I could see hoop skirts being useful when the temperature climbs. The skirts would shade your legs while the hoops would keep the material at a distance. Corsets in the heat, however, seem like they'd be awful.
Marco: Do we look reasonable to you? Mal: Well. Looks can be deceiving. Jayne: Not as deceiving as a low down dirty... deceiver.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Jul 17, 2006 7:42:44 am PDT #7032 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
ChiKat - Jul 17, 2006 7:53:30 am PDT #7033 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
The corsets I wear (and like they wore back then) are cotton and they didn't do a lot of tight-lacing. I wear a cotton chemise under my corset, too.
Theodosia - Jul 17, 2006 8:07:26 am PDT #7034 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I find that if I can steel myself to do it, completely eschewing AC for a couple of days will 'reset' my body thermostat so that I don't feel as hot. However, no can do when I have to spend most of my days in office AC, even if I wanted to.
msbelle - Jul 17, 2006 8:11:01 am PDT #7035 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
office is so cold I am wearing a lightweight wool cardigan.
Lunch is giant salad I made last night: mixed greens, white turnips, radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, red peppers, carrots, and grilled chicken. It is the yum.
JZ - Jul 17, 2006 8:11:17 am PDT #7036 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Plus, when your legs are all nicely breezy and ventilated via the airflow created by the hoopskirts, your whole body feels cooler so the corset doesn't bug as much.
Jesse - Jul 17, 2006 8:15:41 am PDT #7037 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am thinking desert clothes for the light-yet-fully-covered look might be the best way to negotiate between my warm apartment, the hot outside, and the chilly office. Either that or a hoopskirt.
Lee - Jul 17, 2006 8:19:06 am PDT #7038 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
OH! ita, this week's EW has an article about Eureka in it, complete with a good picture of Colin. They liked it.
§ ita § - Jul 17, 2006 8:28:29 am PDT #7039 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
this week's EW has an article about Eureka in it, complete with a good picture of Colin. They liked it.
Score! I'm behind on my mail, but I do think I saw EW in my mailbox.
Lee - Jul 17, 2006 8:33:20 am PDT #7040 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I still have mine, if you need it.
Vortex - Jul 17, 2006 8:37:34 am PDT #7041 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The ghost of Ken Lay is haunting Vortex! Run!!!!
pfft! Not possible. Not because I don't believe in ghosts, but because he's not actually dead! t /conspiracy theorist