I wasn’t joking when I suggested we are looking at serious cuteness. The dress this boy is wearing is incredible. It has a pleated velvet skirt, velvet vest type bodice with a lace front and a large satin sash tied in a bow at the waist, then a velvet jacket on top of it all. …
We are getting into the realm of serious cuteness here. Directly to the right of our international mom is this photo of two blond haired boys. The boy in the chair is swathed in lace, making the inexperienced think he is a girl, but the side part in the hair belies that temptation. He is …
Making an assumption that this woman and our previous International Lovely are mother and daughter is like assuming two people know each other because they went to the same college, but I can’t help but make the potential connection. These two photographs are one above the other on the left side of an open page …
Sometimes a photo comes along that reminds you that people haven’t changed much over the past hundred years, and this is one of those for me. This young girl’s portrait captured her in a moment of reflection with her future bright in front of her. She is a beauty with long softly curling hair and …
The best way I can describe the “wings” on this bodice is to call them epaulettes, although they really are not epaulettes. Epaulettes are the fancy fringed military insignia worn on the shoulder. They are most well known for decorating the impressive red jackets of 19th century military officers and in US military custom they …
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