From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 10:42:08 AM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
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   > Kay Shapero   wrote:   
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   > >Something you would also want to research was sumptary laws - certain   
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   > >colors or fabrics could only be worn by nobles or royalty, so you   
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   > >wouldn't be bringing them out if you were in the average town market.   
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   > >In fact I'm not sure how the vendors managed that one - by appointment,   
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   > >maybe?   
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   > So you try to sell *to* the nobility or royalty, possibly through   
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   > a middleman.   
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   > >And now here I sit visualizing the King in neon pink and yellow   
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   > >polkadots.  The Horror!  The Horro!   
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   > You never know.  It might become a temporary fad.  Particularly   
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   > if you explain up front that getting it from Youcantgetthereistan   
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   > is very difficult and the supply is limited.   
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   Ancient Rome bought cinnamon for centuries with only a vague idea that it came   
   from Arabia.   
      
   As for me, I think if they saw you with awful fabrics, they'd drown you in a   
   river to decide whether you're a witch.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)