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randomoranges · 4 years

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last year [hahaha chuis tellement drôle], i was having a conversation with a friend and we were like omg teddy’s aesthetic is totally like boudoir! so then i went down the rabbit hole of looking at photos for inspiration and found this one and i was like oh my lord this is such a teddy thing but i left it at that.

then this morning i was like wow amazing an idea that can go with the image!!!! so i decided to make the super wrong and traced art and spent too many hours on it bcs obvs tracing only takes minutes.

then as i was making the not actually art i kept thinking of the idea from this morning but it didn’t work as well so i thought of something else and merged the two ideas together.

it feels like i spent the entire day on this haha

and then i realised there is also still a reference to michel tremblay hidden in this without even trying.

there are so many - layers - hahaha to this.

it’s nsfw. ish.

Veils

Edward’s relieved when he makes it to the club. He hasn’t been able to come in a few weeks time, due to work, a conference and the likes and he’s looking forward to sitting back and unwinding. He also hasn’t seen Teddy since his last visit and he finds himself hoping they’ll be able to catch up before, during, after, or post-show. He tries to will his cheeks not to warm too much at the thought of the other person, but it’s a little bit hard to do.

They’ve been – well, seeing each other is not the right term for it, but Edward has rather liked the few times they’ve slept together so far and that one memorable brunch the day after. Yet, there’s nothing official between them and Edward really isn’t sure if he wants a relationship at the moment. Still, the sex has proven to be good and the company better yet. He likes to think they’re at least friends, but they haven’t really seen each other outside of the bedroom or the club.

He pushes the door open to the club and he’s first surprised to see a – bouncer type person at the door. He wonders if this is a new norm and what could have prompted the change from the usual cheery fellow who greets the patrons, but his musings are cut short when he’s spoken to.

“Invitation?” The burly type asks and Edward is taken aback for a moment.

“Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t know – is there a private event here tonight?” He never bothers to check the website for the schedule and usually just pops in when he feels like it, but this, is new.

“Yes. Invitation only. Come back later.” The man says curt and to the point. Edward doesn’t want to cause any trouble and feels like this man won’t hesitate to escort him out if needed, so he’s about to apologise and leave, when Paul appears seemingly out of nowhere and comes to his rescue.

“He’s good, Bruno; he’s a regular and the boss has him on the list.” Paul says as he claps Bruno on the back. Bruno doesn’t seem pleased by the gesture, but Paul seems oblivious to it all.

Edward has no idea who the boss is and what list Paul is talking about, but if it means he gets to enjoy the private event, he won’t necessarily complain or mind.

Bruno grunts and reiterates something about the list, but when Paul insists, he’s escorted inside by the bartender and brought over to coat check.

“I’m glad you’re here; Teddy’s put me on door duty until you arrived.” Paul says as a way of explanation that does nothing to clear up the many questions Edward has.

“How did any of you know I was coming? And what’s this private event all about?”

“You come here often enough; they figured maybe you’d drop by today. As for the event; it’s something a little different – a once in a lifetime performance, really, so you’re very lucky to have stopped by! Very selective and very VIP, if you catch my drift. You’ll see in a bit,” Paul grins, mischievous as ever and Edward wonders what exactly he’s stepped into, but the curiosity in him only keeps growing. “Oh, you’ll have to check in your phone as well. No recordings whatsoever; performer’s request.”

Edward notices the little locker type add-on in the coat-check and fishes out his phone. He hands it over to the person in charge of the check-in and he’s given back a key. At least, he tells himself, no one should abscond with his phone.

“Anyways, now that you’re here, I suggest you grab a seat. Bon show!”

And with that, Paul is gone and Edward makes his way to the heart of the club to find a seat. The atmosphere is muted and the sitting capacity has been reduced to a third. Most of the spots are already filled, but he manages to find himself a seat at the far back. The tables have been dressed in dark velvet tablecloths and each have a trim of sparkly jewels that shine when the lights hit them. It’s quite different from the usual decor and Edward wonders if this is some new event the club is trying out. In all the time he’s been attending, he’s never even heard of such an event. He looks around for a pamphlet or poster of sorts that might give him a clue, but there’s nothing of the sorts.

Therefore, he patiently waits for the show to start and takes in the other carefully chosen guests around him. He recognises a few other familiar faces he’s seen over his many visits, but other than that, everyone seems as equally unknowing as he does and he wonder what the criteria was to be part of the audience.

Finally, the lights are dimed down and a hush falls over the gathered crowd. Edward expects the usual introduction to follow suit, but instead, the room fills with sultry jazz music of sorts. It starts a little slow and picks up as the curtains part to reveal a figure, back to the crowd, illuminated softly, standing on center stage.

As the light grows stronger and the figure starts moving, liquid movements that make it seem effortless and easy, despite the stiletto heels, Edward takes in the multiple layers of fabric that are draped elegantly and expertly over the figure and that play to create different effects when they hit the light. They almost seem like veils of sorts, all in the palest of colours, maybe even white, and that shimmer when the person moves.

It takes Edward a while for his mind to fully register what it is he’s seeing, as the music keeps playing and the person on stage keeps moving, dancing and performing. This is different from what Club 1642 usually puts on, but he’s intrigued and enthralled and doesn’t mind the change.

