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Dec. 31st, 2015 07:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotI finally finished watching Empresses in the Palace, after a long break in the middle of the third episode! All in all, I strongly recommend it. At first I was concerned about how polyestery all the costumes were, but as time went on and the characters settled into and gained different ranks I started to really, really appreciate the differences you can make out between a concubine, a noble lady, and a consort through dress and hairstyle. It handles the changing attitudes of characters toward the emperor well, too - he was a stern force in the beginning, when Huan was new to the court/harem, then became a kind of benevolent husband-ish when she achieved a rank and was somewhat happy, then by the end, as I was starting to get really annoyed at how much bullshit and cruelty and backstabbing went down in the harem over him, Huan basically did as well and he seems like a jerk. Five stars, would recommend, might not watch again because long.
2015 was a very good year for me. New job, new apartment! I wouldn't be cast down if 2016 held a new one of each as well, but even holding steady at this point would be okay. I've also found new groups to be a part of - the university chorus and English Country Dance people - and have done a lot more sewing than I ever thought possible, getting a lot better in the process. And of course let's not forget that 2015 saw the publication of Regency Women's Dress!
(Speaking of which, I've been feeling pretty down about it ever since Kristy told me that they would want a professional photographer to take pictures for any future books because they think the lack of photos was what held back sales, and then it got worse when someone reviewed it to say PoF and Hunnisett were better despite being a broad overview. But I've seen that some people got it for Christmas and will maybe use it, and I've just realized that they can send a photographer without me and do whatever the hell they want, THEY CAN'T DRESS THEM ON FORMS THAT DON'T EXIST, and if that's a problem, they can turn down the MS that they have the right of first refusal for and I can get on with self-publishing it with more detailed drawings.)
Also, I won a best of 2015 award on BadHistory for my post on inaccuracies in Downton Abbey corsets. Best media review!
2015 was a very good year for me. New job, new apartment! I wouldn't be cast down if 2016 held a new one of each as well, but even holding steady at this point would be okay. I've also found new groups to be a part of - the university chorus and English Country Dance people - and have done a lot more sewing than I ever thought possible, getting a lot better in the process. And of course let's not forget that 2015 saw the publication of Regency Women's Dress!
(Speaking of which, I've been feeling pretty down about it ever since Kristy told me that they would want a professional photographer to take pictures for any future books because they think the lack of photos was what held back sales, and then it got worse when someone reviewed it to say PoF and Hunnisett were better despite being a broad overview. But I've seen that some people got it for Christmas and will maybe use it, and I've just realized that they can send a photographer without me and do whatever the hell they want, THEY CAN'T DRESS THEM ON FORMS THAT DON'T EXIST, and if that's a problem, they can turn down the MS that they have the right of first refusal for and I can get on with self-publishing it with more detailed drawings.)
Also, I won a best of 2015 award on BadHistory for my post on inaccuracies in Downton Abbey corsets. Best media review!
