Interesting overview on Georgian jewelry
And for Jilli...
Mourning jewelry How goth!
(and Hair jewelry - how weird. Not jewelry for the hair. Memento mori made out of hair.)
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
Ilona Costa Bianchi ,'The Girl in Question'
Spike's Bitches 29: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DavidS - Mar 17, 2006 2:27:19 pm PST #4222 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ - Mar 17, 2006 2:28:45 pm PST #4223 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Okay, now I'm embarrassed. Nobody who has gone through the week you've gone through should ever have to say Poor anyone else, vw.
I'm so glad you're home and okay, and don't ever go and disappear out of shyness about us kicking up a fuss.
ChiKat - Mar 17, 2006 2:31:18 pm PST #4224 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I have some French jet mourning jewelry that I use when re-enacting. It's quite pretty.
Aims - Mar 17, 2006 2:33:47 pm PST #4225 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My sister just had a bad blind date.
He BRAGGED about being beligerent to the police when pulled over for something HE DID and then only tipped the waitress $1. Granted, they were in a coffee shop, but they were at the table for well over an hour and the service was excellent in my sister's opin, and she's been a server. (Before leaving, she ran over to the girl and gave her $10)
ChiKat - Mar 17, 2006 2:35:16 pm PST #4226 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Your sister needs to beat the person who set them up.
Aims - Mar 17, 2006 2:36:26 pm PST #4227 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I asked her, "Why don't your freinds like you?"
He also lied about his height, which just set her off.
DavidS - Mar 17, 2006 2:37:02 pm PST #4228 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh. I knew about wearing black, but didn't realize there was an entire half-mourning ensemble you wore the second year.
With the death of Queen Victoria's husband (Prince Albert in 1861), mourning jewelry was more in demand. The Queen, herself, never wore anything but full mourning attire for the rest of her life. Mourning jewelry and clothing of the Victorian era followed a strict protocol. After a year of full mourning (requiring all black jewelry and clothing), half-mourning colors such as gray, mauve, or purple were allowed back into the wardrobe. (It invited public censure if one didn't adhere to these guidelines.) Black materials: Jet, Onyx, Gutta Percha, French Jet, and Bog Oak were common materials for mourning jewelry.
Also? Gutta Percha is interesting.
P.M. Marc - Mar 17, 2006 2:38:33 pm PST #4229 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sheesh, David. We have GOT to get you started on trashy (or, hell, classy, but sometimes, trashy's more, umm, fun) romance novels.
ChiKat - Mar 17, 2006 2:39:04 pm PST #4230 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I knew about wearing black, but didn't realize there was an entire half-mourning ensemble you wore the second year.
Yep. My mourning garb is actually either second mourning (as you described above) or first mourning for a more distant relative because my dress has white cuffs and collar.
P.M. Marc - Mar 17, 2006 2:39:08 pm PST #4231 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Err, WRT the half-mourning thing. I like, thought EVERYONE knew about that.