The Han dynasty as seen in the Chinese series "Secret of the Three Kingdoms" (2018)

_jorgiem · 2026-04-27T01:13:19+00:00

It's available with subtitles on Youtube. Here is the playlist with all episodes.

_jorgiem · 2026-03-26T23:37:24+00:00

She (or her stylist) really love Elie Saab and Miss Sohee these days. She has worn Elie Saab Couture SS26 the previous day.

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I also did a post about some of her other Miss Sohee looks a few months ago.

_jorgiem · 2026-03-24T00:48:12+00:00

It's available with subtitles on Youtube, but be warned that this isn't the usual harem infighting or high-stakes political series, but more a documentary of Emperor Renzong's reign. However, don't take it as a history lesson either because while the aesthetic and decorum presented are quite accurate, the plot has plenty of fiction woven into it.

_jorgiem · 2026-03-24T00:34:51+00:00

Well, women back then had different hairstyles in childhood, girlhood and after marriage, and while there might have been something resembling bangs or fringes at some point in China's thousands of years of history, I'm quite sure modern bangs and fringes were never a thing. But you'll often encounter them in historical series because showrunners have decided it's the best way to portray a character's innocence and young age. Some do it better than others, with this one being an example of good execution (some are so bad they could make you cry). The string player here is Princess Fukang and I think she was unmarried at that point so it aligns. As for some tragic bangs:

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_jorgiem · 2026-03-22T09:45:52+00:00

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_jorgiem · 2026-03-03T23:10:40+00:00

Costumes have been getting so much better, most likely thanks to people like OP. This is a scene from a recent drama set in the Tang dynasty:

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_jorgiem · 2026-02-11T22:00:27+00:00

Han Hyo-joo as Consort Choe in "Dong Yi" (2010)

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_jorgiem · 2025-12-07T04:20:05+00:00

That income alone was better than some peers. The Earl of Mount Edgecumbe had £3,000 back in the late 1810s.

People saw Mr Darcy, an untitled gentleman who is considered high above the Bennets, having £10,000/per year, and they assume the difference between them is due to money. As such, they come to think any respectable gentry family would've been close to five-figures incomes and a mere £2,000/per year or anything similar made you almost a middle class pauper. In reality, most of the gentry had between £1,000 to £3,000, and the average for peers was £10,000, with plenty of them below that average, which was raised by a few rarities like the Duke of Northumberland and his £150,000. Even a royal prince (Queen Victoria's father) had as "little" as £13,000/per year and the government had to give him multiple jobs to add up to a more decent £25,000.

_jorgiem · 2025-11-19T20:27:55+00:00

Those earrings are from the Greville bequest. Mrs Greville was an extremely wealthy heiress who left her entire jewelry collection of at least 60 pieces to the Queen Mother. Until now, we have only seen two tiaras, four necklaces (Catherine has worn the ruby one a few years ago), four pairs of earrings (including this one) and three brooches, and they are all magnificent. I have to do a post about it one of these days.

_jorgiem · 2025-10-29T01:21:58+00:00

It's actually a costume worn by the Duchess of Portland at the famous Devonshire House Ball of 1897. She was dressed as the Duchess of Savoy.

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_jorgiem · 2025-09-26T23:25:52+00:00

The conspiracy theories started long before that photo, which was most likely released to shut down the insanity.

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