#Extravagance

[horseimagebarn]

horse wearing a beautiful blue outfit with a flowery headpiece and velvet textured blanket with gold tassels on its back rides a stuffed rabbit dressed in equally ornate clothing similar to that of a refined courtier or perhaps a prince both the rabbit and the horse seem calm in their environment which is a beautiful yet photoshopped enchanted forest of a green hue though their environment is false the decadence of these two companions is true and real

[imaginal-ai]

"Opulent Dreams" (0002)

(More of The Lavish Visions Series)

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[angelo-chuck-wagon]

Hope y’all enjoy my gift to you fer Christmas! It ain’t jist fer my patron @lady-lord-cornbury an her betrothed @william-the-ladyfinger . It’s to my lover @anthonis-van-dyck an my momma @amagnificentobsession an my sister @kleenexwoman fer encouragin’ me. And it’s fer my best friend @winnifred-is-a-creechur too.

[william-the-ladyfinger]

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That's for calling @amagnificentobsession a witch!

Oh, a tampon? That hasn't been invented yet. But I like to put all kinds of pretty little things up my derrière … so bring it on, wench!

I also like to shut up cheeky broads' saucy mouths…

@janeway-lover

[mrs-trophy-wife]

[lady-lord-cornbury]

@neo-of-sporin , you did indeed look like a true winsom gentleman today playing at bowls! Seems you recovered the night well enough to keep up appearances. I am once again impressed by your fortitude! I knew once I had seen the scars on your body that you would be an unflinching lover. Such a nice suprise to find you of such hearty stock.

I have been given word that more of your new garments are waiting for you in my chambers, but I think our stroll through the shops is in order anyway. If you see anything that strikes your fancy, do let me know.

[gennsoup]

But I love extravagance, And wanting it has handed down The glitter and glamour of the sun As my inheritance.

Sappho, But I love extravagance

[greyam]

Brighton Pavilion Dining Room

This is the main dining room in the Brighton Pavilion. The Pavilion was built for the Prince Regent, who became George IV after the death of his father, George III, often referred as the Mad King (what what!).

The Prince Regent was overly fascinated by China, so he had the Pavilion built in the late eighteen and into the nineteenth centuries. It was his retreat and he spent a lot of time there. When he died, however, it fell into disrepair. Queen Victoria didn't like the Pavilion, wishing it to be demolished. However, she relented and sold it to the Brighton Corporation, now the Brighton Council. Still, it was neglected, and has only received good treatment in the latter half of the twentieth century onwards.

Anyway, this was the dining room where the Prince Regent/King George IV held many of this banquets.

As you can see, he spared no expense. Such excess makes you wonder what the ordinary people at that time had to look forward to. Certainly not cake...

[bizzie-bie]

“Don’t that ceiling ever just make you want to cry ?”

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Elite, mostly male, thinkers remained convinced that men should be paid more than women, and the government passed the 1834 new Poor Law on that assumption:

It is clearly a waste of strength, a superfluous extravagance, (an economic blunder) to employ a powerful and costly machine to do work which can be as well done by a feebler and a cheaper one. Women and girls are less costly operatives than men . . . what they can do with equal efficiency it is therefore wasteful and foolish, economically considered, to set a man to do. By employing the cheaper labour, the article is supplied to the public at a smaller cost and therefore the demand for the article is increased.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

[captureandcaptivate]

Anna backstage at AFW, photographed by George Stratigis.

[imaginal-ai]

"Opulent Dreams" (0001)

(The Lavish Visions Series)

[tr444sp00t11g]

movie: Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą ♰ directed by Wojciech Has

based on Bruno Schulz's books : "sanatorium pod klepsydrą" and "sklepy cynamonowe" ♰

[william-the-ladyfinger]

Me, myself and ai ...

As an alchemist, I have access to many magical tools and processes, including homunculus intelligence (AI). I am in awe of how this force of the future has interpreted my life … as the most beautiful charmer alive:

As grim Witch Hunter:

As arrogant and cruel dom:

Alchemist and Scholar:

And as pious Whitehead on a Field in England:

These images were created by ai and are purely fictional!

@lady-lord-cornbury @docdust @angelo-chuck-wagon

[lady-lord-cornbury]

You can't look this good without spending money that was supposed to go to the defense of the New York Harbour!