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A little deep-sea sparkle ✨

Bloody-belly comb jellies are ctenophores. Like other comb jellies, they swim by beating rows of tiny, hair-like cilia. The shimmering display in this video isn't bioluminescence—it's light from MBARI's ROV diffracting through those transparent cilia, creating a dazzling rainbow effect.

For me, it can only be this dress:

Back in the good old days of 2010, when I was just starting this blog and scouring the internet for images of extant historical fashion, I saw this dress on antiquedress.com and I just fell in love. Really, this is the dress that made me fall head over heels in love with vintage fashion.

It showed up a few years later on 1stdibs.com, and I have no idea where it is now, other than I hope it is being cared for and loved.

When I was debating with myself whether or not to start a GLP-1 and thinking about being able to wear the kind of fashion I want, I thought about this dress A LOT (even if I'm still not able to fit into it in the end, it's the fantasy).

It's elegant, it's romantic, it's whimsical fantasy, it's everything.

WITH THIS TIARA: