*g* The upside is it's sort of re-lit my urge to get some classes together on 16th century Dutch Costuming. I intend to break down these misconceptions. Even if I have to beat them out of people with a rolled up stack of class notes. Bwahahahahahahaha!

(I really do need to make the dress with the polka-dot cuffs. That alone would blow a few cerebral cortices around here.)