Take no heed of her... She reads a lot of books.

Asakusa in the morning

#1 & #2 by Joanna Kitchener

“Why do we have to be married? or not married? Why can’t we do what the hell we like? Men can. They can sleep with woman without getting a name for themselves, they can have careers. Well, I am going to do exactly what I like and to hell with the rest of them.”

Getty Images. Leicester Square. London. 1938

Fireball the son of a bitch.

FragileThings, Josephine Cardin

Astronomy - Jean Pierre Rambosson - 1875 - via Internet Archive

There is also something slightly surreal, however, to the odd unity of the scene: birds of all sorts fly hither and thither across the wallpaper while a woman in black, iridescent black feathers in her hair and on her shoulder, gazes calmly at a crow that (one would expect) better belongs outdoors.

Caspar David Friedrich - Moonrise over the Sea, 1822 (details)

HAMDA AL FAHIM Couture Spring/Summer 2015

Tamsin and Emma model 1920s dresses from my collection - a filet lace dress over a slip trimmed with Irish lace, and a robe de style that was probably a wedding dress.  We had tremendous fun with these - there are more photos to come, including 1930s evening wear and 1920s flapper looks. 

Night.