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[badassindistress]

Note to self: you want to start a list of traditional clothing practices that signal romantic unavailability

I'm not so much interested in the distinction between married and unmarried, but specifically signalling open to romantic overtures (meaning unmarried and adult doesn't necessarily mean ready to mingle)

What i have so far, citations to be hunted far again:

Nederlandse klederdracht:

Zuid-Bevenlandse Protestantse vrouwendracht (oorijzers voor vrouwen):

Koning Lodewijk van Holland decreed in 6 juni 1809 (Kon. Courant nr. 138)that:

'In te gaan met den eersten van hooimaand, zal het geen vrouw van het platteland van de dorpen in het departement Zeeland vrijstaan meer dan een oorijzer tot tooisel onder hare muis te dragen, de vrouwen kunnen er een ter linker zijde en de ongehuwde meisjes een ter rechter zijde dragen, edoch alleenlijk de vrouwen, die zelve hare kinderen zogen, zal het vrij staan er twee te dragen.

(The King did hand out two golden "ear irons" in a festivity for the women who qualified afterwards."

, van Museum de Kantfabriek ook iets te herinneren van verschil van kant in de muts, sjaalknopen voor mannen (ten minste in Urk)

EDIT: looking at my photos of the folkwear market/eiberdjes dag Nunspeet, it's more likely I'm remembering the men in Staphorst having a handkerchief code, I think it was the group with the many buttons

(I wonder how the gay handkerchief code corresponds to traditional Dutch fisherman knotting their handkerchief to communicate bacherlordom)

African Surinam koto: yaki, the short coat, how you tie the ribbons on the back signal married, single, or looking for someone

Bavarian Tracht: how you tie the apron over your dirndl

EDIT: apparently something someone invented in the 80's that permeated social consciousness enough that modern Tracht wearers do part attention to the way they tie their apron (see reblog)

Start research here

For fun, include that one American 1950s magazine article with how girls wear their bows

Sámi square buttons (see reblog) + other arctic cultures (see following reblog)

Look into hawaiian flower behind the ear

Do i just want the ability to make clothes say Single and Don't Even Try It? Maybe..

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[harveyguilleniconodelamoda]

Embroidered Elegance

I haven't posted here in a bit, but today Harvey shared a photo of himself in this gorgeous embroidered suit, and my inner fashion nerd woke up with a screech.

The suit features a gorgeous embroidered floral motif on the sleeves, lapels, pant legs, and jacket torso. Harvey finished the suit with a crisp white tuxedo shirt and fetching bow, and patent leather oxfords.

I'm not 100% on the origins of the suit yet, but will post additional details as I find them. I'm in love with the details of the embroidery, the red and gold flowers and embellished greenery. The choice of a bow over a tie softens the sharp lines of the suit jacket for a lovely balancing effect. I do wish the pants were tailored a little better to match the clean lines of the jacket.

I also just want to say that the IG stories photo is particularly gorgeous. The matching of the suit embroidery to the flowers in the foreground, the golden hour lighting, and beautiful architecture? Dreamy.

[iamthepulta]

Barber 1994 had an interesting anecdote for realgar being the 'dragon's blood' that was referred to as a fabric dye that would kill its wearer. Waking up and actually thinking about it. Wouldn't you have a hard time using realgar specifically as an astringent because SO4 is a -2 compound and As+2 will get you orpiment, not realgar red. Realgar is also notoriously unstable and tends to degrade to orpiment. I also know later on the Victorians developed color using As but that dye was green, and I'm not sure if there was ever a red variant. Need to check. This dye was also fairly fixed to the fabric. Arsenic will vaporize, but I think it needs a warm oxidizing environment; so it was probably more dangerous to washerwomen than wearers. Which makes me question her line for 'would kill in a matter of weeks to months'.

However, the Aztecs and Maya used cinnabar (also a bright cherry red HgS) for paint and coloring. Mercury is red in its +1 oxidation state. And mercury fits the 'blood' description of dragon's blood. If you made a dye with it, the unstable gaseous mercury would undoubtedly vaporize no matter how much astringent was used to hold it to the textile. Her description is of arsenic poisoning, but I wonder if the two minerals got swapped somewhere.

[coinandcandle]

Occult Topics to Look Into

This is less of a witchy post and more of an occultist post. While they do tend to mingle, most of these topics should not be viewed as things to incorporate into your practice.

These are meant to be read and researched with a discerning eye and a solid ability to understand context and nuance so keep that in mind.

General Topics

Alchemy (history of + modern) Sacred-text's Alchemy index

Victorian Spiritualism & Occultism

Theosophy (Sacred-text's Theosophy Index)

Thelema (Sacred-text's Thelema Index)

Hermes Trismegistus

Philosophy (history of + modern)

Books/Texts

Jakob Böhme's The Signature of All Things

Agrippa's Philosophy of Occult Magic

Francis Barrett's The Magus

Manly P. Hall's Secret Teachings of All Ages

People

Austin Osman Spare

Éliphas Lévi

Paracelsus

Roger Bacon

John Dee

HP Blavatsky

Henry Cornelius Agrippa

[foulfirerebel]

So I have a question about Zuko. If his scar goes all the way past his ear, then why isn’t his ear a half melted stump?

That is a fairly good question. I’d imagine the doyalist reason is “kids/family show, can only get so much in terms of the darkness”.

But as for a Watsonian reason? I’m certain if Ozai had gone completely full burn, full blast on Zuko that would show bone similar to Two-Face’s half face in The Dark Knight. He “wanted to teach Zuko respect” according to him, so he might’ve pulled back just enough.

Interesting fact: there has been a history of accidents (real and engineered) in Agni Kai’s that led to death in the Avatar universe that stretches all the way back to Kyoshi’s time according to the Kyoshi novels.

At least so goes my theory anyway on why Zuko’s scar isn’t more severe as to leave him with only one functional ear. If the creators have said anything, I’ll come back to this.

[doinsomethingdaily]

Watch "We're Chained to Our Phones and It's Scarier Than We Think" on YouTube

I think this explains so well how being online all the time influences your activism, your brain and how it is part of capitalism all in one video. I already watched twice (ironically). But honestly please watch it and let me know what you think!