I’m sorry, but aren’t we collectively tired of all our clothes being made of polyester?
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On the photograph: on the left - Alix of Hesse in the ball gown; on the right and below - the shell pink and white silk brocade with the sleeves of shiffon ball gown made in 1894.
The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia, holds this charming ball gown from 1894. It was owned and worn by the then Princess Alix of Hesse soon to become the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife to Nicholas II.
The gown was made in Frankfurt, Germany, though the maker’s name is lost to time.
In the two accompanying photographs Princess Alix is shown wearing the dress with a cummerbund style belt which has not survived with the gown.
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"well i went to Catholic school and -" means you are about to hear the worst take on Christianity of your life
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I think one big reason why we don't consider the stars as important as before (not even pop-astrology anymore cares about the stars or the sky on itself, just the signs deprived of context) is because of light pollution.
For most of human history the sky looked between 1-3, 4 at most. And then all of a sudden with electrification it was gone (I'm lucky if I get 6 in my small city). The first time I saw the Milky Way fully as a kid was a spiritual experience, I was almost scared on how BRIGHT it was, it felt like someone was looking back at me. You don't get that at all with modern light pollution.
When most people talk about stargazing nowadays they think about watching about a couple of bright dots. The stars are really, really not like that. The unpolluted night sky is a festival of fireworks. There is nothing like it.
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Conch Pearl Tiaras
Conch Pearl, Pearl, & Diamond Necklace Tiara, late 1800s
Conch Pearl, Pearl, & Diamond Tiara
Conch Pearl & Tahitian Pearl Tiara, circa 1915
Jeux de Rubans Tiara by Mikimoto, 2018
Tiara Materials 5 of ∞
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i walked with you once upon a dream ☁️
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ok but what is everybody's song lyric? like we've done poems and eucatastrophe scenes but what's a line from a song that you heard once and felt like it was written just for you? song lyrics you've never gotten over. mine is "you can't un-ring a bell/ you can't un-tell a story/ you can't un-break a heart/ I'm sorry, I'm sorry" from Sorry by Alan Doyle
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THE SECRET GARDEN (1993)
SANDITON (2019 - 2023)
HOWARDS END (1992)
BRIGHT STAR (2009)
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Dune: Part Two (2024) dir. Denis Villeneuve
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- On the verge of everything, on the edge of Earth -
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Enemies to lovers is about someone who has significant reason to hurt you but… actively chooses not to: It’s comforting.
The more it personally costs them to have you the more you know they want you: It’s flattering.
They lower their defenses understanding that you could truly harm them yet they have faith in you: It’s affirming.
Enemies pay attention to you in a way strangers, friends, and allies never do. Hyper aware of your motives, your skills, your every move for potential threats. But even with the intensive scrutiny we are judged worthy of their loyalty and vulnerability and love: It’s absolving.
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JANE EYRE (2011)
Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga
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Osterley Park, London (by David)
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