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[martasfic]

Originally published at Faith Seeking Understanding. You can comment here or there.

I’ve decided that the regency dress needs to come back. Think Pride and Prejudice. I can see myself being more comfortable in that style of dress than anything people wear today. Maybe even more comfortable than my standard trousers/blouse/blazer when I teach.

This really is coming out of left-field except for seeing some people online ooh and ahh over wedding gowns. It struck me that while I did dream about a wedding gown growing up, it was always from the wrong century.

Comments

[dreamflower]

I've always imagined (and written) the upper class female hobbits of the Shire as dressing in a somewhat Regency fashion, rather than the "Ren faire" type outfits they wear in the movies.

Here's my idea of Primula and little Frodo:
http://www.lotrgfic.com/viewstory.php?sid=1478&chapter=1

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

I've always loved the Regency dresses in costume dramas, too, and because of this have always been weirdly chagrined about the fact that I don't look good in an empire waist, even though I've never actually worn Regency clothes.