Comments on: BY HERESIES DISTRESSED — snippet 19

By: Karina

Karina — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:02:03 +0000

Mike – I agree that re-doing the outer clothes could be an excercise in futility, however, you could re-do the underclothes. Of course there’s always the problem of how much bodice the dress styles show.

By: E

Fri, 01 May 2009 03:39:39 +0000

Three states of universal existence:

Matter
Anti-matter (has an opinion)
Doesn’t-matter (Used in the construction of malls and international meeting rooms)

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:33:31 +0000

Switching clothes without the subject’s knowlege might work OK for someone who always wears the same clothes all the time (like a military uniform, or a cleric’s robes). It’s a bad idea for someone who may have many different sets of clothes for many different social occasions. It’s especially bad for someone who is likely to be gifted sets of clothes and then may be expected to wear them.

If you actually want her to stay protected as much as possible, you need her cooperation.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:41:20 +0000

Could her gowns have been swictched with out her knowloge like Archbishop Mailel’s?

By: E

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:11:52 +0000

Is Safehold in the baroque era as far as fashion?

By: George Phillies

George Phillies — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:40:04 +0000

Sharleyan might, however, have been persuaded that the gift of a layer of “steelthistle” (iirc) undergarment, besides being cool in the local weather (assuming it is much like silk), is moderately resistant to various unpleasantness, even as real silk garments were effectively worn for that purpose in this period, by the few who could afford them.

Also, the steelthistle was an advertisement implicit for local industry, and a token of appreciation. Of course, she got the very special steelthistle.

By: E

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:18:06 +0000

As I recall, Sharleyan brought one of her bigger political troublemakers with her to Charis in order to keep him from causing trouble. With any luck, the small fries left here will be suitably shocked by the bold approach Cayleb has planned for them.

By: E

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:23:41 +0000

At this point the sterilized pants-suit has yet to be invented.

By: Karina

Karina — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:20:51 +0000

Based on what I’ve read of ‘olden days’, Women of high rank had a LOT of clothes, a separate outfit based on time of day and social event they were attending. And to wear the exact same dress to different formal occasions when husband hunting was to state that your finances were in trouble and hurt your ability to make a match.

By: evilauthor

evilauthor — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:05:05 +0000

OTOH, how many outfits does Sharleyan have? And how often does she get new ones?

No, I am NOT making women shoppers jokes… really!