It could be worn as a coat or draped over the shoulder like mens tonga
As luck would have it, I found a whole card of braided trim at an estate sale that worked with my taffeta for just $2
So please don't ever use that catch phrase "a real southerner wouldn't..." I get so tired of hearing that, because for one, quite frankly it's mighty rude to say that to a born and raised southerner, and for two, nothing will set my hair on fire faster than somebody to ever say that to me, and for three, because far as I know there really isn't a written southern handbook
But I always think its really funny
Today the folk dress is on the rise and is used not only in stage performances but also as casual clothes
In the future, ridicule and poor treatment of crossdressers will be seen as absurd as racial segregation was years ago