#fur stoles

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Fur stoles on Madison Avenue in 1954.

Photo: Vivian Maier via the Howard Greenberg Gallery

[kecobe]

New York, 1954 William Klein (American, born France; 1928–2023) Gelatin silver print, printed later Christie’s, New York

Signed, titled, dated in pencil and credit stamp (on the verso)

[just-selene]

Professional phone thief (she stole my phone to take a selfie)

[starcurtain]

Everyone on Twitter playfully dragging Aventurine for his crop top and track pants fit, and while I agree that this is hilarious and should be meme'd into oblivion, I also can't help but think that the Aventurine fandom as a whole should definitely embrace turning "He's kind of tacky, wouldn't know a subtle outfit unless it was picked by Jade, and wears bizarrely out-of-touch fits on his days off just because he personally thinks they look cool" into an endearing fanon character trait.

Because like, canonically? It makes perfect sense.

As a child, his family didn't have the luxury of giving him a wide variety of clothes in different styles or fabrics. He wore what he could get. Then, we're only ever shown adult Kakavasha wearing rags until joining the IPC.

We know from his character stories that he was kept extremely out of the loop on world news and mainstream media as a slave and literally wouldn't know anything about clothing other than seeing it on other people.

From the time he was a child, wearing whatever his family could pull together, to the time he became an adult prisoner wearing literal scraps, there was never a need or even reasonable opportunity for him to learn about fashion or the social pressures of "dressing to fit in."

The first thing he's told to do as a member of the Stonehearts is "Go pick out new clothes," and the next time we see him, he's wearing the most peacock-esque outfit possible. When Jade told him to pick out his clothes, he literally went in completely blind with no lessons on how to appropriately dress for any adult occasion at all.

While I do think that one of the first things Aventurine would have done as a new Stoneheart is research how to establish a certain "character" for himself and how to dress to give a specific impression, I also think that Aventurine would delight in finally, finally having the power to present himself exactly as he chooses--and that would likely be very strongly informed by an entire child- and young-adulthood growing up without a single social pressure to "dress normal."

Given that he never had someone to teach him how to dress in any modern intergalactic style in his formative years, I think that it makes perfect sense for his "fashion" sense to be extremely unique to him, with little outside influence except for being strongly based on what he knows best: the luxuries the Avgin people could gather from the deserts of Sigonia-IV.

Ratio accuses him of being "flashy," but Aventurine likely loads up all his personally-picked outfits with turquoise jewels, fur trim, and gold metal accents because that's what he grew up perceiving as status symbols and signs of prosperity. Of course he's flashy! Why would he not want to wear furs and jewels now that he has them?! What do you mean wearing six gold bangles is overkill with a t-shirt? No such thing as overkill, come on!

Topaz dropping the Star Rail equivalent of "You look like what would happen if Fashion Week was themed on the yakuza and the Roaring 20s at the exact same time" every other month.

"Well, I think it looks great!"

tl;dr: Aventurine can definitely do his research and blend his outfits into any scenario if needed, but when left to his own devices, he absolutely wears the most over-the-top and/or bizarrely unmodern and "I couldn't care less what is currently trending" fits because no one ever taught him fashion sense when he was growing up, he's finally got the autonomy to dress himself in whatever he thinks looks best, and he's still a little bit drunk on the opportunity to bath in the natural luxuries he longed for but could never have as a child.

Just sayin'.

[buymefur]

Let's get kinky!

Boo-bies!

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[doe-prince]

Here's my new creature, Ullamaisa.

[classyinfur]

[phrynefishersfrocks]

The second outfit of "Murder and Mozzarella" (Season 3, Episode 3) is a breathtaking gown known as 'The Italian'.

Phryne wears a dazzling dress to meet with Concetta at her family's restaurant, establishing her claim as a rival for Jack's affection. Marion Boyce wanted something that was "sexy but incredibly elegant at the same time". The gown is made of a Chantilly lace with intricate black beaded designs and a cowl-draped neckline, complimented by a purple silk bias-cut slip underneath.

She accessorizes with her black fur stole (seen in 2x01), an authentic 1920's gold and crystal pendant (seen in 1x03, twice in 1x12, an unaired dress from 1x09, and 2x07) black gloves, and clear beaded earrings. Finishing the look is a jeweled hair slide (worn in 1x12 and 2x03) and one of her several chainmail handbags (also known as armor-mesh) with a simple twist clasp to hold it together.

Season 3 features a variety of gowns with purple/blue slips worn underneath to accentuate the details of the sequinned, beaded, or gilded top layer, all designed to illuminate Phryne's fashion and place in high society (3x01, this gown, 3x04, and 3x06)

Season 3, Episode 3 - "Murder and Mozzarella"

Screencaps from here, history of chain mesh purses from here, earring photo from the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Facebook page, Costume Exhibition photos from Nikki Johnson and Laura-Emily, and Marion Boyce's website, promo photo from LalaTv, collage by me. Please credit my blog if you use my collages or write-ups.

[bgekk]

Actress Anne Bancroft, 1953

[zecoritheweirdone]

made a lil spruce kingdom design for doovid !!! i call him spruucevid. (the double vowel is incredibly important, else he be confused for spruce!avid.)

also, while i'm here: everyone behold my beloved son, snaailvid.

[ian69art]

Leopard oc

Comissions are open dm for prices

[retropopcult]

[way-too-obsessed-gamer]

Human AU ouaw with hootsie becoming a human is good, and adorable, but consider instead she just becomes a great horned owl or straight up just a bear

[buymefur]

Sheer beauty!

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[classyinfur]

Fur Queen Cybill

[monkeyssalad-blog]

Detail from a 1925 International Fur Store ad by totallymystified Via Flickr: The International Fur Store was on Piccadilly Circus, London. I think it's a branch of Benetton now!