If you recall, green dresses are a personal favorite. And this one is up there in my all-time list. I first ran across it when I was doing research into the history of velvet for one of my ThreadTalk subjects and I could not look away. This looks like a magic gown made of moss, and if I wear it, I may find my way to Faerie.
The date on the gown is somewhere between 1885-1888, and it was made in Scotland by Gowan and Strachan, and is from the National Museums Scotland collection.
Velvet gets a bad rep from its egregious overuse in the 1970s, but a dress like this would be made of silk velvet. If you’ve ever been lucky enough to touch it, you’ll know it’s a totally different experience than polyester crap. The way light hits this gown is absolutely ethereal!
I haven’t seen this linked on here so: this is an awesome resource for how you can help the people in Palestine. It has donation links, helps you figure out how to contact your representatives, and a regularly updated list of planned protests. It is USAmerican centric but the list of protests is international.
If you are American this site has a tool that sends an email for you. All you need to enter is your name, email address, and street address so they can auto-find your senators. It will take 30 seconds.
Cheering and clapping like my team just won the big sports game when my favourite c-list actor shows up for .5 seconds in the worst movie I have ever seen
