
>>> Cynric
>>
>> Yes, but what is worse, giving them something they'll love that is
>> wildly out of period, but still seems to be accepted in the society,
>> or something beautiful and accurate that will just sit on their shelf
>> unloved for years? As an artist, nothing would make me more sad than
>> something I have spent hours crafting never seeing the light of day.
>> As long as we allow people to wear the wildly out of period stuff, we
>> have to accept that some people will continue to do so even after
>> being shown that the "good stuff" is better. I can point to a number
>> of people who have been in the society for years (not necessarily
>> here) that still dress like they're on the cover of a romance novel,
>> or in a pre-raphaelite painting, or part of the cast of a hollywood
>> movie. If we give them this option, we can't really get upset at them
>> for choosing it. I just can't see how giving them gifts they won't  
>> use
>> is doing them any favors.
>>
>> Incidentally, I don't see why we can't legislate people to stop
>> wearing wench bodices. We stopped carpet armour and freon can helmets
>> and there are rules coming into effect against hockey-glove-gauntlets
>> in many Kingdoms. I'm not saying that we SHOULD do it, I'm just  
>> saying
>> we CAN. (caps for emphasis, not yelling)
>>
>> ~Eve
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