Cathy Earnshaw would never have worn the dress as depicted on screen.
- Surrey Future Fellow and Lecturer in English Literature, University of Surrey
Much to enjoy as Bridgerton returns, a Tudor murder mystery intrigues, the International Booker prize is imminent, the National Gallery is 200 and the genius of Raymond Briggs is on display.
Penelope Featherington enters the third season painfully alone, but will she leave it that way?
The Victorians were driven to care for their clothes for reasons of thrift, economy and to prevent waste.
Writers did it themselves back in the 19th-century so modern period dramas should be cut some slack for trying to prioritise modern aesthetic tastes over historical accuracy.
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