Autumn is almost upon us and this lovely lady and her little girls can feel the nip in the air.
Paraphernalia to look forward to :
The Secret Fairy Society’s upcoming Fall Edition of the newsletter: Callista Chrysanthemum will be guest editor
Book reviews: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel and The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives (it was VERY interesting to read these two together!)
Here is your Autumn Fashion Plate!
Here is a mystery: is the woman depicted in these fashion plates the same model? I have been trying to determine if models were used by the artists who created fashion plate engravings or if they drew them from imagination. Both date from 1820. Both appeared in Ackermann’s Repository of Arts.
It has been awhile – so here is a lovely lady reaching for her bonnet…
The featured ‘Chromograph’ for this month featured these lovely ladies:
I think they are all ready for their close ups:
A Merry, Merry Christmas!!!
This lady is wearing green …
With all the recent madness, nutballs testing nukes and what not – I think it is definitely TIME FOR A FASHION PLATE!
This video of Susan Boyle singing the song I Dreamed a Dream from Les Miserables is incredibly moving. I would embed it, but I just can’t figure out how so PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK. What a perfect song to choose if you want to make the point Ms. Boyle made. She is my new hero.
Yet, it is also profoundly troubling as well in an achey breaky heart kind of way. Somehow, it was assumed by the three judges and the ENTIRE audience Ms. Boyle was some sort of a joke.The implication was complete disdain. The cameras panned the audience and the facial expressions of those present can only be summed up as cruel. If indeed she had turned out to be awful, what could possibly justify subjecting her to a public humiliation of such magnitude? I know, I know, American Idol routinely spotlights the most hideous contestants imaginable. Yet, they seem to want the distinction of being the worst talent in order to make onto the initial episodes. I really hate American Idol.
But this clip is amazing. After watching it a couple of times I thought, Susan Boyle is really fetching. And, not only that, she kind of reminded me of THIS FASHION PLATE.
There’s a fashion plate inside of everyone. Especially hidden talent like Susan Boyle.
I love the guy in this one. This is from 1839. I especially like this time period. They weren’t too over the top in the hoopy department.
I agree with Frederick … this sweet girl is my favorite..
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