Hello!
I am doing my second Inkling Explorations!
This month's selection is: A description of a lady's dress in literature
I am doing a passage from the book, Little Town on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder:
(SPOILER! If you have not read Little Town on the Prairie, do not read this! It will give things away!)
"They all stood back to back to admire. The gored skirt of brown cashmere was smooth and rather tight in the front, but gathered full around the sides and back, so that it would ample for hoops. In front it touched the floor evenly, in back it swept with a graceful short train that swished when Mary turned. All around the bottom was a pleated flounce.
The overskirt was of the brown-and-blue plaid. It was shirred in the front, it was draped up at the sides to show more of the skirt underneath, and at the back it fell in rich, full puffs, caught up above the flounced train.
Above all this, Mary's waist rose slim in the tight, smooth bodice. The neat little buttons ran up to the soft white lace cascading under Mary's chin. The brown cashmere was smooth as paint over her slopping shoulders and down to her elbows; then the sleeves widened. A shirring of the plaid curved around them, and the wide wrists fell open,showing a lining of white lace ruffles that set off Mary's slender hands."
Once again, thank you Heidi! Go check her blog out HERE!
Thanks for reading!
MovieCritic
(SPOILER! If you have not read Little Town on the Prairie, do not read this! It will give things away!)
"They all stood back to back to admire. The gored skirt of brown cashmere was smooth and rather tight in the front, but gathered full around the sides and back, so that it would ample for hoops. In front it touched the floor evenly, in back it swept with a graceful short train that swished when Mary turned. All around the bottom was a pleated flounce.
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Above all this, Mary's waist rose slim in the tight, smooth bodice. The neat little buttons ran up to the soft white lace cascading under Mary's chin. The brown cashmere was smooth as paint over her slopping shoulders and down to her elbows; then the sleeves widened. A shirring of the plaid curved around them, and the wide wrists fell open,showing a lining of white lace ruffles that set off Mary's slender hands."
Once again, thank you Heidi! Go check her blog out HERE!
Thanks for reading!
MovieCritic
