#1930's jewelry

[kronika-ilustrowana]

#1930's #1933 #biżuteria #moda #uroda #retro #bransoletka #украшения #браслет #мода #красота #ретро #vintage fashion #jewelry

[misforgotten2]

Remember working 80 hours a week at a job you hate and missing much of your child’s life as they grew up? Now you can buy them a middling quality watch to help yourself assuage some of those guilty feelings. If only you had gone in business with your brother Frank, you’d be retired and rich and sitting on a beach in Fiji right now.

Saturday Evening Post   April 24th 1937

#vintage ads #vintage ad #advertising #advertisment #watches #jewelry #graduation #1937 #1930s #1930 ad #1930's #1930's ad #funny #humor #humour

[morganamartin]

AN HISTORICAL CHARM BRACELET FROM THE 1920'S 1930'S 1940's DEPRESSION - World War ERA

So, when I unpacked this I thought “Oh, a charm bracelet. Those started to become fashionable in the mid-century.” Well, when I looked at it closely it’s no regular charm bracelet. It tells the story of the New Deal and wartime. Those coins are from various European countries, and the United States. Germany, France, Italy and England are represented. Leaving out several players, these are the…

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#1930&039;s #1940&039;s #bracelet #charm bracelet #Depression #fashion #jewelry #ladies #mid-century #vintage #WW1

[bebemoon]

look for the name: ARCANGELICA

erté (i.e. romain de tirtoff) sequined gold lamé coat, c. 1930's

alexander mcqueen "angels and demons" sculptural golden heels, c. 2o1o

alexander mcqueen gilt metal pearl-studded headcage, a/w 2o13

kindred black "pure air" perfume oil

alighieri jewelry "the illuminating rise" hoop earrings in 24kt gold plate

#arcangelica #name #request #outfit #hope you like ! #angelic #divine #gold #erté #costume #dress #alexander mcqueen #sarah burton #footwear #angels and demons #mask #cage #193o's #2010's #kindred black #perfume #perfume oil #alighieri jewelry #jewellry #earrings #queue

[th3casscad3]

Time Gone Wrong??

