Comments on: The Heroine Wore A Housecoat

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:25:00 +0000

Quickly, Lucy, put a housecoat on her! It’s not too late!

By: Lucy King

Lucy King — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:08:00 +0000

Oh gawd, I think I’ve used strappy sandals a few times. My current heroine has spent two chapters in a negligee. Poor girl could do with a housecoat.

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:45:00 +0000

Janet, thankyou! There has definitely been a bit of confusion about housecoats, especially as they relate to pinnys. However, I'm sure the heroines I read about actually went out in their housecoats - perhaps this was a different sort?

Actually, the shirtwaister you can see around town at the moment so it can'at be all bad. Perhaps it's only a matter of time before we see the housecoat make its triumphant return? :-)
Teamed with Dr Scholl sandals naturally.

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:58:00 +0000

A house coat isn't a pinny -- it's a ladies dressing gown. Something you throw on over your night clothes when you're not quite ready to get dressed in the morning, or at night when you're wandering around the house in search of supper. I don't think you'd wear one over jeans!

A shirt-waister is a loose fitting long sleeved dress with a shirt opening part the way down the front--a bit like a long sleeved polo shirt except dress-length. And I think it had a belt at the waist.

Dr Scholls sandals were popular in the sixties- - very fetching!

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Sat, 09 May 2009 21:31:00 +0000

Lorraine, you’re so right. Too much wriggling around is…um…undignified.

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Sat, 09 May 2009 11:17:00 +0000

Well in real life my heroines would probably live in jeans but I tend to put them in skirts or dresses – so much more elegant when it comes to writing the, ahem, bedroom scenes. Jeans would just involve too much wriggling and are less sexy to have removed by your alpha hero IMO…

Completely missed Jo’s Hilda Ogden post due to blogger not updating my links, sorry Jo!

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Fri, 08 May 2009 20:58:00 +0000

Suzanne, I’ve read a couple of Moderns recently where the heroine ‘teamed’ various items. It was very reassuring. 🙂
I can see the appeal of a housecoat too. Though with me it had better be a muumuu. 🙂

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 08 May 2009 09:57:00 +0000

I lament the long gone days when the heroine used to 'team' items of clothing with each other(frequently the ensamble would include a shirtwaister and strappy sandles (or sling-backs)).

I have to say that a housecoat would cover a multitude of sins. As I sit here with middle-age fat hanging over the top of my jeans it's an ever more appealing option.

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:45:00 +0000

Um, no, Joanne, I don't know if they do naked heroines!

I'm with you on the naughty boys. I like 'em very much myself. :-)

By: Joanne Cleary

Joanne Cleary — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:31:00 +0000

Jackie – oh I do like naughty boys. Would have to be a hefty cow to make leather trousers to fit my post pregnancy tummy!

I think I like my heroine in nothing at all because it is easier to describe than clothes. Only I don’t think I can get away with that writing for the romance line 🙂