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eclecticdetective · 7 months
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Bright Red Party Dress, ca. 1890, American.
Augusta Auctions.
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eclecticdetective · 10 months
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Robe à la française
1750s; Altered 1780s & Late 19th Century
France & England
The ensemble was probably made as a sack and petticoat in the 1750s. In the 1780s, the sack was updated in style. A waist seam was probably added, the skirts reconfigured, and sleeve ruffles removed. The half-stomachers were added at this time and the bodice fronts relined. The back lacing was reconfigured and more eyelets worked.
The ensemble was altered for fancy dress in the late 19th century. Hooks and eyes were added to the bodice stomacher fronts and machine-lace ruffles to the sleeves. The petticoat may have been unpicked at this point.
The petticoat was gathered onto a cotton band after acquisition for Museum display. (V&A)
Victoria & Albert Museum (Accession Number: CIRC.157-1920)
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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today is great day to create something, to fill the void with a piece of yourself that wasnt there before and to push back against the darkness. you can create a song or painting or sandwich or a walk in the park or even a MOMENT. use this mighty power to defy the cosmic nothing
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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William Russell Flint (Scottish, 1880-1969)
The Clerk’s Tale, from The Canterbury Tales, 1913
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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the beach tonight
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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Sansa Stark Month 2023 - Day 13 - Tourney
Sansa rode to the Hand’s tourney with Septa Mordane and Jeyne Poole, in a litter with curtains of yellow silk so fine she could see right through them. They turned the whole world gold. Beyond the city walls, a hundred pavilions had been raised beside the river, and the common folk came out in the thousands to watch the games. The splendor of it all took Sansa’s breath away; the shining armor, the great chargers caparisoned in silver and gold, the shouts of the crowd, the banners snapping in the wind … and the knights themselves, the knights most of all.
“It is better than the songs,” she whispered when they found the places that her father had promised her, among the high lords and ladies. Sansa was dressed beautifully that day, in a green gown that brought out the auburn of her hair, and she knew they were looking at her and smiling.
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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• Evening Dress.
Date: ca. 1922
Designer/Maker: Callot Soeurs
Place of origin: Paris
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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halle bailey @ oscars 2023
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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Pretty buildings in San Francisco by Henry Wu
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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🎉Mia's kittens turned 9 months old today. They made through their first winter and now they are meeting their first spring.
Boys still live in pairs, but it gets harder and harder to spot them sitting together side by side☝🏻 Snezhinka got her own house, became a serious young lady, and stopped spinning like a frivolous fluffy whirligig around a keeper who brings her food.
In a word, kittens are becoming manuls.
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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Giambattista Valli Spring 2018 Couture
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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Basket of Baby Bunnies
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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Your not-so regularly-scheduled programming of flowers, castles, dresses, and A Song of Ice in Fire will return momentarily. For now, it is Sad Times. Thank you for your patience.
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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“Your art isn’t valued by the number of notes you get” okay but. If you spent 6 hours baking a cake for a party, but no one at the party eats your cake, it’s still disappointing.
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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eclecticdetective · 11 months
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Thinking back to the good early days before my skin grew back when people could shake their heads at me and say "masks are a government conspiracy" and instead of navigating the bullshit like a normal person I could pull mine down and say "I have chemical burns on my face"
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