Finally, it’s when they turn around that Edward gasps as he recognises exactly who it is. The tattoo might be partially covered by fabric, but he’s traced every branch and ever petal with delicate fingers and pressed hot kisses to every curve of the vine. His hands have carded, as well as tugged, on those curls numerous times now and he knows the feel of those lips on every inch of his body.

Still, he forgets how to breathe for a moment, ever still, and drinks in the sight before him.

Teddy stands before them all, as they take ownership of the stage, stepping from one place to the other, the lights following them, as they wrap their wrists around the first layer of veils and make it twirl around them. The veil, embedded with subtle crystals, shimmers and shines for a moment, before Teddy whirls around as the pace of the music picks up and the veil is then let go of and flutters for a moment, before falling, motionless, to the floor by their feet.

For as long as they have known each other, for as many times as they have spoken; late night conversations and early morning murmurs, Edward had never known that Teddy performed.

But – he supposes there are still secrets about him that Teddy doesn’t know either.

Regardless, Edward is left breathless as Teddy continues their dance of many veils and he finds himself mesmerized and captured by the performance. He’s surprised that even though the dance could be considered seductive or provocative and sensual, what with the veils that Teddy keeps shedding, Edward instead finds that the performance is more than that.

There is something immensely personal in the movements; private even and it feels as though Teddy is shedding more than just veils. It’s as if the layers represent insecurities and their relationship with each one is different, based on the movement and the way Teddy discards the veil.

It’s – vulnerable, if that’s even possible. Teddy is slowly laying themselves bare, not only figuratively, but emotionally as well – exposing themselves; revealing themselves as they truly are and Edward’s heart stammers in his chest as the performance continues.

He also thinks there’s sadness to it. He feels it in the music, but also in the movements; how Teddy caresses the fabric for a moment, before ripping it away. There’s been betrayal here, deep hurt they’ve never really healed from and Edward wonders who could have wronged this wonderful person. What pains have they suffered through that he doesn’t know of?

He wonders briefly if Teddy would mind if they found out he’s been here – assisted this anguished cry. This does really feel like a private performance and he would hate for his friend to feel embarrassed that he’d assisted. Even if “the boss” had put him on the list, he hopes he hasn’t crossed some line, but he figures he can worry about that later.

The music’s pace keeps picking up as the layers are discarded and Edward holds his breath as Teddy’s movements become sharper still, as they fight with their veils. The effects of the lights and the crystals only help create the image of a whirlwind – of an angry snowstorm as the snow falls and then rises again by the wind. He thinks of blizzards and snow squalls and his vision being impaired as the snow seems to fall from every which corner and direction.

For a moment, it seems as though the veils will threaten to overcome Teddy; as if they will lose their fight against the fabric – against the demons they keep close to their heart and deal with, but finally, the music crescendos. They wrap themselves in their last veil and come to a halt, back to the spot where they had started from. The veil undulates and flutters once more, somehow teasing and yet covering, never revealing, and Teddy looks heavenward, arms outstretched, one last plea to be helped or saved – reaching out for something or – someone and they hold their pose for a moment longer, hold it for the audience to feel the final cry and the final tug, before the lights slowly fade out.

A fallen angel, he thinks. Cast out.

It takes him a moment – it takes them all a moment, but soon the silence that followed the end of the performance is broken by loud applause. Edward doesn’t even realise it, but he’s on his feet and someone to his left whistles. He needs to blink tears out of his eyes and he wishes he could go somewhere quiet to process the art he’s just witnessed.

He’s still not sure he’s fully understood everything he’s just seen, but he has newfound respect for his friend.

A member of the staff comes out some time later, once the raucous applause has died down, and tells them that they’ll take a short break before their regularly scheduled shows will begin. The audience is invited to sit, or have a drink, as they set up the room.

Edward finds himself moving away from his table, not really sure if he wants to stay for the second, public part of the evening, or if he wants to leave, but his mind tells him that he needs to find Teddy. He has no idea if the other wants to see him, but he figures he can at least try. Therefore, he makes his way towards backstage and thinks he’ll start over there. He realises he still doesn’t know what his friend does exactly at the club, but he knows they work backstage. If anything, based on his own experience, Teddy should be surrounded by people, trying to keep the adrenaline high of performing for as long as possible, basking in their praise.

He doesn’t know if they’ll let him in the back, but by the time he makes his way there, he’s granted passage with little to no explanation other than “Teddy” and “my friend”. He hasn’t been in this part of the club often, if ever, and it takes him a moment to adjust himself. It brings him back to other times – to before, but he has no time to properly reflect; another thing he can do later. Instead, he walks on and hopes he’ll find someone who’ll be able to tell him where he can find Teddy.

He follows the sound of voices and as they grow louder, he figures he’s getting to the heart of backstage and sure enough, he ends up finding Teddy, wearing a bathrobe of sorts over the last of the veils, surrounded by a few of the usual performers who are clearly there to congratulate them.

Edward lingers back, unsure if he should interrupt this moment or not, but then Teddy spots him and their face breaks out into a wide smile. “Édouard!” They say and they seem both pleased and surprised to see him, so he takes that as a good sign. He takes a cautious step forward and Teddy thanks the gaggle of people around them, before coming up to join him. “I was hoping you would be here tonight!” They say, bright smile on their face like always and Edward wonders if he didn’t image the previous sadness and sorrow from the performance. It had felt too raw to be staged and he wants to ask about it, but the words don’t come out right.

