Embroidery is routinely used in historical fiction to represent women's oppression. And I ask, why? And what if it weren't like that?
In Defense of Embroidery
Category: 17th century
Book Review: Patterns of Fashion 5!
Patterns of Fashion 5: The content, cut, construction and context of bodies, stays, hoops and rumps c. 1595-1795 - Years in the making, and I think we're all very excited to have it out at last! A little background, if you're not familiar with it: Janet Arnold wrote the original two Patterns of Fashion books (1660-1860 and … Continue reading Book Review: Patterns of Fashion 5!
AMBA: The Recent History of Mourning
This episode took me forever to write. I was originally going to start with a blog post I wrote a few years ago, relying on primary sources on mourning from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Then, as I started to go through it, I started to reinterpret a number of the primary sources, … Continue reading AMBA: The Recent History of Mourning
New Collection Online!
At the moment my mild-mannered alter ego is a receptionist in a doctor's office, and we are required to show YNN Capital Region all day long. Yes. Much of the time it is ignorable, frequently it is appalling, and occasionally it tosses up something of interest. Today, that little gem was a spot on the … Continue reading New Collection Online!
The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)
For my first review, I'd like to go with a "favorite" of mine - The Lady and the Highwayman. It's an adaptation of a Barbara Cartland novel that, surprisingly, stars Hugh Grant (not that surprising, thought, as a lot of established actors seem to have worked on one or another of these). Plot: The film … Continue reading The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)
Mimic of Modes 