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Content dealing with fashion and fashion history.
This blog is a hodgepodge, so i figure I should adapt it for more gloriously random uses. I think I’ll start posting some of the outfits I slap up on various fashion communities. I will also endeavor to post the interesting media (or not-so-interesting media) that I’m always slapping up on Facebook. And other stuff. I promise.
Mainly thinking out loud.
And now, a silly Depeche Mode video.
Additionally, Laurel Ann has posted a slideshow of official images here.
Deb’s Bygone Books Blog reports on two first editions of Emma at auction. One is being presented by Swann Auction Galleries of New York, which included the following blurb with the lot’s online listing:
“First english edition. Austen had a falling out with her first publisher Egerton over publication of Mansfield Park and transferred to John Murray, who published the second edition of that title and the first edition of Emma on the same terms: each was published at the author’s expense, with profits to the author after payment of a 10% commission to the publisher. In keeping with Murray’s stated views on edition sizes, 2000 copies were printed. Emma is also the only one of Jane Austen’s novels to bear a dedication (to the Prince Regent). –Gilson A8.”
Also, a short article on Sonam Kapoor’s Ayesha wardrobe, from the Times of India:
“Sonam’s clothes for the movie have been designed by fashion designer Rehane. Though Rehane is not Delhi-based, she’s participated in fashion weeks in Delhi, and has also designed the clothes for Sonam in the movie. “I have actually done the western look for her. I was supposed to do the Indian look as well, but couldn’t because of my commitment to the fashion weeks that are to follow,†says the Chennai-based designer.”
I guess this means that Mona May isn’t working on the film after all? Or perhaps she’s working on special pieces, as Rehane is only doing the “western” portion of Sonam’s wardrobe.
From The Romola Garai Image Archive: Some photos of Romola Garai and Jodhi May on location while filming Emma.
Times of India reports that Mona May, Clueless costume designer, is doing Sonam Kapoor’s wardrobe for Ayesha.
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There’s a nice selection of behind-the-scenes photos from Emma 4‘s Chilham location posted at the Republic of Pemberley. They provide a nice preview of some of the costuming!