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Offline jgr1974

Type of cloth for Clerks clothing?
« on: November 27, 2011, 09:39:36 PM »
I am wishing to portray a clerk of the Missouri fur company.  I am wondering what is appropriate material for clerks clothing?  My limited research so far is that the "brigades' at least in the Missouri company was ran in a military manner, and the clerks were like line officers.  I also understand they tried to mimic the dress of the aristocrats of Europe in attire.  Have also learned that low class individuals may have worn the same cuts of clothing but lower qualities of material ie cotton instead of linen shirts?  I know cordaroy was a popular material much under represented in the fur trade.  Wondering if cords are an appropriate material for my attire or should I have the finer materials for clothing?
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