tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post5626951919910963700..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Guest Blogger: Lark on the Wing by Elfrida VipontClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16220748972613008752013-05-09T22:52:17.352+01:002013-05-09T22:52:17.352+01:00In Monica Dickens' One Pair of Hands she wonde...In Monica Dickens' One Pair of Hands she wonders if she should dress in "two slashing shades of green" to get a job as a cook. (Misprint? Did she mean "clashing"?) Blue and green were both tricky and should never be worn together! In Ngaio Marsh's Opening Night a rather effete man wears slightly too bright a shade of green.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-36158456624295793102013-05-08T10:18:17.451+01:002013-05-08T10:18:17.451+01:00Margot, if you don't know Lucy's blog you ...Margot, if you don't know Lucy's blog you should visit it http://wordcount-richmonde.blogspot.co.uk/ - you're both people very interested in words and language...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-62914347656215799942013-05-08T03:23:35.020+01:002013-05-08T03:23:35.020+01:00Thanks, Moria, for hosting Lucy.
Lucy, thanks for...Thanks, Moria, for hosting Lucy.<br /><br />Lucy, thanks for your view on this. I honestly never heard of 'servant blue' How interesting! And Kit does sound like the sort of character you could really get to like. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-45550850998272618812013-05-07T21:10:50.491+01:002013-05-07T21:10:50.491+01:00'Servant blue' is magic. If only I could f...'Servant blue' is magic. If only I could find a book reference to do it on the blog.... Thanks again Lucy.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-45564050960627553862013-05-07T20:00:16.210+01:002013-05-07T20:00:16.210+01:00I'm honoured! Forgot to point out that "b...I'm honoured! Forgot to point out that "bright blue" was a vulgar colour. My mother used to call it "S blue" for "servant blue"! Bright green was also a nono. (She mellowed.)Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.com