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The Choices We Make....

Chapter: One-Shot Based In The More Than Good Enough Universe

Title: The Choices We Make

Summary: As the Supreme Court overturns Roe -v- Wade, Beca finds herself reliving a painful memory from her past

Rating: T for Angst.

Warning: This one-shot deals with the topic of abortion. Please proceed with care.

Author Note: I’ve tried to be as sensitive as possible with this topic and apologise in advance if anyone takes any kind of offence. It is not my intention.

Beca literally felt the ground beneath her feet move as the news filtered out from the tv screen. It felt like a scene from a horror movie. How could this possibly be 2022 when it felt like the world around her was moving backwards? The Supreme Court had overturned Roe -v- Wade and all Beca could think about was the sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach. The gnawing in the back of her mind as she felt ghosts from the past begin to creep to the forefront.

Her emotions were all over the place, understandably considering she had just given birth a week and a half ago and was currently recovering from an emergency c-section, but this, this was a different type of tidal wave. It was a tsunami of emotions Beca had somehow managed to repress for most of her adult life.

She stood there stoically facing the tv, watching as camera links projected images of gatherings of men and women across the US. Some ecstatic at the decision, their American flags waving proudly, but others were outraged. How could a seemingly modern society take such a monumental step backwards?

The right to choose had always been a contentious topic, it was to be expected in a country that consisted of so many staunchly conservative Christians on one side and liberal progressives on the other. It was a constant push and pull, back and forth, one upmanship. Basic human rights were tossed about as political currency and subjected to scrutiny based on religious or social beliefs.

Too often the actual core point of it all was lost in debates designed to skew narratives. But the reality of Roe -v- Wade was that there were no winners or losers irrespective of its place in society. Abortion was not something to be politicised nor should it ever be used to emotionally manipulate. The humanity of the process was often lost in a game of whose rights are more important.

The right of the father, who shared 50% of his DNA? The right of the unborn? Was it something that should be legally considered based on religious beliefs?

It seemed everyone else’s rights and opinions mattered, except for those of the woman. The person who was mentally, emotionally and physically responsible for carrying the child? The one whose reproductive health was dependent on standards that didn’t seem to take female reproduction all that seriously.

What, you’re expected to bleed throughout most of your life and be taxed for products designed to help? Expected to be the most responsible with regards to contraception and the expense attached. The pill, the coil, the bar, the morning after pill. On and on and on. Expected to reproduce and raise children in a society that wasn’t cost effective for people who lived below a certain wage line. That provided little help in the way of relief with regards to food, rent, formula, clothing, medical care.

People often talked about Pro-Life but Beca couldn’t exactly see how that was possible when there was seemingly no interest in helping to protect that life post birth.

Beca was so caught up in her internal musings, she failed to hear the sound of the front door opening, nor the sound of Chloe, her parents and Aubrey entering into the living room, Chloe pushing a stroller ahead of her.

“Hey babe, did you have a good nap?” Chloe asked as she removed her handbag and placed it on the couch.

Gazing at her wife, Chloe noticed that she seemed to be locked on whatever was on the screen. Suddenly everyone was watching, exasperated expressions on their faces. Chloe glanced towards her wife and could see the anguish hidden behind her eyes.

“Bec,” she whispered, not wanting to draw attention to her.

Just then, AJ began to stir and Chloe had never been more grateful for her daughters timing.

“Hey Mom, could you give AJ a bottle. There’s plenty of expressed milk. I just need to help Beca clean her incision before we grab lunch,’ Chloe said, her mother more than happy to get to spend time with her granddaughter.

Lacing her hand with her wife’s, Chloe guided her out of the living room and down the hall towards their master bedroom, Aubrey watching them out of curiosity sensing something was up. Stepping inside, Chloe closed the bedroom door shut behind her and when she turned around Beca was sitting on the edge of their bed, head in her hand the faint sound of a sob wrenching free from her chest.

Chloe instantly eliminated the distance between them and sat down next to her, her arm wrapping around her wife’s shoulders as she pressed her lips to the side of Beca’s head.

“Oh Bec’s” Chloe cooed as Beca wiped at her tears.

“I’m so- I’m sorry,” Beca wept as she inhaled a couple of deep breaths to try and regulate herself.

Chloe just shook her head peppering kisses against her wife’s head.

“You have nothing to be sorry for,” Chloe said, squeezing and rubbing her wife’s shoulder for good measure.

The topic of abortion had always been a sensitive one to Beca, because to her, the subject wasn’t something trivial, it had been her reality.

Even now she could still remember being that same scared, barely 17 year old girl crippled with shame. Having struggled with the passing of her mother, and dealing with a fractured relationship with her father, she had found herself desperately lost. And within that darkness she had found herself making reckless decisions. The kind that you only understood the consequences of with the benefit of hindsight.

Beca hadn’t expected a drunken night out at a high school party to turn into a one-night stand that, looking back on it Beca wasn’t even fully sure she was comfortable with even then. But this was back in a time when the lines of consent were still often blurred, misconceived and even violated with the excuse being ‘you were totally into it.’

Back in a time when Beca didn’t realise that no could mean no and not just be considered a negotiation tactic for guys to navigate around. That wasn’t to say the guy she had been with had completely taken advantage of her, but had she been in possession of her full senses, she probably wouldn’t have gone through with it.

