This post could have been a simple continuation of the previous several entitled subtitled "In the Bedroom", especially as I expect that for most of us, the bedroom is also our dressing room. But I also recognize the the main function of the bedroom - sleeping - doesn't necessarily tie in all that well with the main function of a dressing room - getting clothed. And so I split them up.
So how can you use your coat of arms in getting dressed?
I'm going to start with some of the more obvious and more common ways to do that, and then get into some of the less obvious and less common ways, all of which I hope will give you some ideas of your own.
So, what are some of the items we first put on when getting dressed? And how can our heraldry be displayed on them?
One of the items that comes almost immediately to mind is the shirt (or for women, the blouse). Which can be made a display of heraldry, as well.
And socks! Have you ever considered socks as a form of heraldic display? This set of two pairs of armorial socks are more movie heraldry than real heraldry, taken as they are from the 1969 movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service; the pair on the left bear the arms of Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the villain of the piece, and the pair on the right bear those of "Bond. James Bond", Agent 007. See my post of March 26, 2009 at http://blog.appletonstudios.com/2009/03/blofeld-ernst-stavro-blofeld.html for more on the Blofeld arms. Still, though, if they can create socks with the arms of fictional characters, they can just as easily created socks with your coat of arms on them!
Now, having put on our shirt and socks, we then put on our trousers, generally held in place by a belt, which belt has some form of belt buckle. Which belt buckle can also be a place for the display of your heraldry!
Who knew? Anyway, are you beginning to get any ideas for possibilities like these of your own?
Stay tuned next time for more!
