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Belle

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Queen of East Texas

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“The prettiest of the Grand Duchesses,’" says Count Grabbe, "was Tatiana, the Tsar’s second daughter. In her physical appearance and her serious and ardent nature, she most resembled her mother. She was also the family’s manager and organizer, and possessed, more than her sisters, a highly developed sense of her position as the daughter of the Tsar."

Professionally taken photograph of Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna Romanov in 1916.

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Romanovs photos places Then vs.now

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Someone should really do a hair tutorial for OTMA because let's face it, their hair was and is fabulous.

How very true! Tatiana’s 1914 hairstyle was fabulous and one of a kind. Are there any historical hair experts here? ;)

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Traditional hairstyle/ Sviledgrad, Haskovo region, Bulgaria

Source: Endangered Ethnographic Archives, Ethnographic Institute and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the British Library

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Traditional Costume from Vrlika, Croatia

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Vorarlberg, Austria Traditional Costume

Vorarlberger Tracht

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Traditional Clothing from Split, Croatia

Splitska narodna nošnja

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dusty americana

the dust bowl

as time went by, the earth renewed as if nothing happened but the memories lived on for those who had the misfortune of being in its way.

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The Swamp is Calling You!

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Душа Красная

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Greek Nose

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Let Down Your Hair

With talks of a Tangled live action remake, I decided to create somewhat of a mood board, inspired of course by beautiful Bavaria♡

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Mayerling.

Melissa Hamilton and Rupert Pennefather.

Lauren Cuthbertson and Thiago Soares.

Natalia Osipova and Edward Watson.

Melissa Hamilton and Rupert Pennefather.

Natalia Osipova and Edward Watson.

Sarah Lamb and Steven McRae.

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Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna in the uniform of the 9th Kazansky Dragoons.

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Věra Čáslavská

Čáslavská (May 3, 1942 - August 30, 2016) was a Czechoslovak artistic gymnast. She is the second-most awarded female gymnast in the Olympics, with a total of 11 medals.

Before the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, her training facility was lost due to the Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia. She was then forced to train alone, in the forest, using logs as beams and potato sacks as weights. Despite her setbacks, she went on to win medals in all six events.

While at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics Čáslavská publicly protested the 1968 Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia by silently looking down and away while the USSR’s anthem played.

She was revered by the Czech people and was awarded Czechoslovakia’s Sportsperson of The Year award in 1968. However, due to her protest, she became a persona non grata in the new Czechoslovak regime, and was forced to retire, also being denied the ability to travel and work.

21 years later, after the Velvet Revolution, Čáslavská’s status had improved and she became the President’s adviser on sports and social matters. Her story is that of resistance and resilience in times of hardship, she was a Czech icon whose protest should never be forgotten.