tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post8991197799366244274..comments2024-03-28T20:46:22.875+00:00Comments on Clothes In Books: Dress Down Sunday: Mosaic by GB SternClothes In Bookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-16806930422886269242017-01-30T22:38:26.933+00:002017-01-30T22:38:26.933+00:00Interesting - infuriatingly, I can't track dow...Interesting - infuriatingly, I can't track down exactly where I found that image, and it doesn't come up on a Google Image search. I just have that reference to a yearbook... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-61803541357399081752017-01-30T22:36:25.573+00:002017-01-30T22:36:25.573+00:00Yes, the bra collection. Featured in an early blog...Yes, the bra collection. Featured in an early blogpost http://clothesinbooks.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/woman-who-collected-bras.html<br />Yes - I felt exactly the same - the Pettigrew film didn't properly represent the book, but did look wonderful. Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-58959281250102761432017-01-30T22:34:53.874+00:002017-01-30T22:34:53.874+00:00Yes, Stern's modernity is one of the striking ...Yes, Stern's modernity is one of the striking things - so different from agonized shy misses in the more Anglo-Saxon novels of the time. Continental Jewish families so much more sophisticated and glamorous. <br />Great story about the underwear... Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-79399773035841331502017-01-30T22:33:02.606+00:002017-01-30T22:33:02.606+00:00I always think I've read Grand Hotel, but I do...I always think I've read Grand Hotel, but I don't think I have. Worth it?Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-15749103587657293112017-01-30T20:47:06.530+00:002017-01-30T20:47:06.530+00:00P.S. Meant to comment, too, on the top illustratio...P.S. Meant to comment, too, on the top illustration. It looks like a George Barbier, but without the pochoir color applied. That japonesque fan in the background is wonderful, and the foreground quilt looks like kimono fabric.carrpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726596939143045758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-68592864521322762852017-01-30T20:41:47.625+00:002017-01-30T20:41:47.625+00:00Reminds of Flora's friend Mary in "Cold C...Reminds of Flora's friend Mary in "Cold Comfort Farm" and her wonderful lingerie collection. Also, the lingerie fashion show in the film version of "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day." The latter movie was softer and more romantic than the book, but it had such wonderful set decoration and clothes!carrpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726596939143045758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-9265899182173344392017-01-30T10:44:25.510+00:002017-01-30T10:44:25.510+00:00I went back to see when this was published, and it...I went back to see when this was published, and it's really quite a startlingly modern extract in style and content. The more things change, the more people stay the same....<br /><br />I'm reminded of that exhibit in the Undressed show at the V&A of the 1940s woman who had really fancy knickers and was sent to the harem while her husband talked ambassdorial shop with the women's husband - or something like that - and there was a complete language barrier, so to break the ice, she showed them her knickers (with appliqued hunting scenes -as exhibited in the show!) and they were so impressed that they showed her theirs (not as fancy), and they all got on really well afterwards.Daniel Milford-Cottamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07387407272852763234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-73788097800225396142017-01-29T21:35:09.964+00:002017-01-29T21:35:09.964+00:00I confuse her with Vicki Baum (Grand Hotel).I confuse her with Vicki Baum (Grand Hotel).Lucy R. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08632983296994349550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-71720263384657332602017-01-29T20:27:35.226+00:002017-01-29T20:27:35.226+00:00Yes - there's reading about corsets, and enjoy...Yes - there's reading about corsets, and enjoying the details. And then there's wearing them - something it's just as well we have said goodbye to. And, yes, great book - she really is a marvellous writer.Clothes In Bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14680610242823846662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6129427507761315524.post-63762168711024070132017-01-29T12:26:26.968+00:002017-01-29T12:26:26.968+00:00Corsets! I have to admit I'd never, ever want ...Corsets! I have to admit I'd never, ever want to wear one, Moira. But But they are fascinating, and what they say about our society is even more so. Sounds like this is a really interesting look at family dynamics, as well as a sort of peek at coming of age, in a way. Glad you enjoyed it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com