Period Drama Herione Tournament! Round 1

And it begins... *Cue Olympic Music*

I just added the polls for Round 1. Vote for your favorite in each poll: if you come across a choice that you aren't familiar with but you are with the other choice, you can pick the one that you are familiar with (in fact, I included a couple of characters from period dramas that I haven't seen). Each poll has characters that were randomly put together, but I also made the polls so that no two characters from the same story are competing. This poll will be up for one week. If a poll ends in a tie, the winner will be randomly selected, so I would highly recommend keeping the polls from tying.

On with the polls! Here they are:

Round 1

Poll 1

Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre)
Cynthia Kirkpatrick (Wives and Daughters)

Poll 2

Dinah Morris (Adam Bede)
Mary Smith (Cranford)

Poll 3

Hetta Carbury (The Way We Live Now)

Estella Havisham (Great Expectations)

Poll 4

Jane Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

Sophy Hutton (Cranford)

Poll 5

Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights)

Laura Timmins (Lark Rise to Candleford)

Poll 6

Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
Jane Fairfax (Emma)

Poll 7

Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)

Dorcas Lane (Lark Rise to Candleford)

Poll 8

Dorothea Brooke (Middlemarch)

Margaret Hale (North and South)

Poll 9

Harriet Smith (Emma)

Hetty Sorrel (Adam Bede)

Poll 10

Emily Trevelyan (He Knew He Was Right)

Molly Gibson (Wives and Daughters)

Poll 11

Amy Dorrit (Little Dorrit)

Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey)

Poll 12

Anne Elliot (Persuasion)
Nora Rowley (He Knew He Was Right)

Poll 13

Miss Matty (Cranford)

Mirah Lapidoth (Daniel Deronda)

Poll 14

Emma Woodhouse (Emma)

Eleanor Bold (nee Harding) (The Barchester Chronicles)

Poll 15

Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility)

Gwendolen Harleth (Daniel Deronda)

There are your choices. Go and vote! You only have one week!

Want to comment on the polls? This is a regular post, so you can comment on this post as you would for any other. What do you think of the choices? Who are you rooting for? Any polls particularly hard?

No Review this Week & Tournament

There will be no review this week since I will be starting the tournament tomorrow, but there will be a review next week.

Meanwhile, only one more day until the tournament! Would anyone like to venture any guesses on the contestants?

The King's Speech Wins!

Congrats to The King's Speech for winning four Oscars!

The King's Speech won four Oscars, including Best Actor (Colin Firth) and Best Motion Picture of the Year. Congrats!

Detail shot from London fashion week

Thank you to the talented IMOGENE ROY for these exquisite details photos from London Fashion Week: Felder-Felder Autumn/Winter 2011

To see the full review visit: http://eightlondon.blogspot.com/2011/02/aw-11-felderfelder.html

LOOK 1: WOLF JACKET Elegant biker jacket with goats hair trim / hand dyed blue nappa

LOOK 11: LILLY DRESS Warm Grey printed skater dress with leather strap in back / silk satin

  Photos by Imogene Roy

www.eightlondon.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Bennet's Dark Brown Bonnet

This bonnet is seen throughout Pride and Prejudice and is paired with different spencers and one pelisse.

Front View: The fabric on the brim is very tightly gathered. You can also see that there is a line where the fabric was gathered towards the end of the brim.

Side View: There are more lines where the fabric was gathered along the side (By looking at this picture, there are three on the outside of the brim. The crown seems to be gathered more tightly at the top than at the bottom.

Back View: Under the crown on the brim there is a bow where the bonnet ribbons are attached to the bonnet.

Back/Side View: You can see a little more details with the bow here.

This bonnet is worn with various outerwear. Above, there were pictures with the travelling pelisse and one with the brown spencer.

Here's the front view with the brown spencer.

 

In one scene, we see Elizabeth wearing this bonnet with the black spencer.

Georgiana Darcy's Blue Spencer

Here is the spencer that Georgiana wears when she and Elizabeth first meet.

Front View: The pattern of the fabric appears to be gold dots(?) on a light blue background. The collar doesn't fully bend down, as it is left up a little bit. The top of the sleeves appear to be very tightly gathered.

Back View: The classic Regency back is present in this spencer. The collar seems to be a separate piece that is sewn onto the front and back.

Full Front View: The front is secured with a gold button(?) or bow(?).

Georgiana Darcy's Pemberly Gown

This is the dress that Georgiana wears when Elizabeth, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner visit Pemberly for an evening.

Close Front View: The gown is fastened in the front, which suggests that the back is one piece with no buttons. There are six buttons that are visible in the picture (maybe 1-3 got cut off?)

