WOW!! The Regency fashions were terrible for BOTH parties. Hugh thinks he’s Beau Brummel or the Scarlet Pimpernel and Tess would never fit into the corset and the dangerously low décolletage.
Today’s readers might imagine themselves as part of the upper classes who were like dress up dolls put together by their servants, who were the only ones that knew which outfits went together with which jewellery and which hairstyles matched all of that.
The styles were imagined by another class of society who secretly got a kick out of imagining how to make the upper classes even more uncomfortable than what was possible. The servants were the ones who wore the comfortable clothes of the day.
That thought came to my mind long time ago, when I saw the film “The Last Emperor” and when in one scene the dowager was being dressed. I’ve been a student of olden days costumes since then, and it is true, that the higher the social standing of people from long ago, the more cumbersome their clothes became so that the servants were the only ones who knew how to put the puzzles together.
If you are going to daydream a Mr. Darcy scene, it should be the one where he is coming out of the lake. In fact, I think I may just imagine my husband, or put on the Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice!
Macushlalondra about 5 years ago
The clothing in those days (early 1800’s) was not very comfortable. They looked great, but I’ll take my comfy clothes any time.
asrialfeeple about 5 years ago
Looks great, but is very uncomfortable. Notice she isn’t dressed like Miss Bennet either.
Thorby about 5 years ago
WOW!! The Regency fashions were terrible for BOTH parties. Hugh thinks he’s Beau Brummel or the Scarlet Pimpernel and Tess would never fit into the corset and the dangerously low décolletage.
Meg: All Seriousness Aside about 5 years ago
How many romance novels does she read? I mean, a day.
Yakety Sax about 5 years ago
Sixth panel: “Eyes as big as saucers.”
1JennyJenkins about 5 years ago
Today’s readers might imagine themselves as part of the upper classes who were like dress up dolls put together by their servants, who were the only ones that knew which outfits went together with which jewellery and which hairstyles matched all of that.
The styles were imagined by another class of society who secretly got a kick out of imagining how to make the upper classes even more uncomfortable than what was possible. The servants were the ones who wore the comfortable clothes of the day.
That thought came to my mind long time ago, when I saw the film “The Last Emperor” and when in one scene the dowager was being dressed. I’ve been a student of olden days costumes since then, and it is true, that the higher the social standing of people from long ago, the more cumbersome their clothes became so that the servants were the only ones who knew how to put the puzzles together.
craigwestlake about 5 years ago
“and your cuffs…a man’s cuffs should reach to his…”…
Ed Brault Premium Member about 5 years ago
Sink me, Sir Percy is offering the Prince Regent still more advice regarding his sartorial faux-pas!
Piksea Premium Member about 5 years ago
If you are going to daydream a Mr. Darcy scene, it should be the one where he is coming out of the lake. In fact, I think I may just imagine my husband, or put on the Colin Firth Pride and Prejudice!