Rakes and Hoes

Historical romance novels make all the pretty maidens drop their lacy polyester petticoats

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May 23 '13
Is there some sort of eyepatch fetish out there that I’m unaware of?

Is there some sort of eyepatch fetish out there that I’m unaware of?

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May 22 '13
I think they were going for the Superman-cape-blowing-in-the-wind look, but it really just looks like he’s caught in a door and mildly perturbed and confused about it.
“Confound it, where has my valet gone to?  Billingsley knows I don’t open doors for myself”

I think they were going for the Superman-cape-blowing-in-the-wind look, but it really just looks like he’s caught in a door and mildly perturbed and confused about it.

“Confound it, where has my valet gone to?  Billingsley knows I don’t open doors for myself”

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May 21 '13
I have no idea why the birds from Song of the South are attacking this couple but they’re blocking my view of gorgeous clothes that need to be in my closet right now.

I have no idea why the birds from Song of the South are attacking this couple but they’re blocking my view of gorgeous clothes that need to be in my closet right now.

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May 20 '13
“His love was forbidden, his heart was a mystery, his kiss was honey-sweet rapture!”
His aging 1970s porn star looks just took her breath away.  

“His love was forbidden, his heart was a mystery, his kiss was honey-sweet rapture!”

His aging 1970s porn star looks just took her breath away.  

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May 18 '13

Here we see the same dress in 1813, 1860, 1893, and 1904.

One of these things is not like the other

One of these things is Regency 

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May 17 '13
Joking aside, getting into historical dress by yourself is a bitch, and this contortion is 100% accurate.
If you can successfully dress yourself in a back lacing corset you have all of my admiration.

Joking aside, getting into historical dress by yourself is a bitch, and this contortion is 100% accurate.

If you can successfully dress yourself in a back lacing corset you have all of my admiration.

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May 16 '13
Elizabeth loped through the tall grass and knelt at the water’s edge, tenderly stroking a primrose as she gazed out over the misty ocean.  A single tear ran down her cheek. Charles watched over her from afar, ensuring that she did not attempt to swim.  There was no knowing what she might do before the effects of marijuana wore off.

Elizabeth loped through the tall grass and knelt at the water’s edge, tenderly stroking a primrose as she gazed out over the misty ocean.  A single tear ran down her cheek. Charles watched over her from afar, ensuring that she did not attempt to swim.  There was no knowing what she might do before the effects of marijuana wore off.

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May 15 '13
Also known as “Mrs. Wrong and the Hideous, Blinding, Poorly Fitted, Far-Too-Long-For-Practical-Things-Like-Walking Gown”.

Also known as “Mrs. Wrong and the Hideous, Blinding, Poorly Fitted, Far-Too-Long-For-Practical-Things-Like-Walking Gown”.

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May 13 '13
I’ve been a bad girl.
Spending all of your hard-earned money at Fredrick’s of Hollywood.
Spank me until this cheap plastic boning snaps and impales me, you dirty, dirty boy.
*growl*

I’ve been a bad girl.

Spending all of your hard-earned money at Fredrick’s of Hollywood.

Spank me until this cheap plastic boning snaps and impales me, you dirty, dirty boy.

*growl*

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Apr 28 '13
Couldn’t find a decent Regency photo.  The bridal catalog is good enough, right?

Couldn’t find a decent Regency photo.  The bridal catalog is good enough, right?

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