candy lion

Georgia O’Keefe, Thigh Bone on Black Stripe, 1930

Luc-Olivier Merson, 1846-1920

Allégorie du Temps (Allegory of Time), 1896 (L'Allégorie du Temps est l'un des trois panneaux qui décoraient la cheminée du salon de l'hôtel de Jules Gouin, dans la plaine Monceau)

A beautifully made and designed c1970 vintage ring set with a large, high-domed moonstone that glows silvery blue. The surface of the moonstone has a lovely matte patina from years of wear that amplifies the atmospheric glow. Built in 14K yellow gold. Weighs 6.5 grams.

but, the thing is

even polyester fabric was higher quality in the past

yes, not all of it, but, still, a noticeable amount of older polyester was...nicer.

yeah, it would still get picks and hold on to every bit of underarm odor, and that's on top of no-one knowing about microplastic shedding

the BLINDING difference in clothing quality between even the 1990s and the mid-2000s...not even going in to the decline in quality of clothing made in natural fibers (jeans with elastane, i'm looking at you), I've got faux-leather trousers from 1980s that are in near-mint condition, even after being hired and worn repeatedly for the past 40 years. we get donations of clothing that shows and films have bought online for contemporary shows that are disintegrating after being used on one show, for like....10 days, max.

don't even get me started on the seam allowances we used to get in clothes, because the assumption was you'd alter it at some point...