But years of internalised pain had built up within her and messed with her head. She had made a mistake, a big one with massive consequences that she was ill prepared to deal with. Beca was in no way ready for a baby, she couldn’t even take care of herself.

Eventually, she had gone to her dad and stepmother and revealed all. Her father had been understandably upset, but it was Beca’s stepmother who had actually been the one to defuse the situation. She had seen how much the young woman had been hurting and that her actions weren’t some frivolous mistake for a bit of fun.

When Beca ultimately decided that she didn’t want to continue the pregnancy, they supported her, but they had also been adamant that she went to counselling to deal with her problems.

Having an abortion was not an experience Beca would ever wish on anyone. Contrary to ignorant belief, it wasn’t just a quickie procedure to fix a mistake that people bounced back from. It had been painful and emotionally draining and even with counselling, Beca always lived with the shame it instilled within her and often times found herself wondering, what if?

Ultimately Beca knew she wasn’t ready to be a parent at 17, she had to do what was right for her and she still had so much she wanted to accomplish at that time. Things she felt she would end up missing out on. She also knew that mentally she wasn’t fit to be a parent. How could she possibly raise a child when she could barely find it within herself to get out of bed in the morning and keep living.

But even though she didn’t regret choosing to have an abortion she would be lying if she said the stigma didn’t still sting.

When Beca had eventually opened up Chloe about it a couple of years later when they were getting serious, the redhead couldn’t have been more supportive or caring. She never judged Beca, never considered her selfish. She understood that everyone’s decisions, needs and circumstance were individual to them and that they couldn’t be boxed into a one size fits all mentality.

It was a deeply complex and personal decision, one that woman should feel they have the right to navigate themselves however they so choose. If anything, Chloe had been grateful for the fact that Beca had been in a position to be able to make that choice.

Chloe knew Beca still lived with the impact of her decision, and that while she was ultimately happy with how her life turned out, that one moment in time would be something that would always stick with her.

And as she sat there allowing Beca to work through her grief for the countless women who would be affected by this ruling, she couldn’t help but lay her own thoughts bare.

“You know the one thing I regret in life, is that I didn’t know you then,” Chloe said as she stroked Beca’s hair, the brunette turning her head to face her, a questioning look in her eye as Chloe gently stroked her cheek, softly wiping away her tears.

“I wish I could’ve been there to hold your hand, to comfort you, to tell you that everything would be okay,” Chloe sighed, before gently smiling.

“But we have an incredible life now Bec’s. You made one of the hardest and bravest decisions anyone should ever have to make and because of it we’re here now, together, living our dreams and raising our beautiful daughter. You did what you had to do to get here now and be the amazing mom that you are. And I know that no matter what, we’ll both make sure that AJ grows up with all the love and support she could ever need.”

Beca reached up her hand and cupped it around Chloe’s neck, pulling her in as close as she could for a hug whilst being conscious of her own still healing belly and buried her face in the crook of her wife’s neck.

“I love you so much,” Beca mumbled against Chloe’s neck. And the redhead beamed as she stroked her hand up and down her wife’s back.

“Unconditionally,” Chloe replied, echoing back to Beca the words from the brunettes’ own vows. A promise to love and care deeply, no matter what, without restrictions or limits.

Pulling back, Chloe tucked a strand of hair behind Beca’s ear and noticed how emotionally drained she looked and took the initiative in that moment to put her own family first.

“Why don’t I send everyone home and we just veg out on the couch today. You, me and AJ. We can do lunch another day,” Chloe said.

Beca nodded her agreement, more than grateful that Chloe was so attuned to her emotions. With everything else going on Beca didn’t feel much like socialising, not when her mind was drifting in and out between a peaceful and mentally blurred state of being.

Chloe pressed a kiss to her forehead and disappeared out of the room and down the hall, as Beca decided to take a quick shower and change into some more comfortable maternity sweats and a flannel shirt. She needed to wash off the lingering feeling of shame that had embedded itself in her skin.

By the time she arrived out of the ensuite, Chloe was already laying on their bed propped up by some pillows, a mountain of snacks and, drinks and sandwiches on a tray at the foot of the bed and AJ laying against her bent knees. Beca beamed at the sight as Chloe cradled her daughters tiny hands in her own and chatted away with her baby daughter as if AJ was verbally responding to her. In that moment, Beca suddenly felt the weight in her chest lift as she realised that sometimes difficult decisions did in fact pave the way for brighter days.

She would never know what could’ve been had she made a different decision all those years ago, but what she did know, was that the choice she made led her to this, and gazing at her wife and daughter she realised, there was no where else she would rather be.

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elizabeanmemes · 2 years

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Prep Lifestyle

Etiquette

Classic clothes only

Remember who you are and the family you’re from; conduct yourself properly at all times

Discretion is the better part of valor

Never complain, never explain

Thank you notes on stationery within 24 hr

Live within your means

Nothing showy/big logos

Smile at everyone

Creators

Clare McLaughlin/Clare Sullivan

EmilyOandBows

Julesvlogs19 (TT)

Purapreppy (TT)

Whipplequincy

Mrs.sharty (TT)

Clothing Staples

Camel coat

Navy blazer with gold buttons

Black blazer

✅ Striped shirt

✅ Black long sleeve

✅ Jeans

Crisp white shirt

✅ Tan sweater

Trench coat

Black pencil skirt

✅ Black T shirt

✅ White T shirt

✅ Black shirt

Black sun hat

✅ Tan purse

✅ Black purse

Watch

✅ Pearl earrings

✅ Black heels

✅ Black boots

✅ Black wallet

Nude flats

Grey wool pants (Brooks, Talbots, Lafayette, Nordstrom house brand)

Black A-line dress

Cable-knit cashmere pullover

✅ Pearls

✅ Stud earrings

Polo dresses

Classic jewelry to pull the look together

*Khakis (casual, have both long and cropped)

Khaki shorts

Jeans (casual)

Tees (casual)

*Polos (casual)

Turtlenecks (casual)

✅ Tretorns (casual)

Linen blazer (summer)

White pants (summer)

*Lilly shift dress (summer)

Nantucket red shorts (summer)

Jack Rogers sandals (summer)

Ferragamo pumps

*Loafers (Belgian)

Tasteful, traditional flats

Madras shirt

Madras shorts

Madras blazer

Ribbon belt

Sweater tied around the neck

Hair ribbons

Ribbon headbands

Classic jewelry

Plain, classic hats (Polo player, Lacoste, Brooks Brothers)

OCBDs

✅ Dark wash fitted jeans

Brown loafers

Cardigans

J Crew Jeans

White and pink BB Polo Oxford shirts

Navy pants

White blouse with French cuffs

Sweater sets

Stubbs & Wooten needlepoint slippers

Hermes belt

Goyard bag

✅ Hunter rain boots

Down vest (navy, red, Hunter green)

Coordinating winter hat and gloves

✅ Bean boots

Fair Isle yoke sweater (O’Connell)

LL bean boat n tote bag (navy, red, or green with monogram)

Ray Ban Wayfarer or American Optical Saratoga sunglasses

Black turtleneck

Wrap dress

Tuckernuck Blue Stripe Willow Blouse

CB Jackets

Merino Wool Full Zip Jacket

Cartier Tank Watch

Oxford Evergreen Watch

LL Bean Field watch with grosgrain or madras band

Stubbs and Wooten slippers

Pastel button downs

✅ white tank

✅ navy tank

Short and long sleeve linen shirts (white, ecru)

Navy shorts

Khaki shorts

Tan espadrille

High nude heels

Low nude heels

Summer scarves

Pink cardigan

Lilly Pulitzer dresses

White classic sneakers

Sandals

Sunhat

Polos

White jeans

Pink or green Patagonia vest

Navy or brown Sperry’s

Jack Rogers

Braided belt

Pink seersucker

Shoes

*Sperry’s Topsiders

Tory Burch flats

Sam Edelman flats

Bass Weejuns

Clarks brand

Gucci brand

Belgian shoes

Frye boots

Sebago (higher quality alternative to Sperry’s)

Castañer espadrilles

Rancourt and Company loafers

Accessories

KJP belts

✅ Nantucket basket

Embroidered Bermuda bag

Tiffany By The Yard Diamond Stud earrings

Fine grain cognac medium leather bag

Longchamp bag (Le Pliage)

Navy monogrammed medium LL Bean zip up tote

Vermont Country Store purses

Dooney & Bourke bag

YSL clutch

Bermuda bag with changeable covers and mother of Pearl buttons

Goyard handbags

Frances Valentine Wallet

Travelambo wallet

Patterns

Seersucker

Prints in general

Whale print

Anchor print

Palm tree print

Crab print

Lobster print

Nautical flag print

Nautical stripes

Colors

Bright!

Pink

Lime green

Yellow

Kelly green

Navy

White

Tan

Black

Beige

Red

Farrow & Ball pink

Pastels

Clothing Brands

Ralph Lauren

Lilly Pulitzer

Brooks Brothers

Lacoste

Burberry

LL Bean

Vineyard Vines

J Crew

Andover Shop

J Press

Paul Stewart

Charles Tyrwhitt

Castaway

Cable Car Clothiers

Sid Mashburn

Land’s End

Lumina Clothing Company

Peter Millar

Ian Marko

Bonobos

Gant USA

Orvis

Jos A. Bank

Ted Baker

Pringle of Scotland

Vicomte Arthur

CK Bradley

Murray’s Togggery Shop

Patagonia

Tommy Hilfiger

Greg Norman

Barbour

Tucker Blair

Alden

Crockett and Jones

Kate Spade

Ella Vickers

Michael Kors

Ferragamo

Carolina Herrera

Stubs and Wootton

Thomas Pink

Talbots

Tod’s

Vintage Izod/Lacoste

Silk and Salt

Rowing Blazers

Mercer and Sons

Boden

Jane

CK Bradley

Ann Mashburn

Filson

Orvis

Le Chameau

Dubarry

Murray’s Toggery

Gretchen Scott

Aran Sweater Market

Blarney Woolen Mill

Cordings

Tuckernuck

Martin and Osa

Gucci [especially shoes]

Sperry’s Topsider [shoes]

Clarks [shoes]

Bass [shoes]

Tory Burch [flats]

Kiel James Patrick [belts]

Collared Greens [ties]

Alexander Olch [ties]

NOT Hollister, American Eagle, Abercrombie

Gloria Vanderbilt

More Brands

Club Monaco

Draper James dresses

JMclaughlin

Frances Valentine

Gretchen Scott

Jude Connally

Crown & Ivy

Elizabeth Wilson Designs

Sail to Sable

Sarah Campbell

Laura Ashley

St James (Breton stripe)

Gatorlily’s Resale Boutique

James Avery Jewelry

Rally House (College shirts)