After Rummaging Through Your Dusty Old Attic, You Found A Box Full Of Your Grandparents Things From The 1930's. Curious, You Touch A Watch That Leads You Back To Its Time. Suddenly, You Find Yourself Standing On The Sidewalk Dressed In 1930's Fashion.. Warnings/Triggers: Dark Humor, Time Error, Going Back In Time, Time Traveling, Serial Killer Radio Host, G!N Reader. Characters: 3, 568 ************************************************************************ It Was A Boring Weekend, Around The Time Of Spring Cleaning. So Today, You Decided To Tackle Through Your Attic, You Figured You Could Turn It Into Something New. So, As You Were Going Through And Cleaning Out Old Boxes You Found A Box With Your Grandparents Name On It. Curious, You Decide To Pause Your Cleaning And Take The Box Downstairs To Your Living Room. You Find Picture Albums, Jewelry, Letters, And What Seemed To Be An Old Pocket Watch. However, It Held A Name You Didn't Recognized. You Read The Name Aloud " Alastor, 1930's. " You Admired The Silver Watch. It Had A Beautiful Silver Chain Connected To It And It Seemed To Be In Delicate Shape. When You Opened The Watch Up You Were Suddenly Sleepy. You Closed Your Eyes For A Quick Second. When You Opened Your Eyes Again You Found Yourself Outside..? You Were On The Sidewalk Passing People Who Were Dressed In 1930's Attire. Strange, You Thought. You Looked Down At Your Hand To Find The Watch Still In. You Placed It Around Your Neck. Thats When You Caught A Full Glimpse Of Your Attire, You Were Dressed Head To Toe In 1930 Apparel. " What The Fu- " You Said But You Were Suddenly Cut Off With The Laughter Of A Man. You Looked Up To See A Tall Man Standing In Front Of You. He Wore A White Buttoned Shirt With A Brown Vest And Bow Tie. His Bottoms Were Black Slacks And Dress Down Shoes. You Noticed He Wore Black Gloves. He Had Honey Skin And Beautiful Chocolate Eyes. He Wore Round Glasses And His Hair Was A Dusty Brown Color. " Pardon Me, I Had To Interrupt Your Little Breakdown But I Believe You Are Wearing My Pocket Watch, Yes..? " He Wore A Wide Smile And Stuck Out His Hand. You Simply Blinked At Him With A Dumbfounded Expression. " Are You Alastor 1930's? " You Blurted Out, A Bit Louder Than You Had Hoped. " Why, The One And Only! You Might Have Heard Of Me From My Radio Show! " His Smile Grew As So Did His Hand. " Now, Be A Dear And Hand Me Back What's Mine. " You Nodded And Gave Him Back His Watch. Something About This Man Put A Weird Smile On Your Face. You Noticed Him About To Leave When Suddenly You Asked " Wait, Alastor! Do You Mind Showing Me Around. I'm Quite New Here. " You Gave A Nervous Smile, Not Wanting To Be Alone In A Unfamiliar Place. Alastor Smiled And Wrapped Your Arm Around His, Guiding You Around The Town " Why You Must Have Came Here After The Stock Market Crash Of 1929! My It Was A Real Limb Pulling Experience, Ha Ha Ha! " You Gave Out A Laugh, Finding His Dark Sense Of Humor Funny. You Couldn't Help But Crack A Joke Of Your Own. " My, I Have Many Jokes About Unemployed People. Sadly, None Of Them Work! " Alastor Blurted Out With Laughter, He Then Spoke With A Wheeze " Wait Wait! How About This One, You're Not Completely Useless.. You Can Serve As A Bad Example!! " You And Alastor Both Found Yourself In A Fit Of Laughter. You Had Both Been Pulling So Many Joked You Didn't Even Realize You Had Finished The Tour. However, You Weren't Quite Ready For The Fun To End Yet. Just Then, A Question Popped Into Your Head. " Hey, You Wouldn't Happen To Know (Grandparents Name) Do You? " He Then Smiled Brightly And Nodded His Head Yes. " But Of Course! They Are Quite The Company, Such Good Fellows. Always Helping Me "Drop The Load" If You Know What I Mean! " " Quite, I'd Say They've Always Known How To "Kick The Bucket", Say You Wouldn't Mind If I "Crashed" At Your Place. " You Answered With A Sly Grin. " Why, Of Course Not. Say, Did You Hear About The Guy Who Got His Left Side Chopped Off..? He's All Right Now! "

#alastor #radio demon #alastor x reader #alastor x y/n #hazbin hotel fanfiction #dark humor #human alastor #time travel

[phrynefishersfrocks]

The third ensemble of "Murder Under the Mistletoe" (Season 2, Episode 13) is Phryne's beautiful antique printed jacket atop her intricately beaded black blouse and black pants.

Combining detail and drama, Miss Fisher wears a black blouse with a sheer yoke decorated with intricate beading in a geometric art deco pattern, extending from a central point and curving around to the back. The blouse has long sleeves and tight fitted cuffs, and two ribbons connected by a zig-zagging thread along her neckline (known as a fagoted seam).

The short-sleeve silk jacket worn on top adds a layer of subtle festivity to the look with bright green silk lining and a pattern of papyrus branches and reeds printed on the outside. A vintage piece, this been described as one of Essie Davis' favorite costumes:

“Another one of my favorite costumes is what I wore on the very first day of filming - to meet Murdoch Foyle (Phryne’s younger sister’s murderer) in jail. It was black silk pants with a little black top in sheer black chiffon with beading and a fantastic antique short-sleeved jacket in an orange, gold and black design that reminds me of a Margaret Preston painting." - Essie Davis, Miss Fisher’s Costume Exhibition

Margaret Preston was considered the most prominent female Australian artist of the 1920′s and 1930′s. In a desire to create art that reflected her country, she was the first non-indigenous artist to use Aboriginal elements in her paintings. Her “Still Life” from 1925 appeared in “Raisins and Almonds” (1x05) where Miss Fisher declares “Margaret Preston is a talent to watch”, and hangs to the left of her fireplace in her parlor.