“A coincidence, really; I didn’t know you performed? Had I known, I would have brought you some flowers,” He feels a little empty handed and maybe even a little rude, but honestly, he hadn’t known and therefore, cannot be blamed.

Teddy laughs and leans in a little in his space, “Oh, never like the girls here and not often. I mean, this was the first time I hit the stage in over a decade – if not more! And as for the rest, it’s why I kept this a secret – I wanted everyone here to experience the performance as it was – no expectations, no flowers.”

It does explain why Edward had never seen Teddy perform before, but it still leaves a plethora of questions. He settles for “Are you okay, though? The performance – it was – amazing, but – you looked as though – as though you’ve dealt with a lot – as if it was almost autobiographical, in a sense.” At that, Teddy’s smile turns softer. They reach out for his hand and give it a gentle squeeze.

“Don’t worry about me, Sugar; I’m fine, honest. I’m better than I was before – sometimes it catches up and I need to – let it all out; evacuate it out of my system and this helps, but I promise I’m okay.”

“So it was – personal then?”

Teddy nods and there’s a flicker of sadness that flashes in their green eyes and Edward regrets bringing it up or even insisting, “Hey, d’you wanna get some air?” He thinks of the cigarettes he keeps carrying around whenever he comes to the club, if only to give himself an excuse to steal away into the night with Teddy – to bask in their presence and hear them go off on some tale. He doesn’t know how much time they have before they need to get to work, but he has nothing to lose in asking.

“I have a better idea; want to come back to mine? I’m not working – my assistant is taking over for the night,” They say when they see Edward’s question bubbling at his lips. “It’ll be quieter.” They add and motion to the noisy gaggle of people in all stages of dress getting ready for the next segment of the show. Edward files the tidbit of information regarding the fact that Teddy has an assistant, but he’ll ask about that another time as well.

Instead, he nods. The short answer to their question is yes. Edward will go anywhere Teddy wants to bring him to and he’s come to like Teddy’s cosy little apartment filled with photos and knick-knacks of every sorts. Teddy grins and tells him to meet him out front, while they grab their things.

Edward uses the time he waits for Teddy to retrieve his phone from coat-check and then exits, letting the cool spring air help sort his thoughts. He feels like there’s always a lot to process and he seldom gives himself the time to do so.

He’s not angry or upset that Teddy performs. In fact, if anything, he feels that it gives them something in common, but it had been surprising. Then, there had been the nature of the performance as well as the method used. He still sees the way the shimmering fabric had teased glimpses of skin he had caressed before and that he’d willingly caress again, but he wonders if it’s appropriate to have such thoughts considering the – topic of the dance.

“Sorry for the wait, shall we?”

Edward blinks and looks away from the lamppost he’d been staring at. He nods and notices that Teddy’s wearing one of their long coats over their clothes. He can’t help but smile, amused, considering the evening is pleasant and the coat seems unnecessary, but he knows that Teddy seems to be perpetually cold, which is surprising considering the state of undress they had been in, moments before. They fall in step as they head towards Teddy’s apartment. It’s thankfully not far from here and he’d been surprised by its proximity to the club, the first time he’d gone back to it with Teddy. Teddy had told him that they hated commuting and that at four in the morning, they wanted to get home sooner rather than later.

It’s not even midnight now and as they walk quietly towards the apartment, Edward feels an itching to take hold of Teddy’s hand and twine their fingers together. It’s not the first time he’s felt this way and he’s not sure whether or not he wants to do it out of a sense of offered comfort or as some type of – romantic gesture, but he manages to keep his hands to himself until they make it to the apartment.

“Do you mind if I use your washroom?” Edward asks once they’re in. Teddy doesn’t bother turning the lights on, but nods and points in the direction of where the washroom is, even if Edward knows. He removes his shoes and locks himself in the small room for a moment, letting the light come to life and illuminate his reflection in the mirror.

The reflection blinks and its familiarity helps ground him for a moment. He feels a little wrong footed all of a sudden and he wonders if it has anything to do with the performance, what it could have meant, and the incessant pull he always feels when he’s around Teddy. He splashes some cold water on his face and after waiting another moment; he steps out and goes to find his friend.

The apartment is still and quiet and Edward pads softly towards the bedroom. It’s the only other logical place where Teddy can be and it normally is where they go when they’re here. He’s about to announce himself when he enters, but stops short due to the sight that greets him. He even steps back, as though the scene before him requires more room to exist and he makes sure he’s by the threshold of the door, before he dares to look again.

Teddy sits on the ledge of their large bedroom window, dressed in nothing but that last veil from the show, illuminated by soft moonlight that drifts in from outside as well as the lampposts that decorate the street. The curtains haven’t been shut and so Teddy looks almost ethereal as they sit, seemingly lost in their own thoughts, as the light bathes them softly. The gentle light makes the fabric look nearly completely transparent, safe for where it is bunched together and Edward’s breath catches at the sight of it all.

“You’re beautiful,” He says without thinking and his words break the tranquil moment in which Teddy had been basking in. They look up and offer a welcoming smile, before motioning for him to join them.

Edward walks over to the window, as if in a trance, and finds himself standing beside Teddy by the time he reaches them. Teddy takes his hands and places a kiss to each as Edward’s heart fights to beat out of his chest.

“You’re entirely too kind,” They say, before looking back out to the street and the parked cars, the lampposts and their yellow muted light.

