[Artemisia] knight sump. law question

[Jackman-Brink, Julia]

Personally, I'd stay away from anything remotely looking white, even a
majority of a whitish color in a pattern. If it can be mistaken, you
know someone will squawk about it.  That being said, "Natural Linen" is
obvious as to what it is, it's not mistaken for white, but more
tan/brown.  I think you'd be safe going that route. Tangl is correct on
the sashes...sashes, belts, baldrics. All the same in principle.  

Juliana

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Catriona Moriarity
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 1:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [Artemisia] knight sump. law question

My understanding is that the tea dye or the natural color 
off-white-to-the-tan-side linen would be okay. However, white belts as 
sashes are still white belts. Yumitori-sama wears a white fabric belt,
as 
does Mikaru-sama, so the white belt isn't reserved for leather only. 
However, decorating the white with other colors seems to be a good way
to 
differentiate. I've seen white leather belts even with a red leather
stripe 
down the center with a green narrower leather stripe on top. I've also
seen 
white sashes with blue and yellow couching type decoration across the
center 
in a pattern. I know I have plans to do a Hungarian bodice in white with

multicolor embroidery on it and if there was a corresponding sash,
likewise 
embroidered throughout, it wouldn't be a symbol of martial peerage.

The trick is to have it throughout so there's no chance of a large
enough 
section being seen alone where someone would misinterpret that as a
knight's 
belt.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

Stapana Catriona Moriarity, OP
Maitresse Tanglwyst de Holloway, OP Too!

 

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