FASHION PLATES

What Lady Emily would wear.

Ascot, 1934

The hats have become more elaborate with time.  

Compare this to what they are wearing these days.

WILD STRAWBERRIES - 1

"Through this gate the Leslie family had come to church with varying degrees of unpunctuality ever since the vicar had been at Rushwater..."

A GEM OF A BOOK

This is one of those books one buys in order to salivate over shabbily perfect interiors, dogs in baskets, raggedy rugs, crooked pictures, muddy wellies, musty bedrooms and slightly mildewed bathrooms.  The nostalgic essence of a Thirkell novel.  Just the two prefaces, by the author and the photographer, are well worth the price of admission.