![]() Old silk evening dresses became repurposed. Silk was unavailable after late 1940 and cotton was in short supply so what did you use for your undies? Some women used ‘butter muslin’ (used in food preparation and available off-ration). There was a helpful pamphlet issued with tips on how to use ‘decorative patches’ to cover holes, how to unpick and re-knit chic alternatives and how to darn. People were urged to reimagine their wardrobes. This is Mrs Sew and Sew who was apparently emblazoned across posters and starred in animation films promoting home sewing. Image taken from: Imperial War Museum - 10 Top Tips for winning at 'Make do and Mend' From June 1941 until 1949 buying of new clothes was rationed in Britain. ![]() It got me thinking about the relevance of this sentiment for our present times! The slogan actually comes from a ‘Ministry Of Information’ newsreel trailer from 1943. I am just starting on this lovely picture by Margaret Sherry to turn into a cross stitch. Make do and mend! Posted in Artist Inspiration Product News ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() In Tudor England, silk, velvet, and fur were reserved for the nobility, and ballooning pants called “trunk hose” could be considered a menace to good order. Merchants dressing like princes and butchers’ wives wearing gem-encrusted crowns were public enemies in medieval societies structured by social hierarchy and defined by spectacle. For centuries, clothing has been a wearable status symbol fashion, a weapon in struggles for social change and dress codes, a way to maintain political control. ![]() A “sharp and entertaining” ( The Wall Street Journal) exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our clothing reveals about ourselves and our society.ĭress codes are as old as clothing itself. ![]() ![]() ![]() This was simply a beginning and I don't see more volumes for this run. I do feel like there was much more to the story. I hope they do make this into a movie and give it a good treatment. I didn't know anything about the Eternals and I was excited by this Marvel outing. Preferably told by someone other than Neil Gaiman? Anyone? that gives this a somewhat Marvel universe-y feel to it.Īt the end of this I was kind of left scratching my head, but maybe this isn't the whole thing? The story takes place during the events of the Superhero Registration Act, so there are a few cameos with Tony & Co. They're living among us as humans and occasionally superheroes. Ish.ĭue to vaguely explained happenings, the lion's share of these Eternals have been mindwiped and have no idea who or what they are anymore. ![]() The Eternals are these super-powerful & immortal beings that were created before humanity, and they (I guess) act as our protectors when even bigger, more powerful, older immortal beings decide it may be time to end us. ![]() So, if he can do no wrong in your book, then you'll want to check this out. It does, however, have that typical Gaiman smell to it. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't exactly satisfying (to me) in any sort of a meaty story sort of way. The first time I read this I was a diehard Gaiman fangirl and I gave it 4 stars. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From discussing what went on behind the scenes to tips and tricks of being a producer, to even sharing some love for Aardman, it was both a pleasure and honour to sit down with these gentlemen for what could arguably be one of the best Magic Light Pictures productions to date. ![]() Recently, Skwigly was invited to attend a press event where not also did we have an opportunity to see the film early, but we also had the opportunity to interview producer Barney Goodland and executive producer Michael Rose. After waking up to find the lovers have gone missing, their families go on a space-filled adventure to find them while slowly learning to accept one another. The story focuses on two aliens named Janet and Bill, whose families, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos, dislike one another, but they see past the prejudices and grow to love one another. And the short feature will be The Smeds and The Smoos, based on the best-selling 2019 picture book by the acclaimed author and artist. This year marks a special occasion for Magic Light Pictures as Christmas will see the release of their tenth adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler’s books. ![]() ![]() The crew arrives to find the planet’s surface charred, signs of life sparse. In Sargasso of Space, the free traders of The Solar Queen win exclusive rights to all tradable goods discovered on the planet Limbo. Here are the first two star spanning tales of Dane Thorson and The Solar Queen. 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The cartoonish accents ruin the entire experience. It sounds like the narrators only reference for a Manhattan accent was the muppet Rizzo the Rat, who doesn't even have a Manhattan accent, then didn't even do the impression the slightest lick of justice. It is forced, poorly reaserched, and sounds like every man has a terrible cold. Her exasperated father has informed her that if she cant find a husband by the end of her third London season, she will be forced to marry a man she hates-the ruthless entrepreneur Matthew Swift. ![]() I have lived just outside NYC my entire life and I've heard people's bad interpretations of the accent more times than I care to count. Quirky and fun-loving American heiress Daisy Bowman is the last unmarried Wallflower. When I say this is the worst New York accent I have ever heard I am in no way exaggerating. If I had known what I was in for I never would have waisted my time. So when I excitedly logged in and saw it waiting for me in my library I was extatic. The group of girls consists of Annabelle Peyton, Lillian Bowman, Evangeline Jenner and Daisy Bowman. The series follows four very different young girls as they make their way from wallflower to married woman. Scandal in Spring is part of the Wallflowers series. I had been waiting for this revamp for three months, it's my favorite story in the series and Daisy is my favorite character. LISA KLEYPAS es una escritora estadounidense de superventas dentro del género romántico histórico. This month we’ll be discussing Lisa Kleypas’ Scandal in Spring. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Delivery with Standard Australia Post usually happens within 2-10 business days from time of dispatch.You can track your delivery by going to AusPost tracking and entering your tracking number - your Order Shipped email will contain this information for each parcel. 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Order may come in multiple shipments, however you will only be charged a flat fee.Ģ-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. ![]() ![]() Verification and causation, he points out, do not simply mean that change is initiated by singular people or monolithic institutions, and he rebukes those who portray recent writing in social history in such medievalist terms. reach some tenable conclusions about what it all meant." Evans defends time-honored methods for proving the validity of facts, upholding faith in the notion that causality can be reasonably deduced from the proper chronological arrangement of events. Like most historians, Evans confronts accusations that history is either dead or mere ideology designed to prop up bourgeois institutions by answering that the past "really happened, and we really can, if we are very scrupulous and careful and self-critical. Richard Evans's In Defense of History not only defends historians from these fashionable barbs, but shows how the discipline is adapting to this assault on its empiricist base. ![]() ![]() History's claims to objective knowledge have recently been critiqued by post-foundationalists who argue that facts cannot exist outside of the "prison house" of language. In the 19th and 20th centuries, historiographers established scientific methods and standards for the historical profession. ![]() ![]() The Strange Life of Nikola Tesla is the renamed Part One, The Life of Tesla by Tesla. ![]() Tesla's personal account is divided into six chapters covering different periods of his life: My Early Life, My First Efforts At Invention, My Later Endeavors, The Discovery of the Rotating Magnetic Field, The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer, The Magnifying Transmitter, and The Art of Telautomatics. The content was largely drawn from a series of articles that Nikola Tesla had written for Electrical Experimenter magazine in 1919, when he was 63 years old. ![]() My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla is a book compiled and edited by Ben Johnston detailing the work of Nikola Tesla. ![]() My Inventions, The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla (Bestseller Book by NIKOLA TESLA) All Time Most Demanding Books Classic Collection ![]() ![]() ![]() But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught breaks in pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. They be soldiers with youthful enthusiasm. This is the testament of Paul Bumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army during World War I. 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