tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post4210866982288162160..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: From the Archives: The Myth of the Regency SylphUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-83936938257444687502016-02-12T13:07:34.095-05:002016-02-12T13:07:34.095-05:00I have always felt sorry for Keira Knightly and Gw...I have always felt sorry for Keira Knightly and Gwyneth Paltrow because they both look as if they are dying of something. I suspect it's just natural skinniness but, no, no one would have admired their figures before the last years of the 20th century.--AmoretteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-83966028033232420572016-02-11T05:45:38.167-05:002016-02-11T05:45:38.167-05:00What an excellent point! I have read ladies sayin...What an excellent point! I have read ladies saying that they would have looked awful in Regency dresses because their figures are too voluptuous, but of course they're thinking of the look perpetuated by the Austen dramatisations rather than that indicated by the cartoonists and "straight" portrait painters of the period.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553503435833467369noreply@blogger.com