Gone downhill: Ann Taylor, Talbots

Portland Leather Goods

Everlane Day Market Tote

Quince

Everlane

Outfit Ideas

Pleated skirt with sweater (Fair Isle, argyle, cashmere) and ballet slippers, boots (low heel or riding), or kitten heels w/ tights (try matte black tights); could add pearls

Try the pleated skirt look with grey cashmere sweater with white collar and cuffs, grey tights, and patent loafers (or regular grey sweater with funky tights)

Pleated skirt with blouse and black pumps

Pointy (leopard) pumps, jeans, slouchy cashmere sweater, pearls, perfect hair, minimal makeup

Pointy (leopard) pumps, high waisted jeans, chunky cropped camel cable knit

Pointy (leopard) pumps, high waisted jeans, black cashmere v neck, Hermes big silk scarf

Pointy (leopard) pumps, jeans, black cashmere turtleneck, gold cuff bracelet, gold chunky hoop earrings

Black turtleneck, black capri pants, ballet flats, blazer or Hermes shawl, Hermes belt

Thanksgiving: black turtleneck and tartan stole

Blue vintage Lilly dress, monogrammed gold necklace, Tretorns, Aigner sunglasses

Cars

**Range Rover

**Mercedes Station Wagon (esp with wood-type paneling)

Mercedes GLE

Mercedes GLS

*Subaru Wagon

Subaru Forester

**Volvo C70

*VW Rabbit

*Land Rover (*$$ to maintain, avoid the NEW Defender)

The Aviator

Land Cruiser

Items

Monogrammed tissue box cover

Red Stewart tartan shower curtain

Vern Yip soap dispenser

Monograms/engraving: tote bag, Oxford shirt, jewelry, money clip

ZDMHSH 100% Silk Scarf (green with floral pattern, Amazon)

MEISEE 21” Silk Scarf (green and pink, Amazon)

Rowing Blazers Black Sheep Scarf

Rowing Blazers Black Sheep Sweater

Gucci bangle bracelet

Black

Vacation Spots

Rhode Island: North Fork, Little Compton, Block Island, *Newport

Maine: Camden, Kennebunkport, *Freeport

MA: *The Cape, ***Martha’s Vineyard, *Nantucket

VA: Charlottesville, Georgetown

NC: Duck, Outer Banks

Bethany Beach, DE

FL: Coconut Grove, Key West, *Palm Beach, *Seaside, Boca Raton

The Greenbrier, WV

SC: Pawley’s Island, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, ***Charleston

GA: Sea Island, Savannah

*Hamptons, NY

Annapolis, MD

Grand Manan Island

**Muskoka

**Bermuda

Capri, Italy

Santorini

St. Kitts

Bastad, Sweden

St Moritz, Switzerland

Monaco

Cape

Harwich Antiques

Boston

Andover Shop

Bell in Hand Tavern

J Mclaughlin

Charles St

Tremont St

Fairbanks House

Sparks Steakhouse on E 46th St, get Roquefort cheese on top

Parker House Hotel

Hampshire House bar on Beacon St

No. 9 Park

Lobster from James Hook & Co

Wenham Tea House

Harvest

Franklin Cafe

Uni

Woodman’s

Bostonian Public House

The Chart House

Marliave

Dolce Vita

Yvonnes (dinner)

Oak Bar (drinks)

Four seasons (tea)

1928

The Langham

Caffe Vittoria

Green Dragon

Bond Bar at the Langham

Mike’s Pastry (best cannolis)

NYC

Peter Luger (lunch burger)

Katz Deli (cheesecake)

Juniors (cheesecake)

JG Melon (burgers, beer, pub fare. Bring cash)

Donohue’s (steak, seafood, cocktails)

Serendipity 3

The Smith

The Dead Rabbit (gastropub, great cocktails)

The Capital Grille

Uncle Mario’s

Joe Allen’s on 46th

Delmonicos

King Cole Bar

Keens

Pete’s tavern

Dead rabbit

Ping

Francois tavern

One if by land two if by sea

Baltzar

Elios

Uno

The Carlyle

St Ambrues

The Mark

Bear Bar

The Polo Bar

Claudette

Philippe

John’s on Bleeker

Pier Hotel on 5th and 61st

Gramercy Tavern

Fraunces Tavern

Rainbow Room

Delmonico’s

Raine’s Law Room (cocktails)

The Plaza (tea)

Bergdorf (tea)

Dorsia

Pasti’s

PJ Clark’s on Fifth

Ellen’s starlight diner

The Smith (tomato soup)

Salt + charcoal (steak, crab cakes)

William Vale Hotel and Westlight rooftop bar

Mcnally Jackson bookstore

Chez Josephine

Jack and Charlie’s No 118

Lola Taverna

Carbone

Bar Tulix

Malatesta

Trattoria del Arte (57th st/Avenue of the Americas)

Gallagher’s Steak House

PJ Clarkes

Odeon

Morandi

Chez Bonoit

Elio’s UES

Balthazar SoHo

Food/Recipes

Lobster

Ina Garten chocolate tart recipe

Fannie Farmer Mac n Cheese

Cheese plate

Shrimp cocktail

Alcohol

Pinot Noir

Piper-Heidsieck

Perrier-Jouet

Pimms

Pernod

Gin: Tangueray, *Hendricks, Bombay Sapphire Conniption in regular and Navy Strength for something unique (keep limes/lime juice and tonic water on hand!) - keep two brands on hand possibly since people have strong opinions

