Attempting to do some research, if the cat will let me read.
Attempting to do some research, if the cat will let me read.
Thanks to @EloisaJames I will hopefully describe my time-traveling character's underbits correctly :)
This book is a historical romance writer's best friend. It's not just a list--it explains the reasoning behind styles. For example, of huge hoop skirts: "This extraordinary exaggeration of the lateral dimensions of the skirt may seem an attempt to deny sex attraction..." in fact, no! They then quote poetry to clarify the sensual appeal of being as wide, if not wider, than a doorframe.