Phryne finishes her look with her classic black silk faille pants, long green teardrop earrings (seen on the right in the exhibition photo), and a black beaded necklace that feature larger beads on either side of the central beaded fringe. During a quick trip out into the snow to investigate with Jack, she dons a black fur wrap, seen in 2x01.

A fabulous ensemble, we've seen this exact outfit (apart from the jewelry) in both "Raisins and Almonds" (1x05) and twice in "Death By Miss Adventure" (1x10).

Season 2, Episode 13 - "Murder Under the Mistletoe"

Screencaps from here, promo photos from the official Facebook (x, x, x, x, x) and various sources (x), jewelry photo from the National Trust Facebook, Margaret Preston painting photo from here, detail and comparison photos by me.

#phryne fisher #miss fisher's murder mysteries #mfmm #murder under the mistletoe #2x13 #s2e13 #christmas special #1920's fashion #vintage fashion #costume design #costume breakdown #essie davis #outfit repeat #art deco coat #phryne fisher's frocks #tv costumes

[ochipi]

Debunking archaeology stereotypes #4

Myth: we know everything about everything that’s old.

Reality: although we can seem like it, we are not walking libraries. Field archaeologists have two kinds of “specialties”. The thing we did our masters on, or just a thing that’s super close to us, and then there are the things that can be expected to be found on site.

As a Western European archaeologist, we can expect to find podzol in a sandy soil, and around a medieval settlement will usually be a ditch. And we might sound super smart explaining that to others, history is not random and people were not dumb.

When it comes to artifacts, that’s when the fun starts. We usually specialize in some kind of artifact within a special time frame. I know loads about Germanic jewelry, but nothing about Germanic pottery, let alone late medieval pottery.

One of the reasons I chose to educate myself in these is because they come from where I come from. It’s about relevancy to you. And to be rude, job possibilities as well. And to be honest, even for me, after having studied 600+ Germanic bird brooches, they will start looking alike. It’s too much to handle. Let alone know everything about every possible artifact in the world ever.

Also: But where does this come from? My best and only guess? Indiana Jones. Even the antiquarians would stick to one kind of culture/era/site, but between the 1930’s and the 1980’s, being an antiquarian wasn’t really a thing anymore. Also, too much wars and shortages to spend it on Egyptian death masks.

So when the wildly popular Indiana Jones movies came out and people once again met up with the past, it was the only mainstream example to took up to. And because the movies and the following adventure movie genre all went along with the same premise… well, that’s what you get.

#stereotypes #history #indiana jones #archaeology #archaeology meme #archaeology problems #meme #archaeologist #field archaeology #field work #archaeology stereotypes #archaeology misconceptions #history meme #anthropology #anthropology meme #geology #geology meme #paleontology meme #paleontology

[ctitan98official]

Anonymous: Picture it. Sicily, 1933. (Pls tell me you get the reference) It’s Halloween. Alcina and Y/N are invited to a party and there’s a couples costume contest. They were supposed to go as something cute but Y/N is a ditz and changed the costume last minute to a toothbrush and toothpaste. So to get back at Y/N Alcina goes as something hot to torment them all night. Yadda yadda teasing and all that fun stuff then some dude starts to get handsy with Alcina and Y/N loses their shit. I don’t know where else to go with this but you’re creative so I think you can figure it out.

I read this entire prompt in Sophia Petrillo’s voice XD Here’s what I wrote. I went with an old 1930’s Hollywood au in mind. Let’s get into it!

Alcina was uncharacteristically nervous. She would be making an appearance at a celebrity costume contest in Hollywood and it was going to be the first time that she’d be out publicly with Y/N.

She hated the idea that people might say mean things about them, as journalists often did about celebrities and their significant others. Y/N was so sweet. The world didn’t deserve someone as amazing as them. People could say whatever they wanted about “Miss D”, but she wouldn’t tolerate any nastiness directed towards Y/N.

Alcina had picked an alluring costume she was dying to wear. She would be dressing as a glamorous vampire with plenty of jewelry (Haha XD) and Y/N would be wearing something styled after Bela Lugosi’s Dracula.

Tonight was the night and Alcina had everything planned. She would get ready and then help Y/N get their costume on.

