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OMG ~ Total NOOB question: Why Do They Call It A 'Fer'???

Mar 26, 2010

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    1. I googled a bit, the only thing I could find was "two-fer dress", a type of dress that consists of a top in one fabric/design and an attached skirt in another fabric/design. So maybe the fer part in the Dollheart Fer is about the dress and the coat being made from different materials *wild guess here* O.o? All wiki gives me when I search for "fer" is a type of red wine grape, I don't think that has anything to do with dresses^^;;
       
      #21 ShuriTigerH, Apr 8, 2010
    2. They never responded...but, I venture to guess that it was a MISTAKE! So funny~!!! We all accept it so it has become part of the vernacular!

      This is how words come to be born.
       
      #22 FrankieCat, May 29, 2010
    3. I vaguely remember another discussion about this topic...something came up about the original white fer being named after its shape, which Dollheart thought reminiscent to a snow-covered fir tree, but I can't remember if this turned out to be the real explanation or some kind of wacky theory :?
       
      #23 evilhamster13, May 29, 2010
    4. This is all very fascinating! I like the above explanation a lot. It is true of many words that we have today!
       
      #24 yourlegsgrow, May 29, 2010
    5. Same here, lol!
       
      #25 GoroChaggi, May 30, 2010
    6. Ok. Glad to see I am not the only one wondering :) I just bought a black Fer, and I have an accent (I'm Hispanic) so I just call it my Fur :) lol I'll never own real fur anyway, so that's as close to fur as I'll get lol
       
      #26 Giodrakes, May 30, 2010
    7. I am *so* glad you asked! I have also always wondered!
       
      #27 Bridget McCall, May 30, 2010
    8. OK, this may be due to faulty memory on my part but I have this vague recollection of seeing "Fer" as a description of the folds in the fabric of a garment, like knife pleats or something like that. An old french dressmakers term? Probably completely wrong, but the first time I saw that outfit that popped into my head...

      Just don't quote me on it!
       
      #28 vonbonbon, May 30, 2010
    9. I never did hear back from DollHeart on the matter, but I venture to guess (based on some of the answers) that it was a typo, fer/fear or fer/blade...hmmm... I'm just glad I"M not the only one who's bugged!

      Last question: How to pronounce...'fur' or 'fehr'? hahaha!

      good heavens...
       
      #29 FrankieCat, May 30, 2010
    10. ...oh...Knife Pleats..! Maybe so. As a seamstress, it is making sense.
       
      #30 FrankieCat, May 30, 2010
    11. It is covered in knife pleats isn't it?
       
      #31 vonbonbon, May 30, 2010
    12. This is what I thought as well. I work in a retail store and sometimes the managers call our two-fer sets "the fers".
      In our store it's either something that works as something attached to something else but sold together as was said in the post I quoted, or they also
      call things that can be worn two ways a "fer". (Like a piece of clothing than can be a skirt or shirt). I just assumed the name came from "two-fer" as well.
       
      #32 LucidRequiem, May 30, 2010
    13. I thought it was more gathered, not pleated....

      Ok, so it makes sense as in "a set" per se. Very cool.
       
      #33 Giodrakes, May 31, 2010
    14. haha I laughed at this too, ill jump in and give the answer that I always got as a child from my sarcastic dad... "because Rock was already taken"

      honestly I think its just a name they made up for the style
       
      #34 kpatillo, May 31, 2010
    15. Don't quote me because I need to dig out my Victorian fashion books, but it has to deal with the pleating\gathers as mentioned above. It's a specific type of gathering that was done. A very fancy type of gathering in layers, and I believe that dress was called a Victorian Fer. Because I remember seeing it in one of my books and thinking, 'Oh, so that's where they got it.' Because I've also seen it in many old cabinet card photos.
       
      #35 KohakuTenshi, Jun 1, 2010
    16. Nice. Please dig, and if possible, if you can scan a picture of the example they gave? That would be amazing just for curiosity's sake. Thank you :)
       
      #36 Giodrakes, Jun 1, 2010
    17. I've been wondering this myself since my friend is selling one! Please keep us updated on what you find out...and why am I not surprised that Dollheart didn't answer???
       
      #37 ReineDeLaSeine14, Jun 4, 2010
    18. Oh YEAH! I am loving that there may be an answer to this! Thank you, Kohaku Tenshi! I hope you DO get a firm confirmation on this by your search. I'm entrigued!
       
      #38 FrankieCat, Jun 7, 2010
    19. Its not a noob question, I've always wondered about it... @_@
       
      #39 xlittleFingersx, Jun 7, 2010
    20. I like the ideas posited so far. I hope we can trace back the name; I've always wondered where it came from. When I first started reading DoA, I was mystified by the term "fer". Pretty dress and coat, but why call it that? *airplane soars overhead*
       
      #40 Meldandy, Jun 7, 2010
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