They stand close, Edward able to feel the heat radiating off Teddy’s frame, as they take in the scenery and Edward dares to reach for the fabric that covers Teddy’s body. He yearns to tug it off, to worship, and kiss every inch of their body and chase away any doubts and past pain from their soul. He wants to bring them to bed, hold them close as he whispers sweet nothings to them, until they fall asleep with the notion that they are – loved.

“May I?” He asks as he wraps a piece of the veil around his fingers, feeling the rugged texture beneath them. Teddy tilts their head in his direction and they wait for clarification as to what it is Edward wants to do. “May I remove your last veil?” He asks again and holds his breath, hoping he’s read everything correctly from the moment the performance had started to this very second.

“Please,” Teddy says, their voice a bare whisper, nearly trembling and breaking.

Edward turns them around so that they’re both standing in the window’s light and before he removes the veil, he cups Teddy’s face in his hand and gently caresses their cheek. He feels Teddy lean into the contact and he sees the unshed tears that shimmer in their eyes. He presses a soft kiss to their forehead and after a moment, he lets his hand fall to their shoulder at the first junction of the fabric.

He doesn’t need to tug very hard, seeing as the veil is merely draped over Teddy’s body, but he’s still ever so gentle as he slowly removes it and never looks away from Teddy’s face. He wants them to know that it’s okay – that whatever it is that happened before – that whatever it is they’re doing now, Edward will do his best to take care of them – that he cares for them and that they’re not alone.

The fabric comes apart easily and slides softly and quickly off Teddy’s body, pooling at their feet, much like all the other veils beforehand, until Teddy is left bare, bathed only by the late night light. Edward looks – really looks at them and Teddy lets him, maybe for the first time even.

“You’re beautiful,” He repeats again, for they are and there aren’t enough words to describe the way it is that he feels in this present moment, but Teddy might understand, for they close the distance between them and pull them in for a kiss.

Edward places one arm around Teddy’s bare waist and another goes to the nap of their neck, as he moulds their lips together. This, thankfully, is a language they are both fluent in and this is something he can do.

“Let me take care of you,” He murmurs in their ear when they pull away, sometime later. Teddy looks at him, bright eyes and kiss swollen lips and they hesitate for a moment, before they nod, trusting him completely.

Edward is gentle with them and it’s different from the times beforehand. It feels more like an act of love than an act of sex and he wonders if Teddy notices. He knows there isn’t much of a difference, in the grand scheme of things, but – Edward feels the shift in the way he holds Teddy close and the way they respond to his every touch. He thinks it’s in the little things – the soft, lingering kisses, the lack of urgency to their movements and the way Teddy looks at him, open and caring and still trusting.

It might even be in the moments that come afterwards; when they twine their legs together and Teddy furrows their face in the crook of Edward’s neck. When Edward rubs their back and lets Teddy slowly come apart in his arms, no questions asked, or the way Teddy resurfaces, lifetimes later, with a gentle smile and a soft thanks.

He’s not sure though and this development is new, but Edward feels that it all has to do with something about the veils. He wonders what would have happened had he not shown up tonight and if there hadn’t been some great cosmic pull that had lead him there – not only tonight, but on the very first night he’d visited. He also thinks of his own veils – the ones he keeps close to his own heart and the demons he still hasn’t fully faced yet.

He knows he eventually has to, but as he looks at Teddy’s quiet, tranquil slumbering face, he wonders if he’ll ever be strong enough to do what they did. He supposes that that to will have to wait for a later time and for now he focuses instead on getting some rest as well.

FIN

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lovemesomesurveys · 4 years

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1. Which of “life’s rules” do you frequently disregard? The one that says to eat 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day.

2. Is there anyone that you love to hug, but wouldn’t want to kiss? I mean, I like hugging my family members but I don’t kiss them. 3. What physical feature do you look for in your person of interest? Does it vary based on gender? I honestly don’t even know anymore, I feel like I’ve been so out of the game for too long that I don’t even know what I look for physically in a guy haha. I also feel like the older I get and given my situation, I’d look more for certain qualities. Stuff like that was something important to me before, but definitely more so now. Right now, though, I’m not looking at all. 4. Would you ever take boudoir photos for a significant other? (or have you?) No. 5. What is your biggest guilty pleasure? I tend to associate that with something I like but feel embarrassed about or something and there isn’t something like that for me. In fact, when I like something, like a certain fandom, I’ll get shirts and whatnot to wear around and let everyone know haha. Like the several Baby Yoda/Grogu shirts/sweatshirts I have.