Front/Side View: You can see more of the front of the dress here.

Partial Back View: This was the best picture I could get of the back. You do get to see more of the shawl here, though!

Side View: In this picture, you can see that there is a transparent overlay to Georgiana's gown.

Elizabeth Bennet's Pemberly Gown

This white gown was first seen on Elizabeth at the Assembly Room ball, then at Netherfield, and then at Pemberly.

Full Front View: There seems to be an overlay to this gown (which would be the white part). The underskirt looks like a light tan color.

Front View Close-up: You can see more how the bodice is constructed. There are two side fronts and a front. The side fronts are decorated with intricate embroidery, which also appears on the sleeves.

Closer View of Front: You can see a little more of the embroidery work here.

Emma the Comic Book Coming Soon

I just happened upon this article:

Source

Emma Woodhouse, a young privileged woman living in nineteenth century England, has delved into the world of match making! Join New York Times best-selling writer Nancy Butler (SENSE & SENSIBILITY) and artist Janet K. Lee (Return of the Dapper Men) this March as they bring to life one of Jane Austen’s most regarded stories like you’ve never seen before with EMMA #1! Despite her best intentions, Emma may think too much of her own matchmaking abilities but it won’t stop her from sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong.

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I'm getting this when it comes out! The way that the drew Emma looks like the recent adaptation with Romola Garai. Can't Wait! :-D

FEBRUARY 2011 - Elle Macpherson - in Felder Felder "leather twist" leggings.

Leggings with leather twist technique - designed in collaboration with Felder-Felder

Elle Macpherson in Felder Felder leggings
Courtesy to VOGUE.com for this photo above. 

FELDER FELDER SPRING/SUMMER 2011 - LOOK 23  - Skinny Twist pants black stretch pants with twist in front. www.felderfelder.com

Sneak Preview of Tournament!

Hey everyone!

I know you all are just as excited as I am for this tournament. I'm not going to release what characters are involved until the day the tournament starts, but I'll give you a little hint (which for some characters might be a give-a-way). I am releasing today the authors whose characters are involved in this tournament.

Jane Austen

Charles Dickens

Elizabeth Gaskell

George Eliot (aka Mary Ann Evans)

Anthony Trollope

Flora Thompson

Two of the three Bronte Sisters

I've already put together the matches. They were randomly selected, and I must say some of them are quite interesting! There might be a couple of really difficult choices! I can't wait for the tournament to start!

100th post!

This is my 100th post! Thank you everyone for reading my blog! Here are some period drama pictures!

Ah, yes... Lizzy visits Pemberly and Mr. Darcy shows up... I love this miniseries! (Review)



Gotta love this Sense and Sensibility! (Review)



Love this promotional picture from Emma. This is my favorite version of Emma. (Review)

Interesting miniseries. I reviewed it awhile back here.

If anyone is interested, if you remember Julia Sawalha from Pride and Prejudice or Cranford, you might be interested in Lark Rise to Candleford. She is one of the stars of this great show. I reccommend it! It's a really good show and is very easy to watch. If you haven't seen Series 1 but want to know more, here is my review (this was actually my first review back when Elegance of Fashion was in it's beginning months).

I love this dress/jumper from Wives and Daughters! (Review)



Thanks, everyone, for reading my blog! I truly appreciate all your support. Here's to many more blog posts!

Special thanks to Charity U at Photographer at Heart and Austenitis, Miss Laurie at Old Fashioned Charm, Sunny at Peering out My Window, and Melody at Regency Delight ~Jane Austen, etc. Check out their blogs!



Taylor-Made: Backstage at Felder Felder

http://philltaylorblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/backstage-at-felder-felder.html?spref=bl

 

 Photograph by Phill Taylor, www.philltaylor.com

"Python" digital print, designed in collaboration with Felder-Felder.Long sleeve silk printed top - Spring/Summer 2011. (Now in shops)

My favorite photo by Konstentinos for ASVOF

To see the full article go to:

http://dianepernet.typepad.com/diane/2011/02/lfw-felderfelder.html#comments

 

Photograph by Konstantinos Menelaou 

www.asvof.com 

Print designed in collaboration with FELDER-FELDER Autumn/Winter 2011

Owl print silk dress -  petrol green.

Some Layout Changes

I had to play with the layout a little bit in order to accomodate the polls for the tournament. The polls will be at the left side bar. I put up a new side bar so that the polls would be closer to the top and easier to find. I also put up a test poll. It is a working poll, so if you wanted to vote in it, you could; that poll closes February 28th. Once the tournament is over, I plan on putting the layout back to the way it was (or close enough).