Welcome, readers! Today's stop on the Crewel Blog Tour features a really fun guest post from the one and only Gennifer Albin. For those who don't know, the Spinsters are seen as glamorous figures in Arras society. As such, they are expected to appear flawless and dressed to the nines. Gennifer has prepared a post to show you just how much of a role fashion plays in Crewel. It's a lot of fun, so I hope you all will enjoy it as much as I did.
Fashion is key element in Crewel for two reasons. First, it builds the atmosphere of Arras, and second, it’s a lot of fun to write. When I decided to call my girls Spinsters (after a lot of deliberation, see why on my stop at Emily's Reading Room), I wanted to upend expectations, and what better way to do that then to turn them into femme fatales. The girls of Arras are power and dangerous, even if they don’t quite realize it, so I outfitted them like the screen sirens of Old Hollywood.
Their hair and cosmetics reflected a similar, classic aesthetic.
The male population of Arras has a similar sense of style. This is an outfit you might see Erik, or Jost on his best behavior, wearing on a typical day: a pinstripe suit, polished cufflinks, and a fedora. Who could resist that?
About the Author
Gennifer Albin holds a Masters degree in English Literature from the University of Missouri. During her student years she served as an editor for Pleaides and The Missouri Review, and since then she’s founded the tremendously popular blog theconnectedmom.com. She lives in Kansas with her ridiculously supportive husband, two small children, and a Tuesday cat.
About the Book
Incapable. Awkward. Artless.
That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail.
Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to embroider the very fabric of life. But if controlling what people eat, where they live and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.
Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and wove a moment at testing, and they’re coming for her—tonight.
Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her Dad’s stupid jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape.
Because once you become a Spinster, there’s no turning back.
Add It to Goodreads
The Giveaway
One lucky US/Canadian reader will win a copy of Crewel and a Crewel bracelet! Good luck!
See More Stops on the Tour
Monday 10/15 http://www.lushbudgetproduction.com/ Tuesday 10/16 http://birthofanewwitch.wordpress.com/ Wednesday 10/17 http://hobbitsies.net/Thursday 10/18 http://cuddlebuggery.com/Friday 10/19 http://www.startingthenextchapter.com/ Saturday 10/20 http://www.bookswithbite.net/Sunday 10/21 http://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/ Monday 10/22 http://fireandicephoto.blogspot.com/ Tuesday 10/23 http://bookalicious.org/Wednesday 10/24 http://www.emilysreadingroom.com/ Thursday 10/25 http://bewitchedbookworms.com/Friday 10/26 http://christinareadsya.blogspot.com/ Saturday 10/27 http://www.twochicksonbooks.Sunday 10/28 http://www.ibbookblogging.com/com/
No comments:
Post a Comment