Hmmm, daft am I? Well, I've probably been called worse things. Allie, don't jump to conclusions and take my comments out of context. First of all, I wasn't trying to make a jab at you. I merely meant that things aren't necessarily always the way we see it in "history." It's a fact that history has been corrupted drastically through the ages. Yes, I know there are pictorial records of fashion; I've seen them. I've been a history enthusiast since childhood. I was merely suggesting that there is no reason why such a dress could NOT have existed. I think you were somewhat harsh and judgmental. I only meant that we haven't seen every dress that existed in the middle ages. There are nonconformists in every period of history, that's what makes humankind so ineresting. Let's not forget Joan of Arc, who didn't wear dresses at all during her last days. I don't think that the name calling is necessary here. Melanie