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Sarakatsana of Thrace, Hellas

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Traditional dress from Astypálea || Source: Της μνήμης η κεντημένη φορεσιά. Επετειακή εκδήλωση της Βιβλιοθήκης της Βουλής με έκθεση καλλιτεχνικών φωτογραφιών δωδεκανησιακών γυναικείων παραδοσιακών φορεσιών της Καλλιόπης Βουτζαλή. Click on the link of the source to view or download for free the booklet with information and images about this and the rest traditional dresses of the Dodecanese islands.

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Greek Bride in wedding attire

Otto Magnus von Stackelberg, 1828

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I'm wondering Core/Light Sides in Vietnamese Tradition Costumes

So i made it

Ref and Detail:

Patton: áo giao lĩnh, áo mã tiên (áo khoát), khăn đầu quấn chữ "Nhân", kính dây

Logan: áo viên lĩnh, dây ngọc bội, khăn đầu chữ "Nhất", kính thầy đồ

Roman: bộ nhật bình đỏ, đeo kiềng, gối vua, đi hài đỏ, mấn cài trâm

Virgil: áo giao lĩnh tím, dây anh lạc, nón 3 tầm, đi chân đất

- those references belongs to vietnam, and vietnam is an independent country, thank you -

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Vengo Gao - 高伟光

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You mean this?

Research for refajo and justillo or corpoño patterns

I want to redo my LARP outfits and armor.

There is very little patterns and dresses available on historic Spanish dress.

I am not a flamenco dancer- why is dancing costume the only thing available?

What happened to outfits like Elena de La Vega wore in Zorro?

I want to dress like a Spanish Noblewoman.

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Spanish golden age costume

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Los Aznar o los fundadores del IVI, principales beneficiarios de la legalización del negocio de los vientres de alquiler en España... Teniendo en cuenta que España es el segundo país del mundo con más clínicas de reproducción asistida, sólo por detrás de EEUU, ¿cuánto darían esas clínicas por poder ofertar en su cartera de servicios de manera legal la mal llamada gestación subrogada? Este sector de la deshumanización de las mujeres es una industria potentísima, puro capital que crece de manera galopante... El IVI cuenta con más de 30 clínicas repartidas por la geografía española y acaba de fichar como nuevo consejero delegado a Javier Sánchez-Prieto, expresidente de Iberia... y José María Aznar Botella, hijo de Aznar y Botella, fundó en 2017 Mystral Fertility Clinics con 3000 euros y en 2018, con Aznar padre y Botella, ampliaron el capital a 2 millones de euros, compraron la clínica de infertilidad Tambre y tiene previsto abrir próximamente otra clínica en Alicante... Vistos los cimientos económicos de este sector, falta una pieza fundamental para la guinda del pastel. Se trata de que la gestación subrogada sea legalizada y normalizada socialmente... la legalización de la gestación subrogada supondría multiplicar al menos por cuatro los beneficios actuales del ingente número de clínicas de fertilidad. Y no es muy difícil deducir quién financia viajes, alojamiento, manutención, ponencias y organización de congresos, seminarios y jornadas sobre las maravillas de los vientres de alquiler y la compraventa de recién nacidos

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"Contribución al Informe de la Relatora Especial sobre Violencia contra las Mujeres y las Niñas: Gestación Subrogada" por Teresa Domínguez @letra_escarlata Informes y datos: El 95% de las transacciones de subrogación utilizan contratos sin controles estrictos. En algunos contextos, el 30% de las investigaciones sobre pornografía infantil involucran redes de subrogación. El 67% de los acuerdos/contratos incluyen restricciones legales que anulan la posibilidad de revocar el consentimiento postparto, según estudios del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos. En el mismo porcentaje cláusulas limitan sus derechos humanos básicos. En el 63% contienen cláusulas abusivas. Cláusulas abusivas: 63% incluyen multas por incumplimiento de dietas o restricciones físicas, controlando la vida diaria de la gestante.En el 92% no existe negociación real. Efectos físicos irreversibles: 38% de gestantes reportan complicaciones médicas no previstas, incluyendo diabetes gestacional y daño renal permanente. Trastornos ansioso depresivo en el 45% de los casos.

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Fairy Tale - from my new art book Faraway Dreaming. The Kickstarter campaign ends in less than a week! You can back the project until June 24th to receive a hardcover copy of my art book, plus other lovely rewards. 💜

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Sara Montiel with @reallyndacarter

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Life as a Performance: Timeless Divas

None of the women that I'll be writing about today were really on my radar. Not growing up, nor as an adult in my continuous exploration of pop culture. I was vaguely familiar, but my knowledge was mostly on a surface level at best.

I found myself watching three documentaries (all on HBO Max) just in the last week. And I realized that there's a common thread. Actresses or singers, all stood out by being more than whatever mold they found themselves in at any given point in their career. They didn't settle even if they didn't always succeed. Complex figures, juggling between personas and trying to stay afloat in ruthless industries.

My Mom Jayne (2025)

What I confronted myself with while watching these documentaries were some of my own preconcieved notions which more often than not were based on cliches perpetuated along the years.

Of course I heard of Jayne Mansfield. She was the other blonde bombshell in the 60s who was less famous that Marilyn Monroe. The woman in that famous picture with Sophia Loren side-eyeing her chest. Her career was mostly focused on being sexy and that unfortunately, she died in a horrible car accident.

