Was: [HNW] Forepart now Buttons

[Susan Farmer]

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> > And "pink isn't period," "buttons aren't period," "wrist cuffs aren't
> > period," and (believe it or not) "salt isn't period."
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> I realize you aren't serious, and this is a bit late, but there and Many
> mentions of buttons in the Inventories of Henry VIII.

Actually, I was being serious.  I have heard of -- or been told -- each
of those things at one time or another in my mumblety-mumble years in
the SCA.  I've got scads of paintings with buttons on them.

Jerusha