tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post3414104685532548298..comments2024-01-28T04:42:49.700-08:00Comments on DIK (Desert Island Keepers): Clothes Maketh the Woman...DIK Ladieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03975839058527201650noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-21032095330625421372011-03-11T05:42:53.466-08:002011-03-11T05:42:53.466-08:00Jenre - oh yes, I agree with your comment on Regen...Jenre - oh yes, I agree with your comment on Regency. Even though we can't see them, the costumes are such a sensual treat :). Why aren't we wearing more things like that nowadays, I ask? <br /><br />Chris - and then I read your comment, and I have my answer :)<br /><br />Tracy - sorry to disillusion the 8yo. But hey, it doesn't mean we all agree with Mark Twain!<br /><br />sami - how great to see you here, long time no chat :):). I agree completely that some books seem to spend all their time telling you what the characters are wearing and - worse! - where they bought them. And you made me laugh about it not agreeing with your taste. I know I sometimes sit there reading and thinking - what, you're wearing that with THAT? Eww! LOL.<br /><br />Stacie - excellent point about the bodywear. I love your point that tattoos etc shouldn't always be associated with the *dark* side of people, but as other forms of looking good. Authors need to use all the visual aids available at their fingertips.dikladies.guesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08787618172689289438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-40500293099106199002011-03-10T16:56:05.540-08:002011-03-10T16:56:05.540-08:00I think clothes are very important in building a c...I think clothes are very important in building a character. They don't have to define the character but can reveal certain aspects that would otherwise be overlooked. <br /><br />I would also add tattoos and piercings into the mix. If you look at Lauren Dane's Brown siblings books, most of the characters have tattoos and/or piercings. The cliche would be to make the characters tough or dark. The characters in this series are family oriented, supportive and loving. <br /><br />Good question.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-25264621738675898792011-03-10T16:50:06.293-08:002011-03-10T16:50:06.293-08:00recklessly responding! :D
i love clothing descrip...recklessly responding! :D<br /><br />i love clothing descriptions, but there's that fine line between "just right" and "over-exposition". i don't think anyone needs to know exactly what each character is wearing all of the time. i appreciate it more when you can slip a reference to his clothes into the dialogue or into the action.<br /><br />the thing with me is... i'm picky about clothing taste (well, my clothing taste is very standard but i like contemporary characters to be wearing generally contemporary styles). and i hate it when my favourite character is described wearing what i think would be the world's most hideous outfit. haha. i get totally distracted by that. ^^;;;;;; my biggest pet peeve are descriptions of boys (18-25) going clubbing in this day and age wearing poet's shirts. (you know where i'm getting this from. don't hide it! ^_~)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-50510109027682639452011-03-10T12:57:11.347-08:002011-03-10T12:57:11.347-08:00I absolutely think that clothing is important in a...I absolutely think that clothing is important in a story. You can't exactly have an uptight anal lawyerly type who wears torn jeans and t-shirts - that just doesn't say anal to me. On the flip side you can't have a laid-back surfer wearing a suit! lol<br /><br /><i>Naked people have little or no influence on society.</i><br />This made me laugh. My 8 year old will be so disappointed - she loves running around in the all together. lolTracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320961506471746567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-60744449549270675322011-03-10T10:41:40.432-08:002011-03-10T10:41:40.432-08:00I read Ava March's Bound Forever a few days ag...I read Ava March's Bound Forever a few days ago, and all I can think about is how accursedly frustrating it must've been trying to deal with all those buttons and layers...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959009113795804133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012664417591303836.post-43803768894304056392011-03-10T10:15:47.019-08:002011-03-10T10:15:47.019-08:00I think clothes are really important in making a s...I think clothes are really important in making a statement about a character. I used to read a lot of m/f regency romances and part of my enjoyment of that genre was in the clothes that the characters wore. The regency rake with his outrageously expensive clothes or the prim governess with her plain dresses who longs for the beautiful clothes of the rich ladies (hmmm, seemed to have slipped into Jane Eyre territory there :)).<br /><br />I recently read a m/m steampunk novel by KZ Snow, Mongrel, and the clothes in that were very important for the characters, especially Fanule, who wears black intimidating clothing to make others more fearful of him. Great stuff.Jenrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15492693697232134724noreply@blogger.com