in this world all who live at the great house will make sartorial choices in exact oppostion of those in out own timeband.
Ah, yes - the often overlooked scientific theory of Alternate-Fashion Time (or AFT for short ;)). The theory that in other alternate universes we still live the same lives, but our fashion choices are totally different while we do it. [b003]
Just imagine if in one of those alternate universes Elizabethan attire is still the fashion of the day today:
(http://www.dsboards.com/images/fashion.jpg)
Men are still strutting around like peacocks in padded doublets or ruffs and hose, and women are still hauling around heavy gowns enhanced by wire frames and cresent-shaped rolls. Think of the fun! ... Or maybe not. ^-^