tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post5002476921117958312..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: What we wear when we talk about marriage: MaughamClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-32670766679441856982013-06-26T14:15:29.608+01:002013-06-26T14:15:29.608+01:00I have the standard green Penguin - presumably the...I have the standard green Penguin - presumably the cut version? I shall look - it's the fashion world one isn't it, been on my list for the blog forever. From memory - 'an evening cloak made of facecloth material'...and a rather unfeminist ending where the independent business-lady designer is told by her man in no uncertain terms how their marriage is going to proceed. Oh I need to re-read Allingham. There's a discussion in one on how Amanda keeps her stockings up - 'something on the National Grid'.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-33106470116955637552013-06-26T11:24:28.199+01:002013-06-26T11:24:28.199+01:00"Even Maugham, though, can't resist that ..."Even Maugham, though, can't resist that favourite male author trope of the dress that looks simple but is not. Has anyone ever actually seen any such dress?" There's one of those (white) in Margery Allingham's The Fashion in Shrouds (read the original version before she cut 25,000 words).Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.com