6. Is there an actor or actress whose success can only be contributed to his/her looks and not on their acting skills? I’ve thought that about certain actors not gonna lie. 7. Where would be a terrible place to be caught naked? Gah, for me anywhere. 8. What is a movie that you thought you would hate but actually ending up enjoying? I didn’t think I’d hate it, but I was surprised how much I got into the Star Wars films. I didn’t start getting into until a few years ago and prior I just always thought it was something I would find boring and not be interested in at all. I was completely wrong. 9. What do you consider to be a “favor” in the bedroom? I don’t have any sexual experience so I don’t know. 10. What two words best describe your first romantic encounter? Is that referring to sexual encounter cause again ^^^ 11. What is one word that should never be uttered during dirty sex talk? lol I got nothing for these questions. 12. Which of your body parts do you feel needs a little work at the gym? My arms. I should get some little hand weights and spend time doing that everyday to get back some of my upper body strength. I feel so weak now. 13. What would be an example of not a very suave move? Being flashy and braggadocious. 14. If you were to start a catalog of adult products, what one product would you feature on the cover? I wouldn’t, ha. I’m not a sexual person if ya’ll haven’t picked up on this yet. 15. What do you love most about your significant other? Single gal here if that hasn’t been made obvious either. 16. What is something that you would buy on sale, even if you didn’t need it? Hm. Something that I was interested in but didn’t want to pay a high price for. If it was on sale, though, I might be more persuaded to give in and get it. Haha that’s so vague, I know. 17. What is the weirdest sex dream you have ever had? It involved someone that I hadn’t seen in a very long time and never had any interest in. It was so completely random. 18. What is the worst way to break up with someone? Ghosting them. 19. What kind of vehicle would you love to own? I don’t drive and honestly don’t have much interest in starting at this time. I don’t think about cars much. I guess if I ever did it would probably be a Honda cause that’s what my family has and they love ‘em and believe their good quality cars, so. Especially my dad, who swears by them. 20. What is the most expensive thing you hope to buy next year? I don’t have anything in mind.

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thesnapshotcafe · 4 years

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nazaninlankarani · 5 years

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To Redefine the Experience of Luxury Shopping, Cartier’s London Flagship Store Hosted Talks From Creatives—With an Appearance by Twiggy

The Parisian house's New Bond Street store celebrated its updated features and London legacy with a whirlwind two-day event.

La Résidence at Cartier's New Bond Street boutique. © Kalory Photo & Video, courtesy of Cartier.

For two days late last month, Cartier’s New Bond Street boutique was bustling with intense activity.

An endless stream of black cars pulled up in front of the newly renovated store nestled inside a historic building in the heart of London’s Mayfair district. Hostesses busily checked digital guest lists, and, upon their approval, the uniformed doorman stepped aside to welcome some of London’s most famous fashion and art-world personalities into the lushly decorated five-story boutique.

Reopened last December, Cartier’s New Bond Street shop is more than just a gleaming flagship store in London. The boutique now offers in-house cultural events with industry figures, and branded experiences that go beyond the standard brick-and-mortar luxury shopping experience. Home to Cartier since 1909, the store is described by Cyrille Vigneron, president and chief executive of Cartier International, as “a strong symbol that is anchored in the past, living in the present, and looking to the future with confidence.”

The transformation of its 7,000 square feet is the work of the Paris-based architect Bruno Moinard, whose task was in part to renovate the interior to resemble a grand English home in order to bring out the “British side of Cartier’s identity.”

The facade of Cartier’s New Bond Street boutique. © Kalory Photo & Video, courtesy of Cartier.

The ground floor is dedicated to Cartier’s current collections of jewelry, which greet visitors upon entry. An interior staircase offers a charming alternative to a discreetly concealed elevator for those specially invited up to the high jewelry space on the first floor. There, a selection of Cartier’s most recent creations can be admired in the main salon or under the natural light that floods the lush winter garden in the back. There is also an intimate but equally luxurious “salon bleu”—a discreet meeting room where high jewelry clients can try on pieces in private—which Vigneron chose for his interview with artnet News.

“Before the renovation, the New Bond Street boutique consisted mainly of a ground floor with a boardroom and offices upstairs,” Vigneron said. “We felt it was more interesting to occupy the entire building. Today, the space open to clients has more than doubled. We have different salons for receiving and entertaining clients, including at La Résidence which has, now, a main salon, a bar, and even a boudoir.”

The ground floor at Cartier’s New Bond Street store. ©Kalory Photo & Video, courtesy of Cartier.

Vigneron was in London to host a series of events aimed at celebrating the British chapter of Cartier’s history and future, of which the new retail spaces are a significant part. Just down the street, the Old Bond Street boutique has also been renovated recently to serve clients looking for a wider range of Cartier products and personalized services. Both boutiques, in tandem, will cater to Cartier’s clients with different needs, through complementary retail experiences.

The extensive makeover of the two boutiques underscores the importance of London for Cartier. Historically, the Parisian jeweler’s London odyssey began in 1902, when the capital city became Cartier’s first international outpost. Jacques Cartier, the grandson of the house’s founder, Louis-François, chose Bond Street as his “temple”—a term used by Cartier to refer to its flagship shops—while his brothers, Louis and Pierre, ran the Paris store and the New York flagship, respectively.

After just two years in London, Cartier obtained its first Royal Warrant of Appointment, making it an official supplier to the Royal court of England, and earned praise from King Edward VII, who famously described the house as “the jeweler of kings and the king of jewelers.” At that time, Cartier had made some of the spectacular tiaras worn to royal coronations. Today, some of the magnificent pieces made for British royals and aristocrats are housed within Cartier’s historic collection.

The 1967 Cartier Crash watch. © Cartier.

In later years, the originality and irreverence of London in the Swinging Sixties brought a “British twist” to Cartier’s style, according to Vigneron. “Our Crash model was born here,” he said, of the line of 1967 watches inspired, it is said, by the twisted remains of a Cartier Baignoire Allongée wristwatch that was distorted in a car crash. A new gold version and a diamond-set limited edition of the Crash watch are available today, exclusively at the New Bond Street boutique.

