Dressmaker

"You should have your dressmaker whipped, Violet, for not better accentuating such a fine feature. Aleister, you were quite correct." Violet remained mute as she was displayed much as one would display turnips, or perhaps poultry, in a county town market. It was a little uncomfortable for a moment or two but then she glanced at how engrossed Aleister was. Truly there were worse things than being stripped in preparation for a session of undefined, but hopefully indescribable, intercourse. Mara had assured Violet that anything she may do would not have a detrimental effect on her figure, or her social standing, and so that was enough for her. There were some boring admonitions about a price having to be paid elsewhere, but there always were…

Time, culture, and Language have a great Effect on what we read. Shakespeare is known for writing the famous play, Romeo and Juliet in 1597, the story of two star crossed lovers. A recent author, Mary Chamberlin wrote The Dressmakers war, the story of a women’s trials faced during a war time. These two pieces were written during different British times that ultimately influence the writing style, plot points and major themes used by the authors to convey their fictional stories. Rome and…

Australian movies. Films that are made in Australian, generally have a red, musky feel to them. This is often created through this use of the Australian countryside and outback as well as the saturation of light. A good example of this is the movie, Red Dog, which was shot in WA. This cinematic hue is very evident when watching the Dressmaker, which was filmed on location in the Victorian town, Wimmera-Mallee. In this film, the hue is created in several ways, but mainly through the bland,…

In “The Dressmaker’s Child,” I believe Cahal attends Minnie’s wedding, visits the statue of the Virgin, and plans to visit the dressmaker, because it’s his way of making up for the sins he made. For example, the first sin he committed in the story was checking out the Spanish woman he chauffeured while he had a girlfriend. For this reason, I believe he attends Minnie’s wedding to make up for the lack of concern he had for her. The next sin Cahal committed was lying about the statue of the…

has foreshadowing are things being ‘armless’. Some of these items that are armless include: Owen, the dressmakers dummy, the armadillo, and Mary Magdelene. Owen became armless when he saved all those many people from a grenade. That was when he realized why he sounded and looked the way he did. ‘“NAM SOON! LIE DOWN!” Even the littlest boy understood him.’ (612) When Owen was given a chance to ‘fix’ his voice through plastic surgery Owen politely declined the offer. He knew…

Growing up in Germany, and being told by boutique sales people that I didn’t have the “body type” for some of the fashions I loved and wanted, I decided to start designing and creating outfits for my sister and me. As I made dresses, skirts and jackets for the two of us, I became more and more interested in making sure our outfits, either homemade or store-bought fit us perfectly and looked fabulous. During this time, I also completed my Bachelors degree in Women’s Custom Tailoring, as well…

His career life was revolutionary in several ways, but the most notable one would be Worth as the “father of haute couture”. As Milbank states, “before Worth, the idea of a dress being recognizably the work of its creator simply didn’t exist”. The process of making clothes were client-oriented before Worth. Clients would choose the design and the textiles, and dressmakers were there to follow clients’ orders. Dressmakers would visit the clients’ houses for consultations. However, Worth created…

Born a slave in 1818, Elizabeth Keckley became a skilled dressmaker for First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. After President Lincoln’s assassination, Keckley wrote one of the first personal accounts of life inside the Lincoln White House, Behind the Scenes: Or Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House. Elizabeth Keckley had experienced the exploitation and degradation common to thousands of slave women. She was born in Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia, and spent her childhood as a slave of…

breaking gender norms. Lena Lingard grew up on the prairie but, with determination achieved her dream of becoming a successful dressmaker and business women. The stereotypical life of a married prairie women was exactly what Lena did not want. Lena responds to Nick Svendsen ditching her for another girl by stating “ I don 't want to marry Nick, or any other man. I’ve seen a good deal of married life and i don 't care for it” (114). Lena knew what her mom’s life was like, a constant state of…

Sidiqis’ successes and growth mindset. Lives in city of Kabul had changed overnight when the Taliban seized control from 1996-2001. Afghani women faced the harshest policies under Taliban rule. Not only they banned from school, work but they also need to be fully covered and not allowed to be on the street without a male escort. Under the Taliban’s rule, many women became sole breadwinner for their family when the male members forced to flee the city. Despite the difficulties, women learned to…