Just as Alcina put the final pieces of jewelry on, she heard the door slam and Y/N’s excited voice and footsteps coming up the stairs.

Alcina grinned at their enthusiasm and called out that she was in the bedroom. “In here, Y/N!”

Y/N ran into the room, looking very happy with themself. “Alci! - Wow, you look hot!- You’ll never guess what I found!” They said with a big grin.

Alcina flushed at Y/N’s compliment, but also raised an eyebrow in suspicion. Y/N came up with some truly bizarre things at times. “Yes?” She asked.

“I got us the best couples costume ever!” They say and hold up two garment bags.

“Y/N, we already picked out our costumes.” She said and watched as Y/N hurriedly unzipped the bags.

“Yeah, but this is better, look! I’m gonna be a toothbrush, and you can be the toothpaste!” Y/N said cracking up.

Alcina was not amused at this. “Y/N, we are not going in those silly costumes! I have an image I must maintain as "Miss D”. I can’t let people see me in that.“

Y/N was crushed. "But, it would be so fun!” They say.

Alcina looked at Y/N with sympathy and came over to cup their face. “I’m sorry, draga. Maybe if my career were different we could be a bit more carefree, but this is how it has to be. I even had to get the costume I’m wearing approved by my publicist first. It’s nothing personal.” She said and gave Y/N a kiss.

Y/N nodded sadly. “Okay…” They said.

Alcina smirked. “Now, where’s my happy, Y/N? We’ll have so much fun you won’t even remember those costumes. I promise.”

Y/N couldn’t help the grin that spread across their face. “Yeah! Everyone will see my gorgeous girlfriend! Talk about arm candy! Hehe, get it? Arm candy? Because it’s Halloween?” They said.

Alcina playfully rolled her eyes and glanced at her clock. She realized how late it had gotten and hurriedly started helping Y/N put their costume on.

The two were then picked up by Alcina’s chauffeur and taken to the party.

Paparazzi and cameras littered the outside of the hotel that the party was being hosted in. Elegant movie stars and musicians gracefully walked the red carpet and waved to adoring fans.

Y/N felt a lump form in their throat. They didn’t belong here with all these fancy people.

Alcina could tell Y/N was nervous and reached over to grab their hand. “Everything will be alright, draga. Don’t worry about answering questions from the press. Stick with me and you’ll be fine.” She winked.

Y/N nodded, feeling better knowing that Alcina would be by their side.

The chauffeur opened their door soon enough and Y/N got out to offer their hand to Alcina who accepted it gratefully.

The cameras began flashing like mad again and reporters clamored to get a better look at her.

“Miss D! Miss D! Who are you wearing? And who’s that with you?”

Y/N internally cringed as people tried to get a quote from them.

“Who are you, good lookin’?” A fast-talking woman said to Y/N as she was scribbling in her notepad.

This was so uncomfortable for Y/N.

But, Alcina was as polished as ever and handled the reporters with ease. “This is my date, Y/N. Get a look while you can…” She purred seductively.

The paparazzi ate it up.

The two eventually made it inside where the atmosphere was much calmer.

Alcina grinned at Y/N. “Excellent job, Y/N! You were great.” She praised and kissed their cheek.

Y/N felt like an idiot but at least it was over. They were glad Alcina was pleased.

“I’ll go get us some drinks!” Y/N said happily and made their way to the bar.

Alcina giggled at how cute Y/N was before some Hollywood upper crust started talking to her and flirting rather poorly. Alcina adopted a tight and polite smile, trying to remain relaxed and uphold her persona, but this guy was making her sick.

As Y/N ordered a glass of wine for Alcina and an Old Fashioned for themself, they glanced back and saw what was going on. They recognized the strained look on Alcina’s face as some guy talked to her, even though, to a stranger, she appeared to be completely at ease.

Y/N marched their way over and wrapped their arm around Alcina’s waist possessively. “Alcina, who’s your new friend?” Y/N bit out.

Alcina was so thankful to Y/N for bailing her out. “Oh, this is… I apologize, I don’t even remember your name, sir.” Alcina said dismissively.

