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WOW, TWO CROSS-DRESSING stories in a row! I certainly wasn’t expecting that. It makes me wonder how many more heroes (and especially heroines) I’ll see in disguise across the next several dozen books. Season 16 Armor Ornaments See also: Season 16 Armor Ornaments Season 16 Exotic Armor Ornaments See also: Season 16 Exotic Armor Ornaments Ornament Season 9 Armor Ornaments See also: Season 9 Armor Ornaments Season 9 Exotic Armor Ornaments See also: Season 9 Exotic Armor Ornaments Ornament While pledged to Future War Cult, complete the Ancient's Haunt Lost Sector in the Tangle on Nessus. His father, Federico, was also a painter, and Madrazo’s early work complied with the family tradition of historic painting (Burón). Influenced by the Belgian artist Alfred Stevens, his brother-in-law Mariano José Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal, and the ambiance of Paris, Madrazo traded the dry academic scenes for the tableautin – the small and intimate genre paintings for which he is now well-known (Art Experts). He concentrated on this type of painting in his thirties and it became a high point in his career during which many of his paintings sold to American collectors for high prices (Burón).

Fancy dress does follow the line of stylish dress, if not the aesthetic. The woman’s dress is inspired by the 16th-18th century Commedia dell’arte Pierrot character, which was a popular choice for costume (Fig. 5). Her outfit is made in a very fashionable cut for a late 1870s gown; compare it to the evening dress in figure 6, though the masquerade dress is much shorter–a defiance of norms acceptable in fancy dress. Claim high-value targets' chests with full Dead Orbit Anti-Extinction armor equipped and while pledged to Dead Orbit. The masks in our "designer mask" section are made from handlaid paper strips and of course are beautiful and quite rare. Prudence and her Sir Anthony’s romance is more complicated, I think, since not only does Anthony have to puzzle out the truth of the “stripling” Peter’s true gender, he has to contend with some initial concerns about his own sexuality, which you can tell he’s never questioned before meeting the faux Mr. Merriot. Tall and quiet, his “sleepy” eyes hiding a formidable intelligence, Sir Anthony not only catches on to Prue’s ruse (hehe, Prue’s ruse) pretty early on, he also keeps it from her that he knows, so that she is never sure exactly where she stands with him. Heyer is magnificent in drawing Sir Anthony’s character slowly but consistently, so that we always guess at his motives and knowledge, until he tells us – and Prue – himself.Masqueraders.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed December 8, 2015. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/459124 Madrazo painted two additional portraits of his “Pierrette”; one in 1878 (Fig. 4) and another much later in 1893 (Fig. 14). The costume is generally the same in all three paintings, but makes a useful comparison for how fashion changes over time – and how artists concede to the mode. What was earlier a ruched overskirt and pleated underskirt in late 1870s fashion are now smooth, gored expanses of satin in 1890s fashion. Her hair is now frizzed into curly bangs, and her shoes have also changed – they are now late Victorian heels, and she has cast her 18th century mules aside on the floor next to her.

FAVORITE NEW WORD: “Domino.” Of course, I knew about the tiles for the game – my Chinese great-grandmother would have been outraged were I to not know every classic game invented in China, which she truly believed was all of them, and also how to play them – but I had never heard the word applied to items of clothing, in this case a cloak and mask worn to a masquerade ball. Research unearthed the information that these items, and their names, originated in Venice, and that domino may well be derived from the word dominus, Latin for lord, or even from the resemblance to the robes worn by Dominican monks. It was also, by the way, the Venetians who called the game tiles dominoes, too, because they looked like the domino masks. I am very glad Mei Mei never found that out. She would have been devastated. So, cleverly, and seemingly all but flawlessly, reinvented as the beautiful and fascinating Mistress Kate Merriot (Robin) and her brother Peter (Prue), the pair enter fashionable London society, working under the “hide in plain sight” principle, and are soon established as reputable youngsters about town. Kate knows how to flirt her fan to perfection and Prue is at home at a card party, so they get along very well – especially Robin-as-Kate, who furthers his romance with vivacious heiress Letitia by gaining her confidence, and then dazzling her as a mysterious hero. Season 21 Armor Ornaments See also: Season 21 Armor Ornaments Season 21 Exotic Armor Ornaments See also: Season 21 Exotic Armor Ornaments Ornament It’s pretty deceptive and pretty wrong, but young Letty seems to be okay with it in the end, so hey, whatever works for her, right?The sitters in this portrait remain unidentified, though the woman appears in the same costume in a later painting called Pierrette (Fig. 4). They appear to be friends and are dressed in elaborate and beautiful costumes, quietly sharing drinks in a conservatory during or after a masquerade ball. The scene itself is fun and flirtatious, like so many of Madrazo’s artworks. Well, Masquerade masks have been made in Venice, Italy for over 1000 years and there are many mediums that are currently being used to create the masks. Haye, Amy, and Valerie D. Mendes. “Fancy Dress.” In The House of Worth: Portrait of an Archive, 111-117. London: V&A Publishing, 2014. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/858843985 Season 15 Armor Ornaments See also: Season 15 Armor Ornaments Season 15 Exotic Armor Ornaments See also: Season 15 Exotic Armor Ornaments Ornament Season 18 Armor Ornaments See also: Season 18 Armor Ornaments Season 18 Exotic Armor Ornaments See also: Season 18 Exotic Armor Ornaments Ornament

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I know I have stated over and over that I have never liked, nor even truly respected, historical fiction, but the more Heyer I read, the more I realize that this prejudice has as much to do with the specimens I had read rather than the genre as a whole. The Masqueraders is not only my favorite Heyer book so far (including the contemporaries that I love so well), but might well be the best book I have read this year. The clothing shown in this portrait is not an example of high fashion for the time the painting was done. Since these two were attending a masquerade ball, all guests were dressed in costume. Masquerade clothing, or ‘fancy dress’, from this period was often representative of animals, objects, and themes from nature, including astronomical phenomena and plants. It also commonly looked to the past for inspiration, resulting in costumes drawn from previous eras or from fairy tales. Costumes for these balls, attended by the wealthiest portion of society, were elaborate and decadent.