LIVING BY THE BOOK REQUIRES A TONY WARDROBE, REFINEMENT.If she had lived in the '90s, Jane Austen could have been a Valley girl, hip to the fashion scene and, like, Miss Popularity. She would have bought her clothes at the ``Clueless'' headquarters - Contempo Casual and Wet Seal Wet Seal is a young women's clothing retailer headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California. It carries moderately priced brand name and company-designed apparel and accessories. The company was founded in Newport Beach, California by Lorne Huycke in 1962 as "Lorne's. stores - but, alas, the dark-haired, hazel-eyed little Sagittarian (cheerful, generous, restless) was born Dec. 16, 1775, in England. Where, as you probably know, absolutely nobody wore minidresses or hipsters. If you wanted to run with Austen's crowd, here's what you'd need: An Empire-waist dress with puff sleeves and showing lots of cleavage. A glass-bead choker or Y-necklace, the type you've seen on ``Friends.'' Minimal makeup. Pinch your cheeks before you go through the door. An upswept 'do with ringlets ringlets npl → tirabuzones mpl; bucles mpl ringlets npl → anglaises fpl ringlets ring npl and accented with some fresh flowers. Bonnets with the ribbons left untied. Leather gloves and a tiny handbag. A flirty little shawl to drop around your shoulders. But good looks and cool clothes wouldn't be enough. To be considered way-cool, you'd need to be skilled at idle chatter as well as: Embroidery and needlepoint needlepoint: see lace. needlepoint Type of embroidery in which the stitches are counted and worked with a needle over the threads, or mesh, of a canvas foundation. It was known as canvas work until the early 19th century. . Archery. Ballroom dancing. Calligraphy calligraphy (kəlĭg`rəfē) [Gr.,=beautiful writing], skilled penmanship practiced as a fine art. See also inscription; paleography. European Calligraphy In Europe two sorts of handwriting came into being very early. . Musical instruments. Turning artichokes into centerpieces. Painting. Keeping giant goldfish alive in small, shallow bowls. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--Color) Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson dress the part in the big-screen adaptation of Jane Austen's ``Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility is a novel by the English novelist Jane Austen, that was first published in 1811. It was the first of Austen's novels to be published, under the pseudonym "A Lady". .'' (2--Color) Alicia Silverstone is a modern-day Emma in ``Clueless clue·less adj. Lacking understanding or knowledge. clueless Adjective Slang helpless or stupid Adj. 1. .'' |
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