Milford House Mysteries - Do Clothes Make the Character?

Published: March 14, 2019, 6 p.m.

b'Join co-hosts Joan West and Sherry Knowlton for this episode of Milford House Mysteries on March 14th at 2:00 pm when they\'ll discuss the topic: Do Clothes Make the Character? In our own lives, we often draw conclusions about other people based on how they are dressed.\\xa0 From the instant identification a uniform provides to tell us that he is a policeman or she is a Marine.\\xa0 To the more subtle indicators of social and economic status that a designer dress or a worn and mismatched outfit can convey. Or the traditional tropes that permeate our culture: i.e., good guys always wear whte and bad guys wear black.\\xa0 A fiction author can use these and other aspects of clothing to help paint their characters personalities, backgrounds, and more.\\n\\nIn Hamlet, Polonius says, "For the apparel oft proclaims the man." Tune in to hear what Joan and Sherry think about this enduring bit of Shakespearean wisdom.\\n\\nMilford House Mysteries Hosts - Sherry Knowlton is the author of the\\xa0Alexa Williams\\xa0suspense series, including\\xa0Dead of Autumn,\\xa0Dead of Summer, Dead of Spring and Dead of Winter. Joan West is the author of the Carlisle Crime Cases series, including\\xa0Dying for Vengeance,\\xa0Courting Doubt and Darkness,\\xa0Darkness at First\\xa0Light,\\xa0and\\xa0Had a Dying Fall.'