Word: elizabethan
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...consciously know this. Yet the other day I was at a party where not one, but two people were wearing reindeer sweaters, perhaps ironically. Irony is lost on the reindeer, however. 9. A velvet skirt. The last time velvet was acceptable in a skirt was during the Elizabethan era. This is because they didn’t have the advantages of furnaces or insulation. They also enjoyed bear-baiting. 8. High-heeled, thick-soled loafers. This particular brand of perennially scuffed footwear is popular among the women of Harvard. I don’t really understand this. The last time...
...sacrificial teddy bear, covers everything in the room. The design must be clean so it can be fitted to the model, who is soon to arrive. Hays and her model arrive at the Sanctum in the nick of time, the latter looking like an alien from the Elizabethan era. The result is beautiful...
...expressiveness of her face tells not only of her age and maturity, but also of her intensity as a woman and leader. The costuming is superb, at times making her appear ethereal and virginal; at others, tired and crumpled. The cinematography deftly captures the ornate world of the Elizabethan court without overwhelming. Director Shekhar Kapur, who also directed “Elizabeth,” achieves his greatest feat in the same way Blanchett does: by convincingly balancing all the elements that make Elizabeth a queen—her intelligence, courage, and independence—with those that make...
...sure, far more elaborate than that of her predecessors: she had a handmaiden whose sole purpose was to retrieve errant jewels that detached from the Queen's gowns. Byrne searched for visual cues in seminal books like Janet Arnold's Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd, a recent Elizabethan exhibition at London's National Maritime Museum and Balenciaga's designs from the 1940s, which referenced 16th century Spanish court painting. The upshot: sumptuous fabrics and rich beading...
Shakespeare's Wife is as much a social history as a biography. In some of its most fascinating passages, Anne becomes the vehicle to convey Elizabethan rituals and beliefs. During her labor, midwives likely drew the curtains and lit the fire: bright light, they thought, might drive a laboring Anne insane, and locals construed the birth of her twins as the result of "inordinate sexual desire." When Anne's son died at age 11, perhaps of cerebral palsy, mourners carried his body through town on a tabletop. Respectful townspeople laid down their tools as the procession, led by Anne, passed...