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Finished watching Lillie the other day. What an awesome series. Is there anybody more glamorous than Francesca Annis? I really don't think so. She is so good in this, and it's really well-done in general, a lot of TV period dramas from the 70's are stagey and slow moving, but this moves right along and keeps you interested the whole way. And the costumes! So delicious! And few people could look better in them than Francesca Annis does. I didn't think it was possible for a human to actually look like a Victorian fashion plate, but she does. How she could breath in those corsets I'll never know! And I'm sort of interested to learn about Lillie Langtry now. I knew of course that she was the King's mistress, and famously beautiful, as all the paintings of her one finds in books on the history of fashion will attest, but I had no idea of all the cool stuff she did and all the interesting people she was friends with. It might be interesting to find out more and see what was fact and what was fiction. Thanks to epea_pteroenta for giving me the heads up on this series!

Finished the pink 1815 doll dress. I really have to take a picture of it, it's too cute. I love the fabric, I could make a dozen more doll dresses from it, but I really should get started on a dress for myself. I have the pattern picked out but I never seem to get to it. Must be resolute! Mustn't procrastinate! (But I know I will!!!)