gained in translation

[anotheranon]

Still plugging away at the Spanish-English translation of last month's Spanish costume photocopies and I think I've figured out:

• What things are: saya = bodice with skirt attached; jubón = doublet; basquiña = closed skirt; cuerpa = bodice; ropa = gown (all one piece - kirtle?); faldilla and manteo = semi-circular underskirt
  
• In all times and places, there are always some yo-yos complaining about the immorality/vanity of one kind of clothing or another: I'm reading quotes from satirists who thought stays ("cardboards of the chest") were dishonest and writers who thought platform shoes ("chapines") were excessive. Some things never change :P