Also, I'd like all the dresses in this movie in my size, please.
I always think this, too, when I watch a period movie. But then I remember how many undergarments they wore back then--a chemise, corset, corset-chemise, pantaloons, stockings, etc. It must've taken forever to get dressed and undressed (not mention the extravaganza just to go to the bathroom) and I just don't have the patience to deal with all those things.
Awww, thank you! You have a very good point with the underwear. I tend to forget everything but a chemise and corset, just because they don't get much screen time. (Except in bodice-rippers--oh, wait, I forgot, almost all period drama now have at least some bodice-ripping).
I guess it just makes it all the more amazing that women among the elite were wont to change entire outfits two or three times a day on top of all that. No wonder they had maids!
Comments 4
Reply
Reply
Also, I'd like all the dresses in this movie in my size, please.
I always think this, too, when I watch a period movie. But then I remember how many undergarments they wore back then--a chemise, corset, corset-chemise, pantaloons, stockings, etc. It must've taken forever to get dressed and undressed (not mention the extravaganza just to go to the bathroom) and I just don't have the patience to deal with all those things.
Reply
I guess it just makes it all the more amazing that women among the elite were wont to change entire outfits two or three times a day on top of all that. No wonder they had maids!
Reply
Leave a comment