From: BrendaWriter@yahoo.com   
      
   On 10/8/2014 12:45 PM, William Vetter wrote:   
   > On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 10:42:08 AM UTC-4, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:   
   >> In article,   
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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.   
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   > 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.   
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   Taste is extraordinarily local, both in time and space. It is well   
   within your power to go to someplace right now and find a totally   
   different aesthetic. A mere air fare will do it. When my sister and I   
   went to China we were horrified at how horribly everything was colored.   
   My California syster moaned, "Do they not know about taupe?" No, they   
   didn't.   
      
   Brenda   
      
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