The guy clearly had his ego bruised. “The name’s Ethan Winters. My father owns the biggest movie studio in Hollywood.” He said sourly, trying to show off. “Now, if you don’t mind, we were having a conversation, kid.” He said to Y/N and tried to look intimidating.

Y/N tried to take this punk seriously, but ended up laughing loudly at him. “Hmm… That’s funny. Alcina didn’t seem to be enjoying your company so I fixed that.” Y/N said, stepping away from their girlfriend to get up in Ethan’s face.

They had a dangerous edge in their voice that most people would be smart enough not to mess with. “Why don’t you go home to mommy and daddy so they can give you your allowance, trust-fund baby?” Y/N mocked him.

“Why you little-” The guy wound up to punch them, but Y/N was faster and delivered a swift uppercut that knocked him out cold. The music in the room stopped abruptly and people turned to look at what just happened.

“Someone’s got a glass jaw.” Y/N laughed, but Alcina gasped. “Y/N! Are you alright?! Did he hurt you?” She asked and held their face to get a better look.

“Yeah, I’m fine, babe! He didn’t even get one lick in.” Y/N said proudly.

A small crowd gathered and a few sleazy men carried their passed-out friend away.

Y/N got a round of applause from some of the partygoers, who knew about Ethan’s oily personality, to which they blushed.

Alcina smiled and pinched Y/N’s cheek. “My hero, Y/N.” She said and gave them a kiss. “Although, you do realize you’ll probably be on the front page tomorrow, right?” She asked and pointed to a group of photographers feverishly getting pictures of the scene.

Y/N groaned and hid from the photographers in their cape. “We should have just gone trick-or-treating, Alcina.” They said.

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[secular-jew]

Thank you Lawrence Rogak for posting this on LinkedIn:

Ida and Louise Cook were unmarried sisters in their mid thirties who lived with their parents. One wrote romance novels for Mills and Boon (England’s Harlequin equivalent) and the other commuted from their sleepy London suburb to work as a secretary for the civil service. They wore home made clothes and shared a love of opera. They loved opera so much, they would go to Germany for the weekend just to see the opera there.

In the 1930’s.

No one paid attention to them crossing the border, a couple of dowdy women in their homemade clothes, nor on the return trip with their furs and jewels.

What Ida and Louise were doing, in addition to going to their beloved opera, was collecting valuables from would be refugees to help them in their new lives. The sisters would find people who would vouch for the refugees, find people willing to home them, assemble papers for them, and even rented an apartment as a temporary space for refugees just arrived.

The sisters used their own money for this, so the refugees could sell their valuables for money to help them settle in.

The women entered and left through different checkpoints, so the same guards wouldn’t be able to notice their sudden acquisition of too much jewelry, and created a lie about the valuables in their purses as ‘we can’t trust them in our apartment when we aren’t there!’

They acted simple and foolish and were never caught. They did eventually halt their visits over the border, after directly rescuing 29 people (mostly families), but they did not stop working. They continued to raise money and awareness, and to help refugees in England.

The sisters were honored as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in 1964.

Ida wrote a memoir that was republished as “Safe Passage” in 2008. In it she plays down their role, saying that what they offered wasn’t much. In exchange for saving lives, they only needed “some trouble, some eloquence, and some money.”

These are things that the righteous do.

#never again #never again means never again #holocaust #shoah #secular-jew #israel #jewish #judaism #israeli #jerusalem #diaspora #secular jew #secularjew #nazi germany #Islamists #Jew-hatred #righteous among the nations #Ida and Louise cook #Ida cook #Louise cool

[alphaman99]

People you may not know about, but probably should

Ida and Louise Cook were unmarried sisters in their mid thirties who lived with their parents. One wrote romance novels for Mills and Boon (England’s Harlequin equivalent) and the other commuted from their sleepy London suburb to work as a secretary for the civil service. They wore home made clothes and shared a love of opera. They loved opera so much, they would go to Germany for the weekend just to see the opera there. In the 1930’s.

