Happy as a box of fluffy ducklings
When my parents heard I was coming home to Hawai’i for a visit this June/July they asked if there was anything I particularly wanted to do while I was here.
I had one request.
“Can we hatch ducklings?”
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Stays & Stay Tab Shapes
When we launched the Scroop + Virgil’s Fine Goods Cassandra Stays someone asked about the different tab shapes of the Augusta Stays (pointed triangular tabs) and the Cassandra Stays (rectangular tabs). I love a good ‘learn about historical fashion by comparing what you see in extant examples’ post (like the one I did on late 18th century sleeve stripes), and thought this was the perfect topic for that.
Ettie Rout: War Hero, Journalist, Health Campaigner, and the “wickedest woman in Britain”
The Ettie Petticoat didn’t get its name just because it makes for a cute hashtag (#ettiepettie), (although that did help!). It’s named for Ettie Rout: war hero, journalist and author, health campaigner, and the “wickedest woman in Britain”.