Comments on: the Lemon Lady dilemma

By: The Cheap Chick

The Cheap Chick — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:56:33 +0000

Well said! Life is too short to being picking of the nits. Also? My favorite sewing? Is together - as in, sewn together and not in pieces

By: Joe Paulino

Joe Paulino — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:11:49 +0000

“Perfect” is the enemy of very, very good.

By: Danine Cozzens

Danine Cozzens — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:09:24 +0000

Oh, yes, I remember that column of Miss Manners. We thought at the time it appeared, how sad for reinactment to gain notice in such a negative way. And have we seen bad manners… aiee! And how to mitigate without committing rudeness ourselves… oy!

It is not only poor contemporary manners, but shockingly bad form for the eras we seek to evoke. True Victorian ladies not only aged their Worths for a year, so as not to appear too fashion forward, but they did not comment on the gowns of others. One could comment on general looks or health, but saying, “What a charming cap you have” would be a sign of low breeding, indirectly implying that one’s caps were not invariably charming. Asking after the pattern or the dressmaker, even lower. Offhand I’d gauge this to apply roughly from Jane Austen through Edith Wharton; someone who actually knows what they are talking about could refine.

By: Elise McFarland

Elise McFarland — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:35:36 +0000

So, would it be appropriate to announce that my honor has been offended and demand a duel at dawn? Or would it be better just to slap the person then and there ; )?

When you see an all-out brawl at an historical event that is entirely composed of a group of well dressed ladies, you’ll know I started it.

By: Amy Osterholm

Amy Osterholm — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:22:55 +0000

The consultant’s credo applies, with a little editing, to the Done is Good theory of costuming, which I wholeheartedly applaud: Don’t get it right, get it written.
Or, Maybe it’s so-so, it’s sewn!