S08.23: The Chemise Protects You From Boning: Romance Wardrobe

Continuing our series on Romance Vibes, we’re talking about Romance Wardrobe this week! We’re talking corsets and chemises, falls and Hessian boots, Armani suits and underpants that rip right off. We also get to the bottom of the pronunciation of bliaut. Do we recommend books? Not really, but it’s ok, we all deserve a week of goofing off sometime. All that, and Sarah saw “Wuthering Heights.”

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Notes

1. Sarah went to see Scare Quotes Wuthering Heights, but Jen hasn’t seen it yet. According to New York Magazine, you don’t have to read Wuthering Heights to see “Wuthering Heights.” But the costumes sure are beautiful.
2. Those Bronte sisters!
3. Desmond Morris’s 12 Steps to Intimacy
4. All about smelling salts.
5. A woman and her baby stroller were blown into Lake Michigan last week! The Windy City is no joke!
6. Am I to understand these are not historically accurate Kilts?
7. Beau Brummell was a real person.
8. The Armani suit was a big deal in the 80s.
9. We are not rich enough to do anything but read about stealth wealth.
10. You should watch Deadwood.

All About:

1. Chemise
2. Reticule
3. A beaver hat is this, not that.
4. Bliaut
5. Kirtle
6. Buttons
7. Waistcoat
8. Greatcoat
9. Pelisse
10. Union suit

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