Well, I have a lot of practice from the store. I have seen a billion and five different body types in many different styles (working at an upscale consignment shop, we don't have that "this is what's in style now so that's all we have" thing, plus things are so well put together that you can really tell what part isn't working for the body type). If I were braver, I'd sneak all the wrong things out of the stuff people are sending back to the dressing room, and put something similar, but better for them in. But, that would be rude. Still...

I'm sorry, Cashmere. That sucks. I hope your DH has time over the weekend to recover.

And thanks, Susan. Happy trails!

The three most persuasive Regency writers I can think of are all in the mystery genre, and I think that's significant.

Kate Ross, who died too young, Madeline Robins (slight alternate-history), and the regency thriller I can't remember the author of. (The one with all the pyramiding revelations about the husband's and wife's motivations about their son.)

Kate Ross was wonderful. I devoured those books, and then I was irritated with myself because I should have savored them and parceled them out. She really nailed the period.

In re the subscribe button, anyone know another language for "D'OH!"?

l'D'OH is the French, el D'OHla is the Spanish

Wow, I go away for a couple hours and not only do you start a new thread, but you're nearly 100 posts deep into it. Well, guess I'll just pull up a chair and join the crowd.

Actually, must go back to work, my break is over. I just wanted to try and get in the turnover if I could. Under 100, I'll accept.

Oh, Cashmere. Dope him up but good, and tell him to breathe right on the bosses, and not to cover his mouth when he turns his head toward them to cough.

H'okay - I need linkys. Specifically, I need linkys of slight men who are slightly fey and still look dangerous as all fuck. I'm doing the makeup design for Lucio in Measure For Measure, which Z is setting in modern times, with the cabaret being a gothy S&M club. Lucio needs to look like the kind of guy mundanes would cross the street to get away from. I've run through Trent, Sid, and Spike (among others). Anyone else have good ideas?

(I figure this is a fun exercise for the Bitches, as well....)

Missed all the new thread activity, but here now. Need a hot cup of tea. I seem to be just getting cold tea these last few days. I'm last to get the family cold so my attention kinda wanders. I miss my mug warmer.

Speaking of good and not so good books, my librarian friend has been using the following as the tag on her emails for a while. I think some here will be amused:

"When she saw the man who rescued her from a stalker ex-boyfriend, librarian Phoebe Richards couldn't believe her eyes. Only in books- and in her fantasies- had she seen a sexy-as-sin man like Daniel Barone. He was everything a hero should be - brave, gorgeous, wealthy...and totally out of her league. Daniel Barone, international thrill seeker, thought he'd seen it all. But nothing had prepared him for the rush of Phoebe's guileless smile. Nothing shocked him more than the unfamiliar desire to stay with her. For the first time, Daniel felt real fear: Would he survive an affair with the innocent, bespectacled librarian?"-From: C. Gerrard's "The librarian's passionate knight" [link]