No one paid attention to them crossing the border, a couple of dowdy women in their homemade clothes, nor on the return trip with their furs and jewels. What Ida and Louise were doing, in addition to going to their beloved opera, was collecting valuables from would be refugees to help them in their new lives. The sisters would find people who would vouch for the refugees, find people willing to home them, assemble papers for them, and even rented an apartment as a temporary space for refugees just arrived. The sisters used their own money for this, so the refugees could sell their valuables for money to help them settle in.

The women entered and left through different checkpoints, so the same guards wouldn’t be able to notice their sudden acquisition of too much jewelry, and created a lie about the valuables in their purses as ‘we can’t trust them in our apartment when we aren’t there!’ They acted simple and foolish and were never caught. They did eventually halt their visits over the border, after directly rescuing 29 people (mostly families), but they did not stop working. They continued to raise money and awareness, and to help refugees in England.

The sisters were honored as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in 1964.

Ida wrote a memoir that was republished as “Safe Passage” in 2008. In it she plays down their role, saying that what they offered wasn’t much. In exchange for saving lives, they only needed “some trouble, some eloquence, and some money.”

[cleverwordsandotherstuffilike]

1. There are 300,000 items in the average American home (LA Times).

2. The average size of the American home has nearly tripled in size over the past 50 years (NPR).l

3. And still, 1 out of every 10 Americans rent offsite storage—the fastest growing segment of the commercial real estate industry over the past four decades. (New York Times Magazine).

4. While 25% of people with two-car garages don’t have room to park cars inside them and 32% only have room for one vehicle. (U.S. Department of Energy).

5. The United States has upward of 50,000 storage facilities, more than five times the number of Starbucks. Currently, there is 7.3 square feet of self storage space for every man, woman and child in the nation. Thus, it is physically possible that every American could stand—all at the same time—under the total canopy of self storage roofing (SSA).

6. British research found that the average 10-year-old owns 238 toys but plays with just 12 daily (The Telegraph).

7. 3.1% of the world’s children live in America, but they own 40% of the toys consumed globally (UCLA).

8. The average American woman owns 30 outfits—one for every day of the month. In 1930, that figure was nine (Forbes).

9. The average American family spends $1,700 on clothes annually (Forbes).

10. While the average American throws away 65 pounds of clothing per year (Huffington Post).

11. Nearly half of American households don’t save any money (Business Insider).

12. But our homes have more television sets than people. And those television sets are turned on for more than a third of the day—eight hours, 14 minutes (USA Today).

13. Some reports indicate we consume twice as many material goods today as we did 50 years ago (The Story of Stuff).

14. Currently, the 12 percent of the world’s population that lives in North America and Western Europe account for 60 percent of private consumption spending, while the one-third living in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa accounts for only 3.2 percent (Worldwatch Institute).

15. Americans donate 1.9% of their income to charitable causes (NCCS/IRS). While 6 billion people worldwide live on less than $13,000/year (National Geographic).

16. Americans spend more on shoes, jewelry, and watches ($100 billion) than on higher education (Psychology Today).

17. Shopping malls outnumber high schools. And 93% of teenage girls rank shopping as their favorite pastime (Affluenza).

18. Women will spend more than eight years of their lives shopping (The Daily Mail).

19. Over the course of our lifetime, we will spend a total of 3,680 hours or 153 days searching for misplaced items. The research found we lose up to nine items every day—or 198,743 in a lifetime. Phones, keys, sunglasses, and paperwork top the list (The Daily Mail).

20. Americans spend $1.2 trillion annually on nonessential goods—in other words, items they do not need (The Wall Street Journal).

21. The $8 billion home organization industry has more than doubled in size since the early 2000’s—growing at a staggering rate of 10% each year.

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[misforgotten2]

Need to know which elegant watch to buy, ask your friendly neighborhood cowboy. “It’s Eglin fer darn shootin’’.”

Saturday Evening Post   April 24th 1937

#vintage ad #vintage ads #advertising #advertisment #1937 #watches #wrist watch #elgin #jewelry #1930s #1930s ad #1930's #1930's ad #funny #humor #humour

[professorpski]

She raised her long amber necklace with one hand and let if fall heavily on her coral necklace, her silver chain, and her coloured wooden beads, with a gesture of final doom.

