tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post8247590892463400433..comments2024-03-29T11:36:25.050+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Xmas Gifts: Feather boas and miseryClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-29471310293396001762017-01-01T12:31:07.332+00:002017-01-01T12:31:07.332+00:00Oh yes, I don't know of any descriptions in r...Oh yes, I don't know of any descriptions in real life, but we can certainly come up with examples in books! Great one Susanna.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-78592113735264954642016-12-31T18:39:01.768+00:002016-12-31T18:39:01.768+00:00I think there was a vogue for chicken farming in t...I think there was a vogue for chicken farming in the 20s as well. Vera Findlater in Unnatural Death thinks she and Mary Whittaker might try running a poultry farm (till MW bashes her over the head).<br />Susanna Taylernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-8973681832860781332016-12-31T17:30:13.528+00:002016-12-31T17:30:13.528+00:00Yes, I can imagine that. A good combination for ma...Yes, I can imagine that. A good combination for making money both ways.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-66543603643286555982016-12-31T17:29:38.371+00:002016-12-31T17:29:38.371+00:00Like computer startups in the late 90s...Like computer startups in the late 90s...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-33960896112977054132016-12-31T04:42:47.215+00:002016-12-31T04:42:47.215+00:00There was a pretty big ostrich farm in Pasadena (C...There was a pretty big ostrich farm in Pasadena (California) in the early 20th century. I imagine they "harvested" the feathers, but my understanding was that it was mostly a tourist attraction -- complete with ostrich rides!Paula Carrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-33200205275891965032016-12-30T23:41:30.514+00:002016-12-30T23:41:30.514+00:00I'd forgotten the ostrich farms!I'd forgotten the ostrich farms!Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-1440599997218220342016-12-30T21:59:15.675+00:002016-12-30T21:59:15.675+00:00Just reading a book set in Paris 1890s with plenty...Just reading a book set in Paris 1890s with plenty featuring. There was a little sub-trope of ostrich farms wasn't there? People were going to make their fortune, off to South Africa to raise the valuable blighters. But then presumably fashions changed, no more ostrich feathers in hats and boas, and the farms failed. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-19415018733924774282016-12-30T18:41:49.404+00:002016-12-30T18:41:49.404+00:00"Ostrich, marabou, chandelle, and turkey are ..."Ostrich, marabou, chandelle, and turkey are the most common feathers used" says Wikipedia. Called "boas" after the snake. Heyday in the 1880s? Stayed on as stripper's prop, like Edwardian button boots and corsets.Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-89684037413721472652016-12-30T17:03:12.832+00:002016-12-30T17:03:12.832+00:00Yes, I guess it's a rare book that's so ba...Yes, I guess it's a rare book that's so bad there's nothing good in it! And I did very much enjoy finding out about feather boas...Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-54966924949998047842016-12-30T12:41:56.073+00:002016-12-30T12:41:56.073+00:00Oh, there's definitely something about a feath...Oh, there's definitely something about a feather boa, isn't there, Moira? I'm glad you found that this one at least had some chapters in it that you liked, even if the whole thing wasn't to your liking. Interesting about that expression, too. Funny how things sometimes mean the exact opposite of how they sound. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com