Costume Design & The Working Women of Outlander
As a woman that has worked on a farm, I know the importance of having movement and the women in Outlander are no different. The toil on the farm required one not to be bound by their clothes. Yes, I know there is the corset issue but that was the 1740s solution to breast support. The skirt design of the time period was full enough to allow a woman to ride a horse without clothing restrictions. On the other hand though, the jacket that was commonly worn over the corset could be tight and I am speaking from experience. This snugness was a necessity due to the fact that typically the only closure was a lacing up the front, which made the jacket adjustable to many different sizes along with holding the stomacher in place. While not much could be done about this restrictive nature of the jacket around the corset, the sleeves were another matter.
On Target - Doctor Who (Part One)
Think back, if you will, to the early 1970’s. Some of you can, some of you can’t. I can, just! Doctor Who was just past it’s 10th birthday, the show was now being transmitted in full colour after six and a bit years of monochrome. Jon Pertwee was into his third year as The Doctor and moves were afoot to produce a range of books novelising his adventures in the wake of the publication of the three novels: Doctor Who and the Daleks, Doctor Who and the Zarbi, and Doctor Who and the Crusaders published back in the mid to late 1960’s.
Ten MORE EXCITING Outlander Blogs/Websites You HAVE to Follow!
Here we are finding ways to pass the time as we patiently or not so patiently, wait for Season 3 to air. Some of you have been more fortunate than the rest of us and have already sat in on the special viewing offered at SDCC! Eeeek! So grateful for you all in not flooding the internet with SPOILERS!! Even though I have read the books, it still is a part of the whole experience to see the shows first hand, don't you agree?
AbbyShot's Countdown To Outlander Season 3
Hey, lads and lassies! Are you all as excited as we are here at AbbyShot, for Season 3 to start?? Waiting patiently in anticipation to continue along with Claire and Jamie on their journey? Well, maybe not SO patiently but it is what is and we are now down to the final countdown. Sqeeeee! Unless of course, you were one of those lucky 4000 audience members at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Or perhaps you have read the books?
New Year, New Attitude - The Story Behind Our New Look
With AbbyShot’s fifteenth year now upon us, what does this mean for the brand itself? This is the question we’ve been asking ourselves for the past three months. The answer was in our reality, we just had to open our eyes to see it!
Doctor Who 10.12: “The Doctor Falls” - Episode Review
No Doctor Who season is perfect. Every season, from 1963, has a clunker. Or two. Or three. So possibly the most remarkable thing about this most scintillating of seasons has been waiting, through brilliant episode after brilliant episode, for the wheels to fall off and slowly gaining confidence that this time we’ll actually manage a perfect score.
If “The Doctor Falls” disappoints, it’s only in that context. Flawed, it would be a standout episode in any other year but it doesn’t quite manage to be the finale this most remarkable season deserves.
Historic Environment Scotland - Our Awesome Retail Partner
2017 is marked as Scotland's Year of History, Heritage and Archaeology. The tourist season is in full swing and with their visitor count of 14.6 million annually increasing, we can only anticipate that these numbers will continue to grow especially with Outlander now airing in the UK!
Doctor Who 10.11: “World Enough and Time” - Episode Review
This year began with a lecture from the Doctor that told us that Time meant LIFE.
The arc that ran through the season’s middle third began with another lecture, the Doctor warning us that Space meant DEATH.
Doctor Who 10.10: “The Eaters of Light” - Episode Review
RONA MUNRO! Infamously the writer of this episode once found herself confronted in a theatre bar by Doctor Who 00s team of Russell T Davies and Phil Collinson, the two star struck and robbed of the power of speech beyond yelling “RONA MUNRO!” at her. Munro has a special place in the field of Doctor Who writers. She’s the first, and so far only, writer to cross the millennial divide and write for both the 20th century incarnation of the show and, as of this week, the 21st century revival too.
A Closer Look: Claire Fraser's Riding Coat
From one group of Sassenachs to another, I think we can all agree that Claire Fraser has stolen the hearts of many. She has quickly become the envy of every Outlander fan and is the epitome of the kind of woman we all strive to be. She helps put the capital S in Sassenach, don’t you think?
Doctor Who 10.9: “Empress Of Mars” - Episode Review
Whatever episode occupied this week’s slot in the season was always going to have a difficult role to play. It follows the multi-faceted character drama and global scope of the past month’s quartet of linked episodes and clearly had limited funds to draw on, falling between all that foreign filming and expensive spaceship sets on the one side and whatever planet shaking destruction the Doctor battles in the run to the finale on the other.
Doctor Who 10.8: “The Lie of the Land” - Episode Review
The overthrow of totalitarian dictatorships is very much the Doctor’s bread and butter. As often as he’s repelled alien invasions over the past five and a half decades, he’s landed in a world dominated by some despot and their secret police, taken a look around, and then brought about regime change in time to be home for tea. As such, the figure of George Orwell and his Big Brother looms large over much of Doctor Who. But “The Lie of the Land” is the most direct, and specific homage of Nineteen Eighty-Four in the show’s history. It’s also possibly the smartest.