tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post7472895991792779190..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: No Name by Wilkie CollinsClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-55920590306882528642014-04-15T09:37:08.126+01:002014-04-15T09:37:08.126+01:00As I said to Col, probably start with the Haunted ...As I said to Col, probably start with the Haunted Hotel, nice and short!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-28174669201793869002014-04-15T03:55:11.369+01:002014-04-15T03:55:11.369+01:00Someday I will decide on a Wilkie that I will read...Someday I will decide on a Wilkie that I will read... a shorter one. But at least you are reminding me of him.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-65841595166600280852014-04-14T09:17:01.011+01:002014-04-14T09:17:01.011+01:00The other one is about a tenth of the size so I th...The other one is about a tenth of the size so I think you made the right choice!Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-55468406814726555442014-04-14T05:19:42.834+01:002014-04-14T05:19:42.834+01:00Hmm.....I think I'll stick to the downloaded C...Hmm.....I think I'll stick to the downloaded Collins from a week or two ago. Seems kind of interesting, but not really my cup of tea.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-58928993962818605072014-04-13T20:49:26.301+01:002014-04-13T20:49:26.301+01:00Wasn't that interesting, what Ken had to say? ...Wasn't that interesting, what Ken had to say? I suppose Wilkie Collins wasn't thinking of us reading the book 150 years later, with our completely different clothes.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71189942837462626492014-04-13T20:47:20.350+01:002014-04-13T20:47:20.350+01:00That's fascinating Ken, a really illuminating ...That's fascinating Ken, a really illuminating comment. We (amateurs) don't think of their being fashions in line and look like that...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-43017517721749943842014-04-13T17:43:56.007+01:002014-04-13T17:43:56.007+01:00Moira: There is obviously alot of clothing with wh...Moira: There is obviously alot of clothing with which I am unfamiliar. At least chemisette has enough of an underclothing connotation to guess at the meaning.<br /><br />I would thought she kept looking down as she was bored with the conversation until I read Ken's comment.<br /><br />It has often seemed to me that Victorian times were so focused on nuance that it must have been a challenge to decide what to wear and what to say.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821565196350694911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-88707402443406078672014-04-13T15:41:50.215+01:002014-04-13T15:41:50.215+01:00I read this a few weeks ago and had to re-imagine ...I read this a few weeks ago and had to re-imagine the clothing when I realized the action is set in 1843, not at the time it was published. One of the characteristics expected of an attractive woman in the 40's was a gentle "droop" emphasized by the wide, dropped shoulder-line and trimming of the dresses, the hair styles, and her posture. Tipping the head down and sideways so that the eyes rest on the upper chest/shoulder is exactly the desired effect, and dear Mrs. L. is nothing if not an expert at producing the desired effect. Collin's readers old enough to remember the fashions of twenty years earlier would have recognized this and contrasted it with the fashionable line and posture of the 60's. The kind of chemisette fashionable at the time was embroidered in delicate white-work produced in and named after Ayrshire in Scotland, and I'm certain that the cambric was very clean, very fine and worked in a pattern very carefully chosen to be "pretty" but not "showy". Ken Nyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08838597854722716546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-90931600590252469362014-04-13T14:40:03.096+01:002014-04-13T14:40:03.096+01:00As I keep saying, Collins' female characters a...As I keep saying, Collins' female characters are much better than some of his contemporaries' (looking at you, Mr Dickens). And I love that the blog gives me an excuse to go chasing up what these obscure words and garments are.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-45402773333526110602014-04-13T14:20:23.608+01:002014-04-13T14:20:23.608+01:00Moira - Trust you to teach us something new about ...Moira - Trust you to teach us something new about clothes. I never knew what a chemisette was either! Thanks. And I do love that description of Mrs. L. And I do love the idea of a woman who's not depicted with a condescending pen, so to speak. I like the fact that she's an interesting character, baddy or not. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com