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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Next week, our read along is Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife by Julia Wolf. Find it in ebook or paperback, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited.

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Barbie, the World Tour

Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase

Again the Magic by Lisa Kleypas

Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas

A Duke of Her Own by Eloisa James

Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz

White Hot by Ilona Andrews

Stripped by Zoey Castile

The Devil of Downtown by Joanna Shupe

Notes

• 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. 

• Those Bronte sisters! 

• Desmond Morris’s 12 Steps to Intimacy

• All about smelling salts. 

• A woman and her baby stroller were blown into Lake Michigan last week! The Windy City is no joke! 

• Am I to understand these are not historically accurate Kilts? 

• Beau Brummell was a real person.

• The Armani suit was a big deal in the 80s. 

• We are not rich enough to do anything but read about stealth wealth. 

• You should watch Deadwood.

All About:

• Chemise

• Reticule

• A beaver hat is this, not that. 

• Bliaut

• Kirtle

• Buttons 

• Waistcoat

• Greatcoat

• Pelisse

• Union suit

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