a wash in yellow

 wash day

"and I helped"

pretty in pink

 

blue and red

Peonies on a plate from Japan

 

Peonies, and Chrysanthemums, on a Chinese satin jacket (Qing Dynasty)

embroidery from Ukraine

folk dolls from Ukraine

some crafts and textiles for our lsdy art theme of Thursday Postcard Hunt

crowning glory

 A rather unique style, Frida Kahlo was often seen with flowers in her hair as a symbol of fertility and her Mexican heritage.

Anna Pavlova

Here she is Princess Aspicia in the Pharaoh's Daughter for the Moscow Ballet, 1908

colours

uniforms were much more colourful and elaborate in days of yore
 

There was a time I was deeply into Gilbert & Sullivan.  I could probably still sing along to most of their songs.

some uniforms for Sunday Stamps

beauty

 

"Russian Beauty"

paris, texas

street wear for Thursday Postcard Huntfrom a 1977 photograph by Garry Winogrand, Texas

traditional

a 15th century widow, from Finland

from Japan

and from Kenya

for Thursday Postcard Hunt, some fashionably dressed women ahead of International Women's Day

indian topi

The 'Gandhi cap' was favoured by Nehru (1889-1964), India's first Prime Minister. Gandhi wanted a cap that could cover his head in hot weather and be easily folded to fit in a pocket.  It is made of homespun cotton.

The Puneri Pagadi, here worn by Lokmanya Tilak, is a distinctive style of turban considered a symbol of pride and honour in the city of Pune. It was given a Geographical Indication tag as the intellectual property of Pune in 2009. It is made of strips of red satin.

 

Bal Gangadhar Tilak (1856-1920), also known as Lokmanya, was called "the maker of modern India" by Gandhi. Whatever else he thought about India as "my Motherland and my Goddess, the people in India as my kith and kin, and loyal and steadfast work for their social emancipation is my highest duty", he was strongly opposed to any women's rights and social reforms against caste.

 some headwear for Sunday Stamps

springtime

Monet painting of a woman sitting in dappled sunlight and hopefully not getting her dress dirty.

fashionable cypress

Cypress Gardens

colourful joy

 

I have this sheet in a frame by my desk because it always makes me smile. I love the brightly coloured outfits the children are wearing. One of my pet peeves is seeing so many people dressed in black all winter long. It is such a depressing colour when there is so little bright light outside. These children were bucking that trend and making a fashion statement in 2008 with their whimsical hats and pastel coloured patterns. It is sad to think that when they grow up this eye-catching fashion will likely be abandoned for the not-to-be-noticed black.

for Sunday Stamps - fashion

blue

 

Ballet slippers with a swan reflection for the 50th anniversary of Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, (Festival Hall) where one can enjoy  opera, ballet, and classical music.

A footed pot from China

perhaps a teapot?

For Sunday Stamps - the colour blue

a hat

big hat

big hair

big flower

dramatic

Pola Negri, a Polish silent film star who was the first European actress invited to Hollywood. 

She was as well known for her love affairs as for her screen roles. When Rudolph Valentino died suddenly in 1926, her histrionics at his funeral proved too much for the public and she was never taken seriously again. She died on August 1, 1987 aged 93. Or 90. Or maybe 88. A mystery.

fashion

I have been using my lockdown time at home to sort through my postcards...

Kaj Stenvall's ducks don't seem to be as popular as they once were, which is a shame as I quite enjoy his imaginative style.
Both of these received from Finland

vamp

Lya de Putti, a Hungarian silent screen actress

(1897-1931)

snow

I think this young girl is fashionably well protected from the snow

conical hats

The iconic conical hats, worn by school girls in Ho Chi Minh City are known as non la. 
A perfect protection from the sun and rain.

spinning

A 1960s era postcard from Black Creek Pioneer Village in Toronto, a recreated village with buildings from the surrounding area and costumed educators who demonstrate and involve visitors with trades and crafts common in 1860s Ontario.

on the back of the card is this description:

Spinning was one of the main chores for the housewife in the early days of the province. Her daughter, who is doing the carding, is temporarily interrupted by a beau from a neighbouring farm.

I have some questions regarding this postcard -  the daughter's long hair surely should be done up and not hanging loose around her shoulders?  Should she not also be wearing an apron? And why is there a basket of apples at her elbow as well as a basket of dyed wool at her feet? Black Creek also has a farm, though I've no idea if the wool would have been from the farm sheep and goats or not.

.68 was the international rate in 1985. the cost has been spinning out of control ever since — it's now 2.65 (+GST)

something for Sepia Saturday - mills, textiles
though in this case, a spinning wheel from before there were industrial sized mills