Robbie,

Thanks for stirring up the pot. It's great to see the different interpretations of history. History is as much art and interpretation as it is science. We have a few facts and we fill in the, sometimes rather large, gaps with theory and opinion.

This thread has got me reevaluating my historical viewpoint.

I think that we may be creating new history. We are now taking a garment that has a history and applying it to our current culture and technology and coming up with something new and, in my opinion exciting.

Casey