Dear God, this parachute is a knapsack!

Pop-culture fan, book person, procrastinator-in-chief. Sometimes I write and make graphics as well. (The gif isn't mine.)

[heaveninawildflower]

Book cover - Robert Montesquiou-Fézensac. 'Les chauves-souris, clairs-obscurs.'

Paris: Georges Richard, 1892.

Public Domain Review.

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 21, vol. 42, 20 octobre 1900, Paris. Pour d'Automne. Dessin de J. Portalez. Bibliothèque nationale de France

Robe en drap "lavande" et soie blanche, col et parements de velours bleu foncé brodé acier.

Dress in “lavender” cloth and white silk, collar and facings in dark blue velvet embroidered with steel.

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Manteau de drap gris "mouette". Boléro et manches en grosse guipure sur soie grise. Col en chinchilla.

Coat in grey "seagull" cloth. Bolero and sleeves in large guipure on grey silk. Chinchilla collar.

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Costume tailleur en homespun rouge fruit, garni de bandes piquées en drap de même ton. Ceinture de velours noir. Col et revers en chinchilla.

Tailored suit in fruit red homespun, trimmed with quilted bands in cloth of the same tone. Black velvet belt. Chinchilla collar and lapels.

[autumncottageattic]

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[remainsoflilies]

Art by Juliana Naufel.

[fripperiesandfobs]

Wedding dress, 1868

From the Musée Galliera

[historicaldress]

PALE GREY CHIFFON EVENING GOWN, c. 1937

Grey silk chiffon sleeveless gown & bolero, CF gown, hem & jacket sleeves w/ metallic embroidery, pink beads & pink cloth blossoms, grey silk faille slip 

[bethanydelleman]

People only seem to remember that Lady Russell gave Anne Elliot questionable advice once and forget everything else. Lady Russell loves Anne like a daughter. Lady Russell is probably the only person in Anne's life who shares her interests and talks with her about them. When Anne considers needing to find somewhere else to live, it's with Lady Russell. Lady Russell wants Anne to be more widely known because she's absolutely certain that if Anne was known elsewhere she would be loved and Lady Russell was 100% right about that! Lady Russell hates how Anne's family treats her. Lady Russell takes Anne to visit her friend Mrs. Smith.

Lady Russell loves Anne and Anne loves her back. The only reason Anne listened to that advice at nineteen is because she knew that it came from a place of love.

[history-of-fashion]

1823 Pyotr Sokolov - Elisabeth Vorontsova (Branicka)

(Museum of V.A. Tropinin and Moscow Artists of His Time)

[bethanydelleman]

I find it so interesting how quickly fashion went from minimalism in the 1810s to maximal sleeves and headgear

Following the general course of history, we seem to be in a minimal era right now, are we going to transition?

[the1920sinpictures]

1925 Cover of the "Bellas Hess & Company" catalog for spring and summer. Pinterest.

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being able to play songs in your head is cool and all but not really if you can't control what and when it plays so this is a visualization of me trying to concentrate while angel of music plays in my head

[theseventhcrow55]

i get so emotional every time i think about fanfic culture. it's just so beautiful that people are writing and anonymously posting these thousand-word stories about characters we all love and not even getting any money or public fame from it. it's literally just for the love of the game.

shout out to everyone who participates in fanfic culture, be it reading or writing fanfics. you are contributing to such a lovely thing <3

[julytrees]

Ella Fitzgerald in the midst of a soulful performance at Mr. Kelly's nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1958.

[the1920sinpictures]

1922 c. Black wool bathing suit and a riding ensemble on the right, both for men. From "Influencers: 1920s Fashion and the New Woman" exhibit.

[cupofmeat]

[liniini]

Day Dress by Tessier & Sarrou, 1878-1879

[chic-a-gigot]

L'Art et la mode, no. 28, vol. 30, 10 juillet 1909, Paris. Robe de mousseline de soie ornée de bandes de tulle brodé avec cabochons argent. Broderies de Milton Abelson, Regent House, Regent Street, London W. Imp. d'art L. Lafontaine, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France

[thememedaddy]