I still feel shame for falling into the trap, but I'm glad that somehow I just happened to see the documentary being promoted and thought I should give it a shot. Because I had the chance to learn so much. To erase all those stereotypes and see the person behind them. One that was very intelligent and one that knew exactly what she is supposed to show and the reasons why. Jayne became quite vocal in interviews about what the film industry required of her. But not only that, she showed her other talents, like how good of a violonist she was, playing at the Ed Sullivan show.

Her daughter, actress Mariska Hargitay, had complicated and mixed feelings about her mother and her career while growing up. "What's with that voice she puts on when she's in public?", "What's with all the sexy magazine spreads?". It can take years to try and not only come to terms with one large aspect of someone's life, but to be able to see the entire picture.

It was a very moving documentary. Incredibly sad as well because her death was so tragic. Jayne was still young and her four children were left without a mother. But this exploration I think allowed them to open up about it and their shared memories of her.

Enigma (2025)

A week ago or so I saw a short clip of Catherine Deneuve and another woman sitting near each other at the latest Louis Vuitton fashion show. I thought her face was really familiar and when I looked up her name and saw Amanda Lear, I thought "Aha! Of course it's her". But thinking about it later, I realized that I didn't know actually how I came to believe I knew of her. My mind was actually blank. Was she an actress? A singer? Did it somehow stuck somewhere in my memories because many years ago when I read and watched everything I could find on The Rolling Stones, her name must have come up. She was in their inner circle. She was friends with Anita Pallenberg after all.

Funnily enough, around that same time, I decided to watch this documentary Enigma. Which is partially about Amanda Lear. It's also about April Ashley. Enigma is an exploration of transgender identity, with a focus on women who had their start in the clubs in Paris in the '50s and '60s. Their stories are intertwined. Amanda and Ashley's too, although this is where we find a dilemma and why the documentary is called Enigma.

I believe that a documentarian's role is to push when they feel necessary. To make their subject open up, to not let them lead the story. It's a way to explore underneath the surface. To make them lower their walls. But I also believe that they should know when to step back, when to stop. But regardless of what is being said, the questions were there. And sometimes the answers lie in between the lines for those who feel the need for certainty.

To me, Amanda Lear is a woman who has decided at some point in her life that her persona and this performance of a created self is what she will present to the world. She created an identity and she will not lift the curtain for anyone to take a peak inside. I think that needs to be respected. Maybe not agreed with or liked. But respected and accepted.

She is a singer, a model, a muse for Salvador Dali. A painter. A woman of many facets, full of amazing stories. Her life, the one she tends to talk about, is equally fascinating and enough to maintain her enigmatic status.

Super Sara (TV- Mini Series, 2025)

With Sara Montiel, I found myself again being so aware of that name, but realizing that I have never seen any of her films or seen her in anything actually. But some people reach cult status and transcend borders and time. People that everyone knows and somehow I grew up knowing the name, without any other details.

I looked her up today and I saw that she was a guest on a Romanian television show which aired in the 90s-2000s. I used to watch it every Saturday evening with my mother after washing my hair. Sitting in front of the couch, my mom drying and brushing my hair, while "Surprise, Surprise" was on (a show concept imported from Spain).

Perhaps I did see Sara Montiel there right when it aired. Wearing that white dress, singing in front of the audience. And for millions of other people watching her.

Super Sara is a 3-part documentary that explores Sara's career until her death. Through archival footage, personal videos, interviews with her, but also interviews with people that knew her. That loved and respected her.

It was such an incredible journey to watch, about a woman who had lived many lives. Who was larger that life. A riot. A star in the truest sense of the word. I don't think that can ever be lost. Even when the circumstances can transform one into some sort of caricature. I was quite shocked at the vitriol and directness of the press, but at the same time, I saw someone who still had character in the face of it all.

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When you want to see what colorism is in whites, think about how Rita was "too ethnic" and was considered "ugly" before the Hollywood stylish, when she was literally the same but in Spanish.

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Considering the Uchiha were moved to the outskirts of the hidden village, had no freedom of choice when it came to deciding where to live within the village, had no political representation for decades, were kept under surveillance by ANBU forces which they had no power over despite a portion of their population ran the 'police force', were ultimately annihilated in the massacre... I'm curious to understand why they shouldn't be considered as an oppressed group.

Generally speaking, oppression precedes genocide. The thing is, genocide doesn’t spontaneously occur, it’s not an auto-combustive process that discharges out of the blue, it’s never unpremeditated. Every holocaust had years, if not decades, of unambiguous underhand planning, racial profiling and isolationism which preceded it.

Why can't the same logic be applied to the Uchiha? If they're not an oppressed group, what are they? If they're not an oppressed group, then why were they eliminated from existence? Why wasn't Fugaku and his collaborators simply arrested and the rest left alone, for example? I've occasionally read (and not just on this platform) that the Uchiha clan was privileged. How so? In what did their privilege consist, exactly? What economic advantages did they have over other clans? Did they receive special treatment? If they did, how so?

I don't get it.

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Catalan woman in traditional clothing, Barcelona, 1932

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Toshia Mori as Lulu in BLONDIE JOHNSON (1933) dir. Ray Enright