I can't help but feel the producers overstated the need for the girls to have chaperones all the time. In P&P, Elizabeth Bennet walks all the way to Netherfield to see her sister on her own, Jane Bennet rides alone to the same destination and Lydia and Kitty walk into Meryton alone - all aged 22/23 or younger. Marianne in S&S, Emma - all different ages and status and no chaperones. I can't help but think this system of a chaperone being with them 24/7 is a ploy to cause the girls grief!
I'm just bugged by the women not wearing chemisettes during the day or bonnets/ hats when they go outside (some do, but not all the time). And they have maids to help with hair, why aren't they more invested in period-appropriate hairstyles? But I am still so addicted to watching this!! :)
"--a bigger, better torso, that is better breeding stock...".
Being born at a farm-estate, where my dad has been breeding cattle and later on horses, this was actually how the best breeding bulls and studs looked like.
The inaccuracy of the corsets is ridiculous. If they did just a little bit of research they would know how wrong they are. On a happy note, quite a few of the costumes came from the 1995 Pride and Prejudice. So pretty and being worn so badly here.
@JessicaDaae At 2:28 the corset that Ms. Hawkins wears is very Regency. Some stays were short, but most were hip length. They just didn't have boning all the way around or cinch the waist. Hers looks like the photos of preserved stays and patterns for long stays you can find online. And I thought I recognized some of the dresses! Especially my favorite of Elizabeth's, the white on white stripe with 3/4 sleeves. :)
@MissAshleyJClark The whole point is to try and show as faithfully as possible how people actually lived back then with both the good and the bad. If people start to act in a way that they would not have back then, then what is the point of this whole exercise? Part of what is interesting about the program is to show off the difficulties that people faced in that time.
@Aworkm916 Indeed, it is a pity that, as soon society developes to the positive in one way, other things unfortunately get lost. Look what has become of British society recently, when the lower ranks of nowadays start to destroy, rob and steal, not having understood that one still needs good manners to make it. So not much has changed actually.
I can't help but feel the producers overstated the need for the girls to have chaperones all the time. In P&P, Elizabeth Bennet walks all the way to Netherfield to see her sister on her own, Jane Bennet rides alone to the same destination and Lydia and Kitty walk into Meryton alone - all aged 22/23 or younger. Marianne in S&S, Emma - all different ages and status and no chaperones. I can't help but think this system of a chaperone being with them 24/7 is a ploy to cause the girls grief!
uberrose831 2 days ago
I'm just bugged by the women not wearing chemisettes during the day or bonnets/ hats when they go outside (some do, but not all the time). And they have maids to help with hair, why aren't they more invested in period-appropriate hairstyles? But I am still so addicted to watching this!! :)
BrigantineMagnolia 1 month ago
"--a bigger, better torso, that is better breeding stock...".
Being born at a farm-estate, where my dad has been breeding cattle and later on horses, this was actually how the best breeding bulls and studs looked like.
druniver 6 months ago
I love the chaperones sitting around discussing the men. X3
LeslieWilsonPerry 7 months ago
The inaccuracy of the corsets is ridiculous. If they did just a little bit of research they would know how wrong they are. On a happy note, quite a few of the costumes came from the 1995 Pride and Prejudice. So pretty and being worn so badly here.
JessicaDaae 8 months ago
@JessicaDaae At 2:28 the corset that Ms. Hawkins wears is very Regency. Some stays were short, but most were hip length. They just didn't have boning all the way around or cinch the waist. Hers looks like the photos of preserved stays and patterns for long stays you can find online. And I thought I recognized some of the dresses! Especially my favorite of Elizabeth's, the white on white stripe with 3/4 sleeves. :)
BrigantineMagnolia 1 month ago
Put your corset on so the poor girl can get some food.
lisambofoh 1 year ago 22
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nightscape2008 1 year ago
everett is a little bingley-like hehe
mysweetsmile23 1 year ago 5
If you can't leave the room in your corset don't wear it, who'll care or notice?? flippin hell . . . ;)
MissAshleyJClark 1 year ago
@MissAshleyJClark The whole point is to try and show as faithfully as possible how people actually lived back then with both the good and the bad. If people start to act in a way that they would not have back then, then what is the point of this whole exercise? Part of what is interesting about the program is to show off the difficulties that people faced in that time.
kaunas88 10 months ago
I would love to adopt some of ways regency ppl lived.Seems like a very well-mannered time.
Aworkm916 1 year ago
@Aworkm916 Indeed, it is a pity that, as soon society developes to the positive in one way, other things unfortunately get lost. Look what has become of British society recently, when the lower ranks of nowadays start to destroy, rob and steal, not having understood that one still needs good manners to make it. So not much has changed actually.
druniver 6 months ago