tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post6668830321100752305..comments2024-03-24T21:42:17.025-04:00Comments on Loose Threads: <small>Yet Another Costuming Blog</small>: Indirect Evidence of ClothingCathy Raymondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-29945558814652291122011-02-18T15:27:54.170-05:002011-02-18T15:27:54.170-05:00Really? Tell me more about your thesis. What exa...Really? Tell me more about your thesis. What exactly is your main field of study, and how does the multidisciplinary part fit in?Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-62741911176848624942011-02-18T01:46:08.657-05:002011-02-18T01:46:08.657-05:00That's an extremely interesting idea, about th...That's an extremely interesting idea, about the lice! And I can't agree strongly enough, about the importance of working with multiple disciplines in order to form a complete understanding of the history of clothing. In fact, I'm doing my thesis on just that!AvaTrimblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07351000089253459996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-84540324075723235432011-01-26T21:44:49.701-05:002011-01-26T21:44:49.701-05:00I don't recall the exact age of the earliest e...I don't recall the exact age of the earliest evidence for weaving, but it's in the tens of thousands of years. If <i>homo sapiens</i> has been wearing clothing for 170,000 years, most of that clothing must have been fur or leather clothing.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-9977717503597971442011-01-26T20:27:12.321-05:002011-01-26T20:27:12.321-05:00LOL! I never thought I would be grateful for lice...LOL! I never thought I would be grateful for lice! Any ideas if we were wearing fur clothing, or if weaving is likely to have been developed very quickly after clothing?The Dreamstresshttp://thedreamstress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-76814645562605455972011-01-20T18:48:39.567-05:002011-01-20T18:48:39.567-05:00You're welcome. Finding and collecting such i...You're welcome. Finding and collecting such interesting tidbits is one of the reasons I maintain this blog.Cathy Raymondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04580681386443534011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2670213486548123819.post-690779095546834122011-01-20T05:21:08.563-05:002011-01-20T05:21:08.563-05:00Wow, that's interesting! Thanks for the link!Wow, that's interesting! Thanks for the link!Fannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884979720360070270noreply@blogger.com