Colin Firth wearing a reindeer jumper in Bridget Jones' Diary
The blog, Built on Facts, discusses Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones’s Diary in a post entitled: Metafiction and Self-Reference in Bridget Jones’ Diary
..not only is [Bridget Jones’ Diary] a retelling, it’s a retelling that’s very explicit about that fact. But that’s just the start; in fact Bridget meets him at a party wherein Mr. Darcy is standing around being standoffish, precisely as in Pride and Prejudice. And Bridget comments on this, pointing out to herself that if one is going to be named Darcy one shouldn’t be standing around standoffishly at parties.
More Intelligent Life dot Com features a long interview with Colin Firth about his movie, “A Single Man,” and his life and career. Quite insightful.
LOOK UP Firth’s name in a casting director’s address-book, and you’d find it under “a” for Archetypal Englishman. He has played the comedy version (the cuckolded, tongue-tied writer in “Love Actually”), the villainous version (a Blackadderish lord in “Shakespeare in Love”) and the subtle, smarter-than-he-first-appears version—decent Clifton, the young buffer who’s actually a spy, in “The English Patient”. Yet in reality Firth doesn’t have much time for England.
Both his major relationships have been with women from other countries—first the Canadian actress Meg Tilly, with whom he has a son, and now his wife Livia Guggioli, an Italian documentary producer and mother of his two younger children.
Trousseau features fashion from the 19th century through the early 20th century. This page shows gowns from 1801-1839. Clicking on a dress will lead you to a page; clicking on each image will lead you to an enlarged detail.
Detail of embroidered muslin dress, 1810-1814
Jane Austen's World 
Vic,
I love both, the reindeer jumper and de embroidered muslin!
Those lovely muslins should cost a fortune…
Oh my favorite reindeer jumper!
Interestinng links. Thanks for sharing.
But does Mr. Darcy know the dear cost of muslin?
Great links! thanks :)
Oh my that first link was an entertaining read! The comments were even better… #6 made me LOL!
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Ooh…love the embriodery motiffs on the muslin. Regency l journals like Ackermann’s & The Lady’s Magazine published Embriodery prints for motifs & embriodery edgings for lady readers to use….Thanks for showing this pic. Miss Tilney always wears white.
Mark Darcy sure looks cute if proud in his reindeer sweater..I’d associate Darcy with the price of silk or satin, rather than muslin. ;-)
Vic,
All these interesting posts I’ve been missing! Thanks for the two links, the insightful Colin Firth interview on Intelligent Life, and the Built on Facts post on BJD. I particularly enjoy reading all the comments there, and appreciated your discernment regarding the issues of JA, women writers, and ‘chick lit’.
Recently, one of my posts, a review of Girl With A Pearl Earring is linked to an online book list entitled: ‘101 Books Women Should Read’. You can expect the ripples that can come from it on Ripple Effects. I’ve written a post just to express my personal opinion (Nov. 19, 09). The comments I received are interesting as well. Your response and insight is most welcome.
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