This strange conglomeration of jewelry is won by Mrs. Grant, an annoying woman, dubbed “the Englishwoman Abroad” by novelist Angela Thirkell in The Brandons from 1939. Thirkell dresses this character in a hodge podge of garments and fabrics as well as accessories to indicate her lack of sense shows up both in all she does which is mostly annoy people. Someone who doesn’t have the sense to know she is always annoying and inconveniencing people hasn’t the sense to recognize the lack of harmony in her clothing and ornaments. Her material foolishness reflects her general foolishness.

Thirkell wrote novels set in the English countryside from the 1930s through 1950s, and several characters, including the annoying Mrs. Grant show up in more than one of them. You can find them as reprints from Virago Press: https://www.virago.co.uk/?s=thirkell

#costumehistory #dresshistory #fashionhistory #angelathirkell #fashioninfiction #thebrandons #1930sfashions #1930sfiction #viragopress

[skippyv20]

Notes on a rainy day...

Hi Skippy & Friends-Pilgrim checking in on this holiday Monday. ** The new statue in Boston leaves much to be desired. This is supposed to be about an inspiring love story, celebrating a major international award! The joy of the moment is missing IMHO. 10 million invested, when Boston has so many other big bills to pay with a brand new Govenor taking over just this week...on top of all the "immigrants" that arrive in the dark of night, flown or bussed in that will now be automatically given an official MA driver's liscense and freebie$$? NYC is totally overwhelmed too with "immigrants" along with untold small towns being quietly invaded. The public is not encouraged to mention it because we are told these unvetted people are not really illegal...sooo...does that mean the King in the olde fable WAS wearing clothes???

** How refreshing to see the Duke of Wales speak English correctly. His younger brother seems to think it is proper to say over and over, his pronoun first..."me and my wife" showing how poorly educated many Americans are.

** The portrait drawings of ERII are fantastic. It's hard to believe only 5 months have passed-especially for her family carrying on!!! Barely time to catch ones breath with the powerful images of her funeral; joyful celebrations of her last Jubilee AND the ugly war of the Harkles. ** From the story about her fabulous, sweet PJ brooch...perhaps they will make one with fine crystals in silvertone for those of us who can't afford the real deal. Otherwise I will look for something similar, circle with Lily of the Valley and Thistles. A long time ago I was introduced to collectible costume jewelry which was a major industry right here in New England, mainly Providence, RI. From 1930-60's popular brands signed their jewelry lines which became really collectible due to their fine workmanship, high end crystals, plating and priced for the average lady. In the 80's a couple of Italian collectors published a fabulous "coffee table" book featuring some of their best finds. That began an international collector craze which I joyfully joined by accident. I was lucky to find many beautiful "book pieces" still affordable over the years. Anyhoo, this brooch reminded me of those good times hunting at flea markets and antique malls in cities across the country. Every year I wear a favorite Christmas brooch on my coat. Yesterday I decided to keep this up changing them out for fun, even if brooches aren't in fashion. If ERII thought they were a good thing to wear then why not keep up the tradition in our own little way? If you visit a Canadian site called N & N Vintage Costume Jewelry, Masterpiece section, I think you will find lots to study for inspiration! There are many beautiful books now about who the top designers were and their best pieces.

** With so many difficult things happening around us it is mind blowing to try to take it all in. I admire Princess Anne and Sir Tim Lawrence as they quietly handle massive responsibilities supporting the public. Also, the very busy Catherine, Princess of Wales who simply said when asked about Harolds insulting claims, that she was "baffled." Boom! Right there I sensed the Harkles are toast. Yesterday's news. Tempest in a teapot as in, the ship has left the dock and the sun is sinking in the west...LOL At least one can hope...off to my easel to take care of MY mental health.

Thank you, great post❤️

[princesssarisa]

Character ask: Clarabelle Cow

Information: Clarabelle Cow is an animated anthropomorphic cow created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks. First appearing as an established character in the 1930’s The Shindig, Clarabelle was presented as the best friend of Minnie Mouse and the girlfriend of Horace Horsecollar. She is often identified by her signature cowbell jewelry, a love of gossip, and a tendency to infuse her speech with moos.

