tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post4369270867396889564..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: Elizabeth & Essex by Lytton StracheyClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-57384957826616641442014-09-01T11:48:51.023+01:002014-09-01T11:48:51.023+01:00Thanks for visiting, Crimeworm, and for your fasci...Thanks for visiting, Crimeworm, and for your fascinating input. The Scottish/English connection brought about by James feels very relevant right now, doesn't it? I hadn't realized that it played a part in the Guy Fawkes plot. <br />I'm off to look at your blog now.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-49702167687288597972014-09-01T11:02:39.150+01:002014-09-01T11:02:39.150+01:00Elizabeth is fascinating, as a woman with such pow...Elizabeth is fascinating, as a woman with such power so long ago...but as a Scot I adore Mary. I like to think how in the end, with Elizabeth dying childless, the Scots king (James VI here; I in the rest of UK) reigned supreme. Sad that he only returned once to Scotland...Guy Fawkes intention had been to destroy the huge Scottish contingent in Parliament - James' cronies - that he felt were taking over the then English Parliament, but so few Scots seem aware of this when they celebrate on November 5th!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-60881897395805731982014-09-01T10:52:27.090+01:002014-09-01T10:52:27.090+01:00I think she's mentioned as having three thousa...I think she's mentioned as having three thousand - makes today's royals look positively economical with money!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61586927506324868982013-08-26T09:38:54.059+01:002013-08-26T09:38:54.059+01:00The more I think about it the more convinced I am ...The more I think about it the more convinced I am that Strachey should have written novels. And yes, Elizabeth I is one of those figures you never tire of reading about.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54839568707996886432013-08-26T03:15:26.742+01:002013-08-26T03:15:26.742+01:00Moira - You know, I'd never thought about it, ...Moira - You know, I'd never thought about it, but Strachey would have been great as a novelist. And you know, I find this story fascinating. Of course, I find Elizabeth a really interesting person in history. And I can only imagine what it would be like to have a thousand dresses...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-49903480680245706992013-08-25T11:44:16.473+01:002013-08-25T11:44:16.473+01:00Thanks Celia - I can only recommend that readers g...Thanks Celia - I can only recommend that readers go and look at the Wikipedia entry on blackwork. As you say, there are amazing examples there.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-10134288335188727722013-08-25T10:49:51.139+01:002013-08-25T10:49:51.139+01:00Fascinating article as usual, but your example of ...Fascinating article as usual, but your example of blackwork is very tame and not at all, I think, what Elizabeth would have been wearing. The Wikipedia article gives some rather more impressive examples. <br />The stitch used is sometimes called Holbein stitch because blackwork occurs so often in his portraits.Cda00ukhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192939979611916958noreply@blogger.com