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N – NEEDLES AND NEEDLE CASE
Needles are rare. For every 300 or more pins I find, I might find one needle. Of course, there were far less needles than pins and they would have been more expensive, so people looked after them more carefully
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Needles are rare. For every 300 or more pins I find, I might find one needle. Of course, there were far less needles than pins and they would have been more expensive, so people looked after them more carefully
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December 14, 2024 at 8:06 AM
N – NEEDLES AND NEEDLE CASE
Needles are rare. For every 300 or more pins I find, I might find one needle. Of course, there were far less needles than pins and they would have been more expensive, so people looked after them more carefully
1/
Needles are rare. For every 300 or more pins I find, I might find one needle. Of course, there were far less needles than pins and they would have been more expensive, so people looked after them more carefully
1/
Six years later, still delightful.
@seamus.bsky.social shares a mix up at work, buckle up.
“Got my days wrong and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.”
@seamus.bsky.social shares a mix up at work, buckle up.
“Got my days wrong and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.”
Right, this was when I was eighteen so don't judge me too harshly. Or if you think drugs are cool and I'm a legend, fill your boots. Anyway, at the time I was working through college in Dublin with bar shifts at [redacted] music venue. One day I get a call on my day off.
November 16, 2024 at 3:03 AM
Six years later, still delightful.
@seamus.bsky.social shares a mix up at work, buckle up.
“Got my days wrong and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.”
@seamus.bsky.social shares a mix up at work, buckle up.
“Got my days wrong and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine.”
French silk ballgown with striped bustle detail.
Circa 1872, House of Worth.
Credit Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret D. Leverich, 1964
Circa 1872, House of Worth.
Credit Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret D. Leverich, 1964
November 15, 2024 at 5:51 PM
French silk ballgown with striped bustle detail.
Circa 1872, House of Worth.
Credit Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret D. Leverich, 1964
Circa 1872, House of Worth.
Credit Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret D. Leverich, 1964
A silk vision from 1870, with sleeve details that are pure drama - because green didn’t come to play.
Courtesy of The Met and Catharine Breyer Van Bomel Foundation Fund.
Courtesy of The Met and Catharine Breyer Van Bomel Foundation Fund.
November 15, 2024 at 9:24 AM
A silk vision from 1870, with sleeve details that are pure drama - because green didn’t come to play.
Courtesy of The Met and Catharine Breyer Van Bomel Foundation Fund.
Courtesy of The Met and Catharine Breyer Van Bomel Foundation Fund.
1890s velvet cape in royal purple, with embroidery hinting at moonlit secrets—from The John Bright Historic Costume Collection catalog
November 15, 2024 at 2:53 AM
1890s velvet cape in royal purple, with embroidery hinting at moonlit secrets—from The John Bright Historic Costume Collection catalog
Silk cape owned by Princess Viggo of Denmark. Tulipes Hollandaises fabric, House of Worth, 1889. Yes please.
November 15, 2024 at 12:44 AM
Silk cape owned by Princess Viggo of Denmark. Tulipes Hollandaises fabric, House of Worth, 1889. Yes please.