[Regia-NA] Re: Norse Women's Fashions

[Tracie Brown]

Kathy wrote:
>As a Celt i have a working idea as to what a woman would 
>wear, but since my partner is Norse, i thought i should at 
>least make an attempt to wear the dress of his culture  now 
>and then. 

   When you say "Celt" what do you mean? Irish? Scottish?  
There was no generic "celtic" in the middle ages -- the idea 
of one Celtic people is of very recent origin.  
   Weird tale involving this concept:  My boss was on a panel 
that turned down a request for a grant for a Celtic festival 
on the grounds that it was not sufficiently ethnically 
diverse. (He didn't agree, but was out-voted.)  Just try 
telling the Scots, Irish, Manx, Gallicians, Welsh, Cornish 
and Bretons involved that they aren't ethnically diverse!

-- Tracie