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beauty in history: samoans 

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@usedtobeaduchess fashion + etymology!!!

The word garbage sounds like it should mean clothing

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@usedtobeaduchess idk whats gayer, the women actually kissing or the woman looking like she'll burst into flames if they dont invite her to join

Robert Anning Bell (British, 1863-1933)

Three Young Women in a Park, 1897

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Eeee thanks!!

another halloween project from a few years ago, this one 1890s inspired. this was made from silk shantung and black mesh, though many of the mesh components were backed with stiff petticoat net to provide volume.

iirc the skirt was lined with cotton organdy and hemmed with horsehair to give it volume as well, even though there is a petticoat under it, too.

the buttons are actually tiny swarovski skulls and the hat was decorated with feathers from the 1920s!

there are videos of me making it here and here!

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Paris in the 1920s. What made people stop dressing like this?

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@usedtobeaduchess do you know which character the icon laying down is because oh my god

Illustration from La Morte d’Arthur by W. Russell Flint (1910)

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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (Jaromil Jireš, 1970)

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good shirt from the market today

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witches + art

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John William Godward (1861 – 1922)

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oh yeah since it’s halloween month i can repost this classic comic

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Maxmilián Pirner (Czech, 1853-1924)

Fairies by the Brook, 1895 

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Maxmilián Pirner (Czech, 1853-1924)

Flow, 1903

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@usedtobeaduchess loved this!

you are cordially invited to take my new uquiz: come to my tea party & i’ll give you a gift! 💌 💐

attend a faerie tea party, choose the setting, the outfits, the music, the drinks & what you will be doing in the company of these strange folks — and perhaps the token you’ll take home will tell you something you need to hear.

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<3 <3 <3

the most powerful writing tool is actually Brainstorming With The Girls

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Jean-François de Troy (French, 1679-1752)

Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing, ca. 1722

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Europa auf dem Stier by Ferdinand Leeke (1910)