This was mine...

Antique & vintage jewelry - Occasional antiquing/sewing/needlework adventures - Mentally & emotionally messed up

[thebeautifulbook]

Elizabethan book cover worked in gold, silk and pearls on red velvet.

[frostedmagnolias]

Dress

c. 1850-1860

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum

[random-brushstrokes]

Nikolai Bodarevsky - Her Favourite (1905)

[pwlanier]

Cameo Pendant of Leda, Italy, 16th century. Agate, pearl, enamel and gold

Courtesy Alain Truong

[hollowistheworld]

I really can and will blame the 9-5 for everything. "We're in a loneliness epidemic" well, we have to spend a third of our day interacting with people in a professional way that makes forming real friendships difficult and then we're peopled out by the time we're done. "People are eating more and more unhealthily" people have to spend more than a third of their day doing work related tasks and they don't want to spend their tiny amount of free time making food. "People aren't involved in their local communities" after spending more than a third of their day doing work related things people are tired and also all those community events take place during normal working hours. "People need to get more hobbies" after spending more than a third of their day working, people are TIRED and don't want to do anything that takes yet more energy. "Literacy is dying" to maintain your critical thinking skills you need to read/watch things that make you think and after spending more than a third of your day doing work related stuff you are TIRED and don't want to expend even more brainnpower. "People need to get outside more" People. Are. TIRED. Because they have to spend all of their time working or preparing for work or recovering from work or doing all the chores they couldn't stay on top of because of work. I can blame fucking anything on having to work, it is truly the root of all fucking evil.

[lordnot]

You'll also notice that these are all problems that are framed as solvable through individual planning, willpower, and dedication

Which is a great way to distract people from examining the societal systems and structures that are responsible for the problem in the first place.

[jolaunay]

"you are an inadequate, lazy fuck who can't get their shit together if you can't carve out time for 827945 additional topics that demand your attention on top of working a full time job/full time+part time job. Here, download these apps, listen to other people's bullshit advice on podcasts, read linkedin posts of shitheads bragging about their nonsense accomplishments to learn about better time management skills"

when will it fucking end...

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

When you consider things like the stars,

our affairs don't seem to matter very much, do they?

― Virginia Woolf

[no-terfs-no-swerfs-no-fascists]

We have no choice but to stan a queen 💪❤️👑

[themainspoon]

Trying to escape military service like: "Poison Seller, I require your weakest poisons."

[dumbtrannybitch]

it's actually so amazing she helped save the lives of the honorable men who did not wish to fight, while killing the most vile men, that is so fucking based

[jolaunay]

Real women taking care of real world issues

[cleverwordsandotherstuffilike]

[the1920sinpictures]

1923 Illustration of a design for a wedding gown. Pinterest.

[jolaunay]

ALYSSA EDWARDS AT WEST HARTFORD PRIDE!!! 😍🤩😍🤩😍🏳️‍🌈🔥🌈

[frostedmagnolias]

Evening Coat

c. 1895-1899

by Manby (French)

The Metropoltian Museum of Art

[diana-andraste]

The Black Sun, Bill Mayer, 2017

Gouache, with gold leaf, on watercolor paper

[frostedmagnolias]

Necklace

c. 1943

gold, pāua (abalone shell)

unknown maker, New Zealand

Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa

[jolaunay]

[recycledmoviecostumes]

This phenomenal and enormous “diamond” necklace, created by Eugene Joseff was most famously worn by the great Greta Garbo as Marguerite Gautier in the 1936 film 𝑪𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆.   Joseff, usually known as “Joseff of Hollywood,” rented his jewelry to all of the Hollywood studios, so it is no surprise that this necklace later appeared in the 1940 United Artists film 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓, where it was worn by Lilian Bond portraying Lily Langtry.   We’ve documented quite a few of Joseff’s pieces over the years, so be sure to check them out on our website: Bit.ly/Access209    

[the-semicolonoscopy]

It’s Pride Month Eve, so leave out some milk for Freddie Mercury and his cats.

[the-semicolonoscopy]

Annual reblog of Freddie and his magnificent cats.

[tumbalendar]

happy Pride Eve!

[the1920sinpictures]

1923 Evening gown by French Couturier Agnes. Pinterest.