La Résidence, one floor up from the high jewelry floor, is the store’s new VIP space. It features a few historical Cartier pieces, but no current products. In the past year, it has been the venue for many of Cartier’s most exclusive events, including the launch of the house’s Magnitude high-jewelry collection last spring. “Today, the notion of retail and the communication around it have evolved,” Vigneron said. “That is why we have renovated our New Bond Street boutique to be more beautiful, and made it into a place where we can invite our clients on a more intriguing journey of discovery.”

At La Résidence, Cartier hosted a series of talks that debuted with an introduction by Pierre Rainero, Cartier’s style and heritage director, who lauded the inspiring energy of London before lending the stage to a panel of some of the city’s most creative minds, who were invited to share their own insights into life in London.

Caroline Issa with Twiggy and Mary McCartney. © Cartier.

Moderated by Caroline Issa, the chief executive and fashion director of Tank, a culture magazine, the conversations brought an array of perspectives—some unexpected—to the event. The artist and set designer, Es Devlin, known for her extraordinary stage sculptures, spoke about being a “London rebel” and what she considered to be “the rules for rule breakers.” Fashion designers Roksanda Ilincic and Grace Wales Bonner discussed, in style terms, what they considered to be a “true original” or a “classic with a twist.” The model and humanitarian activist Alec Wek spoke about her childhood in London as a war refugee from South Sudan. Even the famous fashion model Twiggy dropped by to reminisce about London as the epicenter of pop culture.

“We are rethinking the notion of the boutique, as a place for entertaining and showing novelties, but also for presenting themes and for putting on exhibitions,” Vigneron said.

The bar at Cartier’s New Bond Street store. Photo by Kalory Photo & Video, courtesy of Cartier. At sundown, Cartier held a very British soirée for friends of the house at the trendy Chiltern Firehouse hotel. French champagne and English martinis—shaken not stirred—flowed together throughout the night as guests enjoyed dinner followed by musical performances by Rita Ora, clad in a Cartier-red gown, DJ Marc Ronson, and British singer Grace Carter.

The evening brought to a fitting close the first of two days of engaging conversation and activities, creating the kind of stimulating retail experience that Vigneron hopes will establish a new relationship between Cartier and today’s luxury client.

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Clara Wolcott Driscoll: Tiffany Studios’ Brightest Light

“This is rather difficult work, but when one has a fondness for a certain brand of industry, she does not pause when a difficulty must be overcome.” -- Clara Wolcott Driscoll

This past summer the Munson Williams Proctor Museum in Utica, NY held an exhibition, “Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection.” The astonishing show featured Tiffany’s most iconic lamps, many designed by a woman whose name is largely forgotten now, Clara Wolcott Driscoll. The women who assembled Mrs. Driscoll’s designs were popularly referred to as “Tiffany Girls,”(1), and they worked under her in Tiffany’s Women's Glass Cutting Department. Driscoll was the designer behind many of the best well-known lamps to emerge from Tiffany Studios: Daffodil, Wisteria, Dragonfly, and Peony lamps (2).

Clara Wolcott Driscoll for Tiffany Studios (1900), Daffodil Shade (detail). Photo credit: Telome4 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=14892217 Image source.

Young Clara Pierce Wolcott

Clara Pierce Wolcott was born in Talmadge, Ohio in 1861. Her father, Elizur V. Wolcott studied theology and aspired to be a missionary but his poor health prevented that dream from becoming a reality. Instead, Wolcott became a farmer and teacher (3). Tragically, Wolcott died in 1873, forcing his wife Fannie to find work as a teacher in order to support Clara and her three younger sisters (3). Fannie Wolcott who had attended the Talmadge Academy was determined that her daughters would also receive an education. With her family connections, Fannie placed “Clara with relatives living near the excellent (and free) Central High School”(3) in Cleveland, Ohio.

During her time at Central High School, young Clara demonstrated a keen interest in the natural world, especially flowers. This interest was undoubtedly encouraged by naturalist, Harriet Louise Keeler who was an instructor at the school during that time (3). After graduation, Clara enrolled in “the Western Reserve School of Design for Women (now the Cleveland Institute of Art)”(2). Not much, however, is known about Clara’s time there.

Sometime after Clara’s secondary studies were completed, she had “taken a position as designer for C. S. Ransom and Company, a Cleveland-based manufacturer of Moorish-influenced fretwork panels”(3).

Clara Driscoll Joins, Departs and then Rejoins Tiffany Studios

In the fall of 1888, Clara left Cleveland and headed to New York City to continue her art education “at the then-new Metropolitan Museum Art School” (2). Not long after her arrival in New York Louis Comfort Tiffany hired her as a designer in his studio. At Tiffany Studios Clara “earned the intricacies of glass selection and cutting,”(3) but after only a year with Tiffany, Clara left to get married as was the law in New York at that time. In 1989, Clara married Francis Driscoll who was thirty years her senior. In 1892 Mr. Driscoll died, and Clara, widowed, was rehired by Tiffany. Soon after Tiffany named Clara to head the Women’s Glasscutting Department (3). She had excellent managerial skills with an aptitude “for realizing a great profit from lamps and fancy goods”(4). When Clara took over the glasscutting department six women were working under her, eventually the staff would grow to thirty-five strong. These women earned the nickname “The Tiffany Girls”(5).

Clara Wolcott Driscoll (third row far left, wearing a white blouse) and the “Tiffany Girls” (circa 1904). Photo courtesy of The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of Art.

Challenges Faced by Clara Driscoll and the Women Working at Tiffany Studios

The women in her department selected the glass for the shades, “cutting the individual segments using templates, and wrapping them with copper foil”(5). The men would assemble the lamps by attaching the glass pieces to molds and soldering the copper foil edges together.

Over time rivalries developed between the men and the women workers. Men were “making windows, mosaics, and leaded shades” while the women for a time were relegated to only glass cutting. The men belonged to a union that “did not admit women,” so the women could not enjoy the same benefits as the men. Tiffany, however, paid his male and female employees equally which angered many of the men (5). “In 1903, the men threatened to strike in order to take away the women’s right to make windows”(5). Tiffany refused to meet the union’s demands but agreed to limit “the number of women in Driscoll’s department at 27”(5).

Mrs. Driscoll, herself became frustrated with faced staffing issues in the Women’s Glasscutting Department. Since married women were barred from employment Driscoll, would invest in developing a young talent only to lose the young woman to the wedding altar (5).

Clara’s Mystery Engagement

Mrs. Driscoll had also considered remarrying sometime between 1896 and 1897; she became engaged to Edwin Waldo the brother of artist George B. Waldo, one of Driscoll’s friends. While on route to meet his potential future in-laws in Ohio, Edwin inexplicably disappeared. No one heard from him for five years. Possibly due to the painful nature of this episode, Mrs. Driscoll never referred to it in any of her writings (3).

Clara Driscoll’s Major Works for Tiffany

During 1896 “Clara began experimenting with lamps”(5). Along with “Tiffany designer Agnes Northrop and fellow Cleveland art school classmate Alice Carmen Gouvy (also hired by Tiffany), Mrs. Driscoll designed the innovative Flying Fish lamp and Deep Sea mosaic and glass-jeweled base”(2). In addition to lamps, she designed “desk and boudoir accessories, often in combinations of glass, bronze, and mosaic”(3).

Driscoll drew her inspiration for her iconic lamp designs upon her life-long passion for and study of nature. Based upon information Driscoll shared in one of her letters, the daffodil lamp was her first important lamp design in 1900. That same year her design for the dragonfly lamp, “won a prize at the 1900 World’s Fair,”(6) that design, however, had long been credited to her boss, Louis Comfort Tiffany (6). The stunning wisteria lamp has also been attributed to Clara (5).

Clara Driscoll’s Later Years

In 1909 Driscoll left Tiffany Studio for the final time to marry Edwin Booth. While marriage ended Mrs. Driscoll’s professional career, she continued designing -- this time the product was colorful silk scarves. Edwin retired from his job managing an import business in 1929 just as the Great Depression struck, and the couple spent the remainder of their years in Florida. Their marriage would last thirty-five years until Clara’s death in 1944 (3).

Clara Driscoll’s Design Legacy

Clara Driscoll’s real role in Tiffany Studios went largely forgotten. When the company folded “in 1932, all the records were lost”(1). In 1953 when her sister Emily died, a trove of letters between the two sisters was discovered. It was not until almost 40 years later, however, that the letters were recognized by scholars when one of Driscoll’s relatives “Elizabeth A. Jones Yeargin transcribed a sampling from the letters for her work…self-published as a bound typescript titled The Pierce and Wolcott Letters”(3).

During Clara Driscoll’s career about thirty “or so lamps believed to have been designed by or created under”(6) her direction. These included “the Wisteria, Dragonfly, Peony, and from all accounts, her first — the Daffodil”(2). One Wisteria Lamp sold for $492,500 on December 14, 2017, at Christie’s in New York (7). Driscoll’s lamps are held in the collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and in numerous museums throughout the world. In recent years, numerous exhibitions of Tiffany lamps that featured Driscoll’s works, like the recent show in Utica, NY, have been held. The first to specifically acknowledge her contributions to Tiffany Studios was the New-York Historical Society 2007 show, “A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls.” Also that year, a book of the same title by Martin Eidelberg, Nina Gray and Margaret Hofer was published, and in 2011 Susan Vreeland published her historical novel Clara and Mr. Tiffany, based on the relationship between Mrs. Driscoll and Louis Comfort Tiffany (1). It may have been a long time coming, but the world is beginning to recognize the design genius of Clara Wolcott Driscoll.

References

Taylor, K., (13 February 2007). “Tiffany's Secret Is Over,” The New York Sun website. https://www.nysun.com/arts/tiffanys-secret-is-over/48495/

Wikipedia, (29 May 2019). Clara Driscoll (glass designer). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Driscoll_(glass_designer)

Bassett, M., (1 January 2012). “Breaking Tiffany's Glass Ceiling: Clara Wolcott Driscoll (1861-1944),” Cleveland Institute of Art website. https://www.cia.edu/news/stories/breaking-tiffanys-glass-ceiling-clara-wolcott-driscoll-1861-1944

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art (2019). “Tiffany Studio Designers,” The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art website http://www.morsemuseum.org/louis-comfort-tiffany/tiffany-studios-designers

Gedal, A., (27 March 2015). “Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls,” The New York Historical Society and Museum website http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/tiffany-girls/

Kastner, J., (25 February 2007). “Out of Tiffany’s Shadow, a Woman of Light,” New York Times Online Archives. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/arts/design/25kast.html?pagewanted=print

Vilinsky, B., (9 August 2019). “Collecting Guide: 10 Things to Know About Tiffany Lamps,” Christie’s website. https://www.christies.com/features/Tiffany-lamps-10-things-you-need-to-know-9542-3.aspx

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To the Good and Noble Princess Escalus, we respectfully request your consent to enter into a Claim and in so doing doing, we gratefully submit the following:

Name of Dominant: Michaela Capulet Name of submissive(s): Pandarus Montague

Rules of our Claim

1. Mia will provide structure for Pan. Pan will inform Mia daily of his schedule, share it electronically, and will notify her of any changes. Mia is advise Pan of her schedule as well, so that she can be easily contacted if needed.

2. Even once claimed, Mia and Pan will continue their weekly date nights, one outside of the house, and one in the house. On in house date nights, when finished work for the day Pan will strip, fold his clothes, and wait for Mia kneeling beside the wing back chair in the living room or other location within the house if so instructed by Mia. Outside of the house date nights will be a shared responsibility of planning and execution; Mia one week, Pan the next.

3. In reference to their respective professions, they will support each other. Pan will not engage in boudoir type photo sessions without Mia’s prior approval, and her presence at the time. Mia’s collaborations will be limited.

4. Orgasm monitoring. Pan is permitted to touch himself, and to seek his own release without Mia’s consent, unless otherwise instructed, or in the case of being punished. However, he is to inform her, either during, or after the fact, that he has done so, and provide her with all the specific details that she so desires.

5. Pan will wear various sexual devices, (chastity cages, cock rings, butt plugs. etc) as instructed by Mia.

6. Pan’s safe word (Kodak) and hard limits will always be respected (including isolation– punishment will never include isolation, and aftercare will always be provided)

7. There is an understanding that if something comes up, Mia and Pan will relocate to the farm in Aberforth for as long as necessary.

8. Although both parties want children, the discussion of timing will be one they both have to agree to. Mia will not go off birth control without informing Pan. And when they are trying for a child, neither shall do anything to hinder those attempts.

9. Pan will not remove this collar except to shower or in the case of illness, unless instructed for some reason by Mia.

10. Our relationship as Domme and sub is based on mutual trust and as such we will continue to practice open and honest communication, even when things are hard and challenging, because without it there can not be trust and without trust there is not true Dominance or submission between us.

Consequences:

1. For not informing Mia of his schedule or changes to it, Pan shall be struck with a crop. 5 times for the first offence, 10 for the second, 15 for the third within a three month period. If this occurs more than three times in three months, Mia will give another punishment, while still respecting Pan’s limits. If Mia does not inform Pan of her schedule or changes and causes him distress, he will share his distress with her.

2. If out of house date nights are not planned by the appropriate party, they must plan for the next month. If Pan does not follow the rules for in house date night, he will be blindfolded for the night, but not left alone.

3. When rules are broken regarding their professions, Pan will be put in chastity for a time as determined by Mia. And Mia will reassure Pan of their connection.

4. Regarding orgasm monitoring and the wearing of sexual devices, if Pan does not follow the rules, he will wear a device and Mia will take full control of his orgasms, including that he may not touch himself, for a period of time to be discussed. He will be bound, gagged, and forced to watch, but not touch, either of them, while she takes control of her own orgasm.

5. If Pan removes his collar for any reason but illness or to shower, the same punishment as for the schedule will be put into effect.

6. In the case of other minor infractions, Pan will strip (if applicable) and kneel either in front of Mia’s wing back chair in the living room, near the bed or chaise in the bedroom, or other instructed location, until Mia tells him otherwise.

Proposed date of the Claim ceremony/party: TBD

Your Royal Highness, Pandarus and I will claim if needed during the last week of August in a very small, private ceremony with your presence, if it is required to meet the needs of the decree, not only for the sake of our Montague and Capulet families, but for Pan’s Gallo family in Aberforth, so Pan may not be exiled from them. However, I, Mia, will be overseas for almost three weeks this month on a North American book tour, and I think it may be challenging to plan a claim and celebration while this far from Verona, and also without Pan for a good portion of the time. If we are not needed, we ask that we may take some time to plan a claim that involves those we hold near and dear and to perhaps, in doing what you counciled me in your interview, assure we have the support of our families. We understand, and agree, if this means having to attain your permission again as well.

Sincerely, your loyal subjects and citizens of Verona.

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Dearest citizens,

I thank you for your concern. Assuming all of the currently planned claims proceed, I authorize you to have your claim this fall, so long as it occurs before the All Saints Feast.

Please advise of the date once it has been selected.

I look forward to attending the ceremony.

As I will it so it shall be.

~ Guilia Escalus, Princess of Verona

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The Significance Of Boudoir Photography Columbus

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Characteristics Of A Reputable Boudoir Photographer Columbus

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RICHMOND HILL, Ga., December 30, 2017 – When an organization whose unofficial motto is “we put the ‘fun’ in dysfunctional” decides to do a fundraising calendar, you just might expect something out of the ordinary – and SD Gunner Fund’s “Dudeoir” Calendar will not disappoint!

For those less familiar with the bizarre, “dudeoir” refers to a dude’s take on women’s boudoir-style photography; the result of which ends up being more silly than sexy. Picture your average Joe with a beard and beer belly posing like a pinup girl, and when you’ve conjured up a mental image that you can’t unsee – that’s dudeoir.

SD Gunner Fund (SDGF), a nonprofit based out of Richmond Hill, Georgia, among other things, assists in providing service dogs for veterans and children with disabilities. Funds raised from the calendar sales will go toward furthering their mission and will pay for all adoption fees, basic obedience training and vet care for all the