For years I have been using a type of washcloth I thought was called a
"victoria cloth."  Its origin I'm fairly certain is English.  It is
typically made of fairly thin cotton, white with a green or blue
border at the very edge, about 9 or 10 inches square.  Its defining
feature is that it is quite rough, almost sandpapery -- now that
exfoliating has become the cosmetic buzzword I realize that I have
been using this washcloth to exfoliate every time I take a shower.  I
have in the past seen it in catalogs as a victoria cloth; "the vic"
one catalog called it (not sure which, maybe the Vermont Country Store
one?).  However, a search yields no such thing.  I've searched all
variations on victoria cloth, the vic, etc., and tried rough-textured
washcloth and other stuff, and found nothing.  Is this washcloth no
longer made?  If it is made, where can I buy one?

Hi Eandrews777!

Here are a number of places where you may purchase Vic?s washcloths.


Smooth your Skin with VIC Complexion Cloth

?We always envied the peaches-and-cream complexion of lasses. Now we
find the secret is their VIC washcloths, woven in England since the
1800s. Their slightly rough texture serves to smooth yours, revving up
circulation and sloughing off dull skin to leave you glowing like the
white cliffs of Dover at sunset."

Vermont Country Store
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/prdSell.asp?ProdGroupID=96&sourceid=qDRCQHG-uqjbAmKUDbG5&siteid=0040014861&DeptID=1277&catID=24651&flgCookiesEnabled=TRUE



Vic's Washcloth

?Our wonderfull Vic's Washcloths are 100% cotton with a texture to
stimulate circulation. Assorted colors. Color selection at our
descretion. One cloth per pkg.?

Caswell-MAssey
http://www.caswellmassey.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&itemID=260



There?s an auction at eBay for a Facial Dermabrasion Miracle Cloth.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2997664628&category=31777


Search criteria:

I located these vendors with the help of my friends and fellow
researchers pinkfreud-ga and voila-ga.

Keywords:

Vic Washcloth
Victoria Washcloth
Victoria cloth


Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by eandrews777-ga on 07 Apr 2004 11:26 PDT

In my rating I asked how you found it, but now I see that information
is already there, so never mind.  Thanks again.

By the way, this is a great site in many respects, but NOT easy to navigate.

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 07 Apr 2004 12:14 PDT

Here is my search: 

"Vic Washcloth"
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22Vic+Washcloth%22

"VIC washcloths"
://www.google.com/search?hl=es&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22VIC+washcloths%22&btnG=B%C3%BAsqueda+en+Google&lr=


Thank you for the nice rating!

Sincerely,
Bobbie7

Thank you very much bobbie7, I was worried they weren't making this
product any more.  I've now ordered some.  But I'm curious, if you
don't mind popping me a response to this, how did you find it?  I
searched under "Vic washcloth" and variants thereof, which really
should have surfaced what you found for me, but I couldn't come up
with it.