Favorite thing about them: I'll admit I don't know her that well – I haven't seen that many cartoons that feature her – but from all I have seen, she's lively, funny, likable character.

Least favorite thing about them: She can be too much of a gossip at times.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I can be silly and clumsy now and then.

*I like to sing and dance.

*I love to bake for the holidays. (In both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World Christmas parades, Clarabelle's section revolves around baking gingerbread cookies.)

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I don't tend to wear long skirts.

*I don't have as active a love life as she does, with her dating both Horace Horsecollar and Goofy.

*I'm human.

Favorite line: From the Disney Junior series Minnie's Bow-Toons:

"Who needs pajamas? I have a moo-moo!"

brOTP: Minnie Mouse, Daisy Duck.

OTP: Goofy or Horace Horsecollar (or both).

nOTP: Mickey Mouse or Donald Duck. I wouldn't want them cheating on Minnie and Daisy!

Random headcanon: She helped to take care of Goofy's son Max when he was little. That was how she started dating Goofy, since she and Horace were taking a break at the time.

Unpopular opinion: I don't think I have one.

Song I associate with them:

"The Arkansas Traveler," which plays and which she hums in the cartoon The Shindig as Horace picks her up for the dance. (When she's shown lying naked on her straw bed reading a real-world erotic romance novel, Three Weeks – the things cartoons got away with before the Hays Code!)

And her flamboyant rendition of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" from the Walt Disney World Christmas stage show "Mickey's Most Merriest Celebration."

Favorite pictures of them:

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[negative-speedforce]

for Earth-2002 or Earth-2022 your choice :) 🛏️💍🐈🌈🌸💡

Gonna go with E-2022 bc I can lol-

🛏️ BED: What do your OCs dream about?

Pippa: Usually either something generic like going to work naked, or making out with her archnemesis

Onnie: Trauma nightmares, going to work naked, weird Negative Speed Force induced temporal nightmares, making out with her archnemesis

Jessi: Eobard finding her and killing her for real this time, losing her money and connections, having a voice crack on stage, being actually happy for once

Hyun-ki: Getting back with his band, Jessi letting him go, going on stage naked, weird stuff from movies he saw like 15 years ago

💍 JEWELRY: What are considered luxury items in the world of your WIP?

Due to its 1920s/1930s-esque setting, alcohol is a major luxury item on Earth-2022, since prohibition was never lifted. Especially if it's champagne or some kind of expensive liquor, most stuff is "bathtub booze", which is usually laced with all kinds of toxic chemicals. It's much more difficult to get the real stuff, and it's very, very, expensive.

🐈 CAT: Does the world of your WIP have any superstitions or folklore?

Not really, however, ghosts are very real and very common, and unlike the half-alive spirits of Earth-2002 a la Hailey Laurence, these ghosts are much more like your traditional movie ghost. Also, tobacco was never proven to cause cancer there, so smoking is much more common.

🌈 RAINBOW SLOTH: Wild card! Share one thing about your WIP that you have been waiting to be asked about!

Onnie accidentally killed Earth-2022's Jay in the same method that left E-2002's Jay wheelchair-bound; blasting him out a third story window using her lightning.

🌸 PERFUME: Describe the setting of your WIP using the five senses.

Reach around the back of a filing cabinet on the ground floor of STAR Labs and pull on it with all your strength. Immediately, light floods your eyes, and soft jazz trickles into your ears. The air reeks of cigarettes, and people old and young, men and women, and everything in between, sit and laugh, dressed in their finest clothes. You sit at one of the tables, and a woman in a red flapper dress sits on the table, grinning smugly. She passes you down a sip of her drink. The red wine is bittersweet on your tongue, dry and flavorful. She winks, wobbling the table as she stands, leaving to return to her friends.

💡LAMP: Talk about a scene you are working on—is it easy or difficult? Why?

Currently, I'm working on the scene in which Pippa starts her corruption arc, and that's super hard to write, since I have to be kinda subtle about it, because Onnie doesn't notice at first, but Pippa's so sweet that her acting like anything less than an angel would be super out of character for her.

#ask revan #oc shit #vexic :D