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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9557618, member: 2844"]I should hope so.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Better than American Dutch costumes, or American Dutch clog dances.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Most Dutch costumes are too intricate or expensive to be replicated using cheap materials (heavy skirts of Tibetan wool, caps composed of up to 12 separate components). Plus most of the lace caps need gold or silver "oorijzers", clamps and pins to keep them in place. Quite an investment, although you could copy them in base metal. Still, you'd need a good craftsperson to do that.</p><p>And clog dances are not traditional Dutch, but invented by the Dutch tourist board.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The Dutch tourist board has a lot to answer for anyway, those "cheese girls" are also a cheesy travesty.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9557618, member: 2844"]I should hope so.:wideyed: Better than American Dutch costumes, or American Dutch clog dances.:rolleyes: Most Dutch costumes are too intricate or expensive to be replicated using cheap materials (heavy skirts of Tibetan wool, caps composed of up to 12 separate components). Plus most of the lace caps need gold or silver "oorijzers", clamps and pins to keep them in place. Quite an investment, although you could copy them in base metal. Still, you'd need a good craftsperson to do that. And clog dances are not traditional Dutch, but invented by the Dutch tourist board.:rolleyes: The Dutch tourist board has a lot to answer for anyway, those "cheese girls" are also a cheesy travesty.[/QUOTE]
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