Cutty Sark Whiskey

Macallan Scotch

Perfume

Jo Malone Peony and Blush Suede

**Chanel Chance

**Creed Spring Flowers

Clean Reserve Radiant Nectar

**Dolce & Gabana Light Blue

Gucci Bloom

*Jo Malone Wild Bluebell

**Chanel Coco Mademoiselle

Marc Jacobs Honey

Guerlain Mon Guerlain

Miss Dior Blooming Bouquet

Eau de Cartier (fall/winter)

Jeans/Pants

FRAME

PAIGE

Madewell

JCrew

Gloria Vanderbilt

Ralph Lauren

Banana Republic

Pearls

Chantilly

Monogram

Mark and Graham

Prep Obsessed

Shirts for Layering

Uniqlo t shirts

J Crew and J Crew factory tissue turtlenecks

J Crew Factory Artist Tee

LL Bean

Chadwicks

Headbands

Lele

JCrew

Chocolate

Wilbur Buds

Neuhaus

Lake Champlain

Gorant

Magazines

Victoria

Vintage Town and Country

Veranda

Yankee

Cape Cod Life

This Old House

Rhode Island Monthly

Country Living

The English Garden

The Field

Country Life (UK)

The Magazine Antiques

Preservation

Music

Teddy

Beach Boys

Billy Joel

Elton John

Chicago

Jefferson Airplane/Starship

The Dead

Neil Young

David Bowie

Rolling Stones

The Who

Talking Heads

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes

Vampire Weekend

B52s

REM

Spandau Ballet

Paul Weiler (The Style Council)

Terry Hall and the Colourfield

The Pale Fountains

Nick Heyward and the Haircut 100

New Order

China Crisis

OMD

The Go Gos

Elvis

Bryan Ferry (Roxy Music)

Wilco

MGMT

Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet

Chet Baker

Miles David

Frank Sinatra

Carolina Beach Music

Yacht rock

Movies

Anything Wes Anderson

The Graduate

Love Story

The Paper Chase

The Great Gatsby starring Mia Farrow

Philadelphia Story

Ordinary People

Igby Goes Down

Home Alone

The World According to Garp

Making the Grade

Trading Places

Cruel Intentions

House of Yes

Royal Tenenbaums

The Talented Mr. Ripley

High Society

Castle (Netflix)

Metropolitan

American Psycho

Dead Poets Society

Animal House

The Mona Lisa Smile

Brideshead Revisited

Caddyshack

Philadelphia Story

Sabrina

Emma

Pride and Prejudice

Heathers

Pretty in Pink

Less than Zero

A Separate Peace

Endless Love

Rushmore

Chinatown

Saint Elmo’s Fire

You’ve Got Mail

Something’s Gotta Give

Hanging Up

The Family Stone

In the Gloaming

The Game

Oxford Blues

Scent of a Woman

Anything John Hughes

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Masquerade (Rob Lowe)

Reversal of Fortune

The Russia House

Good Fortune

Burn After Reading

Chariots of Fire

Thoroughbreds

The Good Shephard

American Werewolf in London

The Graduate

Sixteen Candles

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

A Single Man

Angels in America

Anna Karenina

Annie Hall

Beatriz at Dinner

Cabaret

Call Me By Your Name

✅ Clueless

Downton Abbey, The Movie

Downton Abbey, A New Era

Father of the Bride movies

Good Will Hunting

Grey Gardens

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

Jackie

✅ Legally Blonde

Little Women

Longtime Companion

Lulu’s Pearl Bracelet

Maurice

Pret a Porter

Romeo and Juliet (1996)

School Ties

Sense and Sensibility

Steel Magnolias

The American Ruling Class

The Breakfast Club

The Circle

The College Admissions Scandal: Operation Varsity Blues

The Devil Wears Prada

The Firm

The Last Days of Disco

The Lords of Discipline

The Preppie’s Movie List

The Remains of the Day

The Social Network

The Way We Were

Those People

Wall Street

With Honors

Wuthering Heights

Adventures in Babysitting

Cutlery

Paul Revere by Oneida

Style Icons

Audrey Hepburn

Grace Kelly

Catherine Zeta Jones

Elizabeth Taylor

Victoria Kensington

Dorothy Dandridge

Diahann Carroll

Dina Merrill

Caroline Bessette

CZ Guest

Cornelia Guest

Reese Witherspoon

Candice Bergen

Tory Burch

Katharine Hepburn

Kelly Rutherford

Fashion/Lifestyle Books

Rowing Blazers by Jack Carlson

The Ivy League by Daniel Capello

Hollywood and the Ivy Look

L.L. Bean: Guaranteed to Last

A Privileged Life

Preppy by Banks and La Chappelle

Seven Sisters Style

Ralph Lauren: The Man Behind the Mystique

True Style by Boyer

Take Ivy

Filthy Rich Handbook

True Prep

The Ivy Look

Tipsy in Madras

The WASP Mystique

The Yuppy Handbook

The Handbook of Style

Untold Friendships by Parsons

Who Killed Society by Amory

Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style

A Southern Belle Primer

New Times in the Old South

Why Scarlett is in Therapy

Tara’s Going Condo

Being Dead is No Excuse

Miss Julia series

Take Ivy

Preppy by Jeffrey Banks

Stuff White People Like by Christian Lander

The Millionaire Next Door

Books

The Country House Library

The Secret History

Class by Paul Fussell

Boring Bourgeoisie by David Brooks

Taste by Stanley Tucci

In the Weeds by Tom Vitale

Our Country Friends by Gary Shteyngart

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

Capote’s Women by Laurence Learner

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead

Femlandia by Christina Dalcher

The Family by Naomi Krupitsky

Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin

The Last of the Southern Girls by Willie Morris

Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris

Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger

John Updike

The Heirs by Susan Rieger

Snobs by Julian Fellowes

The Palace Thief by Ethan Canin

Edith Wharton

This Side of Paradise by Fitzgerald

Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates

The Grass is Singing by Doris Lessing

The Spider’s House by Paul Bowles

John Cheever short stories

The Talented Mr. Ripley series by Patricia Highsmith

Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld

John Irving

The World According to Garp

The Hotel New Hampshire

The Cider House Rules

Our Town

People Like Us

The Country Club Murders by Julie Mulhern

The Two Mrs. Grenvilles by Dominick Dunne

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groffe

If We Were Villains by ML Rio

Drowning with Others by Linda Keke

Bunny by Mona Awad

White Fur by Jardine Libaire

All These Perfect Strangers by Elizabeth Klehfoth

Laura Child tea shop mysteries

Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey

The Last of the Savages by Jay Mcinerney

The Finishing School by Joanna Goodman

The Lawrenceville Stories

The Gold Coast by Nelson DeMille

Lake of Dead Languages

Love and Glory by Robert Parker

The Rule of Four by Thomason and Caldwell

Commencement by J Courtney Sullivan

Paper Palace

Good Company

Mary Stewart

Eric by Doris Lund

Black Chalk by Christopher Yates

The Ninth House

The Campus Trilogy by David Lodge

Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Laurie Colwin

Pretty in Plaid by Jen Lancaster

Colony by Anne Rivers Siddons

Bright Lights, Big City

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Swimmer by John Cheever

The Sisters by Babe Mortimer Paley

The Lives and Times of the Famous Cushing Sisters by David Grafton

Auchincloss

The Group by Mary McCarthy

A Separate Peace

Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier

The Little Book of Hygge

The Secret Architecture of Our Nation’s Capitol

Our Kind of People by Lawrence Otis

Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe

A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe

Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

Ordinary People by Judith Guest

Gatherings by Marina Rust

Fitzgerald books

Franny and Zooey

✅ Catcher in the Rye

Love Story

The Alexandrian Quartet

Lord of the Rings

Shakespeare

Homer

Dickens

A Room with a View by EM Forster

To Manor Born, to Manners Bred

✅ Little Women

The Last Convertible

Elements of Style by Wendy Wasserstein

John O Hara books

Appointment in Samara

Butterfield 8

Rage to Live

John Irving

David Sedaris

Margaret Atwood

God and Man at Yale

Less than Zero by Bret Ellis

Brideshead Revisited

Colin Harrison books

Thorn Birds

Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk

The Group by Mary McCarthy

The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe

Edith Wharton

Bright Lights, Big City

Jane Eyre

The Last Convertible

Harlot’s Ghost

The Secret History

The Age of Innocence

A Separate Peace

War and Peace

Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger

South of Broad

The Remains of the Day

Prep by Sittenfiel

The Swimmer by John Cheever

Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton

The Big House by George Howe Colt

The Second Home by Christina Clancy

Colony

Monkeys by Susan Minot

The Vacationers

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Sports

Polo

Sailing

Fencing

Rowing

Lacrosse

Golf

Tennis

Swimming

Squash

Silver Patterns

Francis I (showy, opulent, wants a full-time career and a Junior League board position and a family), gets on well with MIL who prefers Grand Baroque or Burgundy

Linens

Frontgate

Stationery

Cranes

Mrs. John L Strong

Palm Beach Papery (more affordable)

Augusta Joy Stationery

Makeup

Chanel Rouge Coco Gloss, 754

MAC Lipstick in Ruby Woo

Revlon Lipstick in Cherries in the Snow

Candy/Desserts

Guylian

Harbor Sweets

Butler’s

Charbonnel et Walker

See’s

Burdicks

Truffles

Nail Polish

OPI All Your Dreams in Vending Machines

OPI Bubble Bath

Essie Ballet Slipper

Essie Ladylike

OPI Big Apple Red

OPI Cajun Shrimp

OPI Funny Bunny

OPI Thrill or Brazil

OPI Not Really a Waitress

Cocktail Dresses

J Peterman

Adrianna Papell

BHLDN

Ralph Lauren

Bloomingdale’s

Neiman Marcus

Podcasts

In Plain Sight

99% Invisible

Radio lab

My dad wrote a porno

Cocaine and rhinestones

S town

This American life

Revisionist history with Malcolm Gladwell

WTF with Marc Maron

How I Built This

This Podcast will Kill You

Last Seen

Apartment

Fiesta ware

Hadley pottery

Lodge cast iron

Nordic ware

Rifle paper co rugs

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Shirt: ROZIE corsets Cotton Corset Shirt ($350.00) | Waistcoat: Temperley London Clove Velvet Waistcoat ($425.00) | Pants: Co Tailored Cotton And Wool-Blend Tapered Pants ($895) | Boots: KHAITE Diego Leather Boots ($1,380.00) | Handbag: Dorothy Perkins Tan Whipstitch Cross Body Bag (£25.00) | Hair bow: Chanel Satin Bow Hair Clip ($145.00) | Ring: Post Medieval Sapphire Gold Fleur-de-Lis Ring, circa 16th Century ($102,060.43)

This time around, I had to create an American Revolution outfit for Alice (my HPHM OC). As I basically had nothing that fit the female fashion of that time, I decided to make an outfit that would take its inspiration from the American Revolution, which I could totally see Alice wearing to go see a certain musical.

Let’s start with the shirt. While men wore loose white shirts during that time, women wore corset-like undergarments, so I decided this ROZIE corsets shirt was a perfect combination of the two. Next up, we have the purple waistcoat. Waistcoat were also commonly wore by men at the time, but the one I have selected for this outfit has a bit of symbolism to it. See, purple is a colour associated with royalty as it is a colour that is very difficult to find in nature. This means purple dye was expensive to produce, hence it’s association with wealth and nobility. Purple therefore represents what the Americans were fighting against. But do you know what two colours are needed to create purple? Red and blue, the two colours that are predominant in the American flag. So, in a way, purple represents both the monarchy and the revolutionaries.

The beige pants were selected as most pants I have seen in paintings representing that era were of this colour or another pale colour close to this one. Lacking low buckled heels in this virtual closet of mine, I decided to go with boots, and these KHAITE boots really looked like boots I had seen in American Revolution paintings. The handbag was also selected for its similarity to the crossbody satchels men carried at the time, while the bow was chosen because men used ribbons to tie their hair in a ponytail.

Finally, the ring. It is a fleur-de-lys to represent France’s involvement in the American Revolution. It is no secret that there was no love lost between England and France at the time, so it comes as no surprise that France decided to help out the Continental Army of the Thirteen Colonies. While this helped the US a lot, France ended up debts that strained its finances, which eventually, along with other factors, led to the French Revolution.

The importance of not throwing away your shot…

#oc asks: fashion #hphm #fashion #style #fashion blog #fashion set #polyvore #chanel #dorothy perkins #rozie corsets #1st dibs #co #khaite #temperley london #mode #moda

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Events 5.21 (after 1920)

1924 – University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing". 1927 – Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. 1932 – Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. 1934 – Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens. 1936 – Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals. 1937 – A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean. 1939 – The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 1946 – Physicist Louis Slotin is fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. 1951 – The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notable artists, and the stepping-out of the post war New York avant-garde, collectively known as the New York School. 1961 – American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out. 1966 – The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. 1972 – Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth. 1979 – White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk. 1981 – The Italian government releases the membership list of Propaganda Due, an illegal pseudo-Masonic lodge that was implicated in numerous Italian crimes and mysteries. 1981 – Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380 million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate. 1982 – Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos. 1988 – Margaret Thatcher holds her controversial Sermon on the Mound before the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. 1991 – Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi is assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Madras. 1992 – After 30 seasons Johnny Carson hosted his penultimate episode and last featuring guests (Robin Williams and Bette Midler) of The Tonight Show. 1994 – The Democratic Republic of Yemen unsuccessfully attempts to secede from the Republic of Yemen; a war breaks out. 1996 – The ferry MV Bukoba sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1,000. 1996 – The seven Trappist monks of Tibhirine that were abducted on March 27 are killed under uncertain circumstances. 1998 – In Miami, five abortion clinics are attacked by a butyric acid attacker. 2001 – French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity. 2005 – The tallest roller coaster in the world, Kingda Ka opens at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Township, New Jersey. 2006 – The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro; 55% of Montenegrins vote for independence. 2010 – JAXA, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, launches the solar-sail spacecraft IKAROS aboard an H-IIA rocket. The vessel would make a Venus flyby late in the year. 2011 – Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date. 2017 – Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performed their final show at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: Vintage Y & S American Flag Beaded Patriotic Fourth of July Purse Handbag.

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Wilglory Tanjong Releases Beyoncé-Approved Anima Iris Handbag

by Stacy Jackson May 16, 2024 The designer has made the Cowboy Carter ZAZA handbag available for purchase after Beyoncé was seen carrying it at Coachella. Wilglory Tanjong’s luxury handbag brand Anima Iris has again received Beyoncé’s approval. The Grammy Award-winning superstar flaunted one of Tanjong’s creations in several Instagram photos, posing confidently at Coachella with the accessory that complemented her casual yet stylish outfit. The designer, who crafted the bag specifically for Beyoncé, excitedly announced the sighting on Anima Iris’ Instagram, stating, “ANIMA IRIS IS BEYONCÉ APPROVED… AGAIN !!” The words accompanied reposts of Beyoncé as she held tight to Tanjong’s accessory, which tied together an outfit of a Willie Nelson T-shirt, denim shorts, and American flag-printed platform boots and jacket. On May 8, Tanjong delighted fans by revealing they could own the same bag. “I know y’all will ask, so YES, I’m releasing the bag we made just for Bey, and I’m naming it the Cowboy Carter ZAZA,” she wrote. Tanjong’s handbag collection launch in 2020 captured the attention of thousands of social media users and fashionistas. As the designer pursued her MBA in 2022, having already grossed over $700,000 within two years of her February 2020 debut, BLACK ENTERPRISE noted she was generating over $100,000 monthly, with earnings projected to exceed $5 million by 2023. Tanjong previously explained her motivation to CNBC, “I realized that there was a significant gap in the market…Women of color, and specifically Black women, have always been excluded from the luxury narrative. Building a brand that centers these women while also bringing forth African culture into the global landscape was like a bingo moment for me.” She added, “For so long, Black people have really defined the culture in America, but I’ve never actually gotten to reap the benefits of it…It’s so wonderful to see so many Black creators finally being able to actually build their businesses and grow their businesses and for people to have other options outside of the options we’ve typically had that actually have excluded us.” Tanjong’s Beyoncé-approved handbag is available online for $450. The mini fold-over purse is made of 100% leather and includes an interior pocket and crossbody strap. Source link via The Novum Times

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This Luxury Handbag Company Founder Not Only Turned $5K Into $2.3M In Revenue Within 4 Years But Also Received Beyoncé's Approval

Founder Wilglory Tanjong has Beyoncé’s attention. On April 7, 2024, the “Cowboy Carter” singer took to Instagram sharing two posts where she is seen wearing a Willie Nelson T-shirt, platform boots, and a jacket with a print of the American flag. She also accessorized the look with a luxury handbag designed by Tanjong and launched through the founder’s company, Anima Iris. This marks the second…

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Crafting with Patriotism: Creative Ideas for Using Patriotic Fabric in Your Projects

Show your national pride through crafty creations made from red, white, and blue patriotic fabrics. Beyond Independence Day celebrations, patriotic patterns and prints make striking additions to quilts, apparel, home goods, and more year-round. Discover inspiring ways to salute your country by incorporating flag motifs, Americana themes, and national colors into sewing and no-sew DIY projects.

Patriotic Quilts

Quilters can easily piece together scrap fabric collections or panel segments to generate Americana quilt tops. Arrange patches of stars, stripes, flags and navy backgrounds for improvised layouts. Or frame centrally placed panels boasting broad star motifs, political cartoons or Bald Eagle graphics as the focal point while binding edges to complete the patriotic design. Such quilts may commemorate military service, preserve family heritage, or decorate for patriotic holidays when draped over beds, sofas, or even walls as tapestry hangings.

Statement Apparel & Accessories

Don red, white and blue apparel as is or transform patriotic prints into customized statement pieces. Dig into your fabric stash for vibrant star patterns to accent jacket lapels; collar flips and pocket flaps. Cut strips from flag prints to insert as yoke insets or bodice details on dresses and blouses. Or utilize full panels for flouncy patriotic skirts.

Patriotic patterns also shine when applied to handbags, hats, hair accessories and jewelry. Construct pouches, wallets, scrunchies or fascinators to display your American spirit.

Festive Home Décor

Deck out your home for summer barbeques, Independence Day parties and election events with DIY décor stitched from patriotic fabrics. Whip up bunting banners, throw pillows, table runners and chair covers to transform spaces with national pride instantly. Applique flag heart shapes onto canvas floor cloths for indoor/outdoor picnic seating. Shape fabric into poufs, curtain tiebacks or even lampshades for added flair. And display fabric-wrapped wreaths, flower arrangements or a large American flag adorned with ribbon streaming to drive the spirited theme.

Patriotic No-Sew Projects

For crafters short on time or sewing skills, no-sew projects offer shortcuts for enjoying patriotic fabrics without needles and thread. Instead, utilize fabric glue, iron-on adhesive or hem tape to attach flag motifs onto readymade items from clothing to home goods. Some quick no-sew ideas include:

Gluing ribbon-trimmed star fabric patches onto denim jackets

Adhering a printed flag panel inside a storage box lid

Wrapping striped fabric around throw pillow inserts using hot hem tape

Modge podging flag cutouts onto candle jars to create pretty luminaries

The options for integrating patriotic fabric into handmade goods are truly endless. Display your American spirit and values through nationalistic colors and prints crafted into quilts, apparel, décor, and more.

Patriotic Fabric

Celebrate American pride and history through crafts and sewing projects from patriotic fabrics. These specialty textiles incorporate national symbols and colors, featuring prints of flags, eagles, stars, political figures and other U.S. themes. Common patriotic color palettes adhere to the American flag's red, white and blue hues. Made into quilts, apparel and décor, patriotic fabrics enable crafters to showcase patriotism, honor veterans, commemorate events and decorate for Independence Day. Cotton prints with flag motifs or Americana landscapes remain widely popular. But patriotic patterns also extend to satins, knits and even sequined fabrics for statement-making creations.

Patriotic Material

Beyond cotton prints, a range of patriotic materials suit decorative DIY projects. Felt sheets are easily crafted into applique stars for quilts or eagle wall hangings. Burlap adds rustic Americana flair to wreaths and banners. Sparkly ribbon trims well for patriotic accessories. Check your local fabric shop or online retailer under "patriotic fabric and materials" for themed trim, patches, and other creative embellishments. Whether sewing impressive flags or quick no-sew pillows, patriotic materials inspire crafters to exhibit national pride through handmade goods.

Patriotic Quilt Panels

These pre-printed quilt tops provide effortless color, pattern and focal points to patriotic quilts without complex piecing. Featuring images like the American flag, national monuments, political figures or other U.S. themes, panels get incorporated whole or in blocked segments into backing fabric. For efficiency, purchase panel packs with coordinated red and blueprints to design full quilts easily. Individual panels also creatively mix and match with existing fabric stashes. Patriotic quilt panels range from 12 inches to king-size bed dimensions to suit any project. Their shortcut design element allows sewers at any skill level to stitch up artistic, meaningful, nationalistic quilts.

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