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Clothing the Characters

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I've been cheating on my current WIP (hopefully soon to be my ex-WIP) with my next WIP.  It's set in New York, on the eve of the Great Depression (at least at the beginning.  *Spoiler*  Everybody loses all their money), and my heroine, Isabelle (or maybe Isabel, I'm not sure) is a Young Lady of Means.  Of course she needs dresses, so I've been spending many happy hours on OMGThatDress shopping for her.  So far, I've mostly found party dresses, of which this is my favorite.

[Yes, I know a 2nd grader can upload pictures from Pinterist.  Sadly, I'm not a 2nd grader.  Somebody is going to have to show me, slowly, several times.  I've finally learned to follow knitting patterns, but computer directions?  Not so much.]

Oh.  Anybody who knows a good, layman's book about the causes of the Great Depression (the first one, this would be), lay it on me.  Because I'm stockpiling research.


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la_marquise_de_
Oct. 1st, 2012 05:56 pm (UTC)
I can't do the upload thing, either.
That is a beautiful dress, however.
stephanieburgis
Oct. 1st, 2012 06:00 pm (UTC)
Ooh, I can't wait to read this!
coffeeem
Oct. 1st, 2012 06:57 pm (UTC)
And the shoes, of course. The silver leather T-straps. *blissful sigh*
julian_griffith
Oct. 1st, 2012 07:25 pm (UTC)
Ooh, pretty!

Uploading a picture: if you right-click on the image, it should give you the option of "copy image URL." Then, if you are composing your LJ post in a rich text editor, you click on the little thing that looks like a picture frame hung on the wall by string, and it will give you an option to paste in the URL. If you are composing your LJ post in a straight HTML editor, you type in {img src="relevant url here"} except the curly brackets should be pointy ones.

There should be a little tab at the top of your post window that says whether it's rich text or HTML.

I hope that's simple enough?
deliasherman
Oct. 7th, 2012 11:19 pm (UTC)
I'll mull it over and try it next time I have a picture to post. Thank you.
Nancy Werlin
Oct. 1st, 2012 07:56 pm (UTC)
I just love books where the characters lose all their money. There was a Louisa May Alcott book where that happened, which I read over and over as a kid. Poverty improved everybody's temper and morals immeasurably. Hah. Doubt it. Now, what book was that? ROSE IN BLOOM, maybe?
Nancy Werlin
Oct. 1st, 2012 07:58 pm (UTC)
No, wait, it was AN OLD FASHIONED GIRL.
deliasherman
Oct. 7th, 2012 11:20 pm (UTC)
YES!! I remember. A real trope in the 30's, too (for reasons not too far to seek). Didn't the Melendy's father lose his money?
enleve
Oct. 6th, 2012 10:27 pm (UTC)
It's not about the Great Depression, but I found this book illuminating:

The Panic of 1907 by Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr

It lists several interconnecting factors that contributed to the crisis. It has helped me understand the crash of 2008, and I imagine it would have things in common with 1929 as well.
deliasherman
Oct. 7th, 2012 02:53 pm (UTC)
I've made a note. Thank you.
peoppenheimer
Oct. 7th, 2012 06:57 am (UTC)
Not sure how much help either will be, but two books that spring to mind are The Crisis of the Old Order (Schlesinger), and Skidelsky's biography of Keynes.
deliasherman
Oct. 7th, 2012 02:54 pm (UTC)
My bibliography grows, just the way I like it. Thank you!
peoppenheimer
Oct. 9th, 2012 12:42 am (UTC)
Happy to do anything that might result in more Delia Sherman to read!
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