tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post2926702157609187808..comments2024-03-28T09:33:29.705+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: The Night in Question by Laurie GrahamClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-26960429658401586172015-10-19T22:58:01.162+01:002015-10-19T22:58:01.162+01:00See if it turns up...See if it turns up...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-32348861646695181512015-10-19T22:16:29.665+01:002015-10-19T22:16:29.665+01:00Still a maybe for me.Still a maybe for me.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-27508187826736892132015-10-13T20:04:35.190+01:002015-10-13T20:04:35.190+01:00Really feeling bad about this! Looking now for som...Really feeling bad about this! Looking now for something suitable before we lose you forever!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-56672264510727898592015-10-13T12:04:28.465+01:002015-10-13T12:04:28.465+01:00Deep slumber beckons - definitely giving serious c...Deep slumber beckons - definitely giving serious consideration to hibernating......col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-23534872854864943582015-10-13T11:50:47.686+01:002015-10-13T11:50:47.686+01:00I did enjoy reading it *even* if it wasn't you...I did enjoy reading it *even* if it wasn't you. The meaning of 'health' underwear was a revelation. Somehow the word 'sanitary' doesn't go with corsets, very off-putting. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-26896925688775503052015-10-13T01:39:43.529+01:002015-10-13T01:39:43.529+01:00Alas, no, that article is nothing to do with me! I...Alas, no, that article is nothing to do with me! I think it may even be before my time, as the other pieces in the series were done by Lucy Johnston, who left shortly before I joined the Museum nearly 9 years ago.... Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.facebook.com/danielmilfordcottamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-257495202875915242015-10-11T20:04:22.100+01:002015-10-11T20:04:22.100+01:00I think we agree on this one Margot, and it's ...I think we agree on this one Margot, and it's a key to a successful historical novel. It doesn't make sense to me to give your characters unlikely views...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-22651190185531676012015-10-11T12:37:12.297+01:002015-10-11T12:37:12.297+01:00I can't help thinking, Moira, that someone was...I can't help thinking, Moira, that someone was trying to do a good PR job in portraying corsets as healthy. But that aside, I do think you've hit on something important in a good historical novel: authenticity in characters' views. That's not always as easy to do as it might seem, because modern writers are products of their times. But it can make a big difference when ti comes to the 'feel' of a novel. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com