A spoof on Star Wars
If anyone here enjoys Star Wars, the new trailer for Episode III has been up for a while. Watch that trailer first. Then watch the spoof on the trailer here. Right click whatever size you want to view ( I did medium sized) and save the target to your desktop. Then watch the spoof. It’s hilarious. 
I love corny humor.
In other news, I’m still waiting to hear from Mills & Boon. They need a smilie with twiddling thumbs. I’m going to try and knock out three new pages on my book and see where that leads me. I have several storylines that are going to collide in this next part, and I have to make sure each one is fleshed out enough. I tend to layer when I write, getting the bare bones first, and then going back over and over, adding a little more with each revisions as I work my way toward the new part. It’s an …er…interesting process. 
But I get there in my own sweet time. I’ve also updated my bio page in an effort to procrastinate.
History trivia for today: (**Updated) Underwear was first fastened using ties. Buttons were not used on underwear until the middle of the seventeenth century. The modern zipper was not in use until after the first World War.
Michelle posted in Life and So On @ 3:35 am | Viewed 1685 times
Caro Says:
Erm, I have to question the research on the buttons not being used until the middle of the seventeenth century — there are extant garments from the sixteenth century that had buttons (as well as hooks and eyes), and I seem to recall portraits from the fifteenth century and earlier that have buttons on the clothng. (Yes, I’m part of the costume research police; I’m trying to recover.)
You’re right about the zipper, though I have seen an authenticated garment that was c.1914 that had a zipper, so there are a few early examples. It’s one of the ways costume/fashion collectors can tell if that garment really is from the period the seller claims it’s from. (One of the other is whether or not it’s machine or handstitched and what type of machine stitching.)
Jill Shalvis Says:
Love the Star Wars spoof …
Michelle Says:
Caro–I think I should qualify the button comment…it was taken from the History of Underclothes by C.Willett and Phillis Cunnington. I will check my other sources on regular buttons, however. It might be that buttoned underclothes were not used until the mid seventeenth century. In any case, I’ll check on this.
kacey Says:
Well, I don’t know WHEN buttons were invented, but I do know buttons are truly EVIL when a manufacturer puts them on the waistband of a toddler’s pants…
Mary Says:
I loved all the Star Wars, so I’m sure I’ll love this. Thanks.
Caro Says:
Ah, I didn’t realize it was Cunnington and you’re right about underwear — before that, everything was ties and pins. Even after that, most stuff that was worn under a corset still stayed away from buttons because they could get real uncomfortable real quick. I’ve worn “combinations” once under a Victorian corset, and the steel busk ended up pushing the buttons down the front into my skin. I stuck to a shift after that.
The book’s a good one and the information is solid; the only problem is that there’s been quite a bit of research done in the fifty years since it was first published. A lot of that is fiddly stuff only students of costume history would know, but there are a few theories that have changed.
If you don’t have it, I recommend Nora Waugh’s Corset and Crinolines, especially for the period quotes.