Fashion

The Line of Thought

. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.

--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

Regency runway

I know very little about fashion, as my invariably pedestrian wardrobe choices make immediately clear to everyone I meet. (Who needs Elle...

Deborah Yaffe

Jul 10

Good hair day?

What did Jane Austen look like? As I’ve noted before (for example, here and here ), we can’t be sure. We have only one portrait we know...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 14

Putting it on

Seldom do I appreciate zippers more than when I’ve just watched actors in Regency costume recreate the rituals of Jane Austen-era...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 13

Regency stylings

A few months ago, I noted with surprise that I was eagerly anticipating my next visit to a place I often describe as the most boring...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 11, 2024

Regency fashion, off the beaten path

My husband grew up in the northwestern English city of Lancaster. It is not my favorite place. The weather is frequently dank and...

Deborah Yaffe

Aug 15, 2024

If the shoe fits. . .

The annual general meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America is coming up next week in Denver, and with it that age-old...

Deborah Yaffe

Oct 26, 2023

Bonnetfest closeup

If you’re a Janeite who can’t make it to Cincinnati’s Taft Museum of Art this summer – and will therefore miss your chance for an...

Deborah Yaffe

Jun 9, 2022

A new Austen line

Last year, as blog readers will recall, a New York fashion designer named Jennyvi Dizon celebrated her newly minted membership in the...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 7, 2022

What lies beneath

In popular culture, Jane Austen is the avatar of buttoned-up romance – love stories featuring heroines concealed under long skirts and...

Deborah Yaffe

Apr 4, 2022

Bonnetfest

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away – in other words, in mid-2019 -- I wrote about a traveling exhibition of costumes from Jane...

Deborah Yaffe

Mar 17, 2022

While you were sleeping. . .

It’s the start of a new month, and thus the perfect time to update some old stories: * All dressed up: Over the summer, New York...

Deborah Yaffe

Nov 1, 2021

Timeless heroine

“Mouni Roy Dresses Like A Jane Austen Heroine In Her Latest Photoshoot And Totally Nails It,” proclaimed a recent headline on the website...

Deborah Yaffe

Sep 23, 2021