I haven’t had as much fun as I had at the What Cheer Brigade’s show since I don’t know when. This 18-piece marching band out of Providence, RI, is a horn-blaring, drum-booming riot, just like those formed during the 13th century, when trumpeters were joined by “kettledrums louder than the roar of a runaway Mack [...]
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In the 16th century, when lace trimmed handkerchiefs were the height of fashion at Queen Elizabeth’s court, it was customary to attach one’s handkerchief to the left sleeve. Handkerchiefs, however, didn’t come into common everyday use until the 17th century—simultaneously with the rise of pockets. (I write about lace in Encyclopedia of the Exquisite, but didn’t consider the [...]
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