World’s youngest Austen expert?
Hey Keira, we’ve found you a new costume designer! Manchester Online reported 11 year-old Jessica Corderly from Bolton, England showing off her Regency fashion savvy on the British show Mastermind, and showing up host John Humphrys in the process:
Humphrys, 61, attempting a little banter between rounds, asked Jessica if she could see herself living in the Regency period.
She replied: “I don’t really think so, no.”
Undeterred, Humphrys continued: “Nothing about it at all?
“You don’t fancy yourself in a crinoline dress?”
Taking no prisoners, Jessica, who remembered that the crinoline craze began in the 1830s, coolly told him: “No, because that was in Victorian times.”
So, what do you think? She’s even holding up a copy of an Austen book in the article - it looks like it might be Pride and Prejudice!
August 20th, 2004 at 12:48 am
Sign her up!!!