Who hasn’t wanted a fur-collared coat like that?
Peeing in public (ie camping); skirts are the greatest camping item. Wear a long broomstick skirt, and if you want shorts, just tie it up — or clip two wrapped tubes around your legs. It’s also a towel and bag.
LOL– all the camping I’ve ever done was done in long skirt and high heels! Not to mention a corset. Rev-War re-enactor!
Now THAT’s hard core! Guys always think they’re so tough. Hey — anybody crossing-dressing for historical costuming? (I know the women do it; do the men ever do it?) If nothing else, it would be a very entertaining way of gaining insight into all sides of a society during an historical period.
I heard from a man who had been in the hobby longer than I was, that there WERE a group of guys that dressed up as women after hours and hung out. Didn’t happen at any time that I was in it– until we filmed Alan Alda’s Sweet Liberty. One fellow decided to do an 18th century Corporal Klinger impression. Mr. Alda loved it!
The organization I was with did not allow its women to field as men. BTW– when I was doing it, the commander was George Woodbridge of Mad Magazine.
Didn’t “allow” the women to field as men? That’s not very historical, is it? Allow, schmow. Show up anyway and thumb the collective nose. Allow…. what’s up with them and ALLOW us anything any more? We’re taking from now on.
Welllll…. I didn’t have any issues with it myself. Fielded as a civilian, and had a great time. I couldn’t have passed as a man anyway. Nor did I especially want to go traipsing around in the summer heat with a freakin’ heavy musket. Women who wanted to field as men just went with different outfits.
If I’d wanted to do some competitive shooting with an 18th Century weapon, that would have been okay. I’ve always had a hankering for a Ferguson rifle, and did seriously consider getting one and doing just that. A Ferguson is short and relatively light and would have been a good fit.
As far as it being not very historical not to have women in the ranks, yes, it did happen once in a while. The problem is that most of them were found out pretty quickly and sent home,
“Most.” Just play the ones that weren’t.
There I went off on a tangent and didn’t ask you about the moment when Mr. Alda was so entertained.
DO TELL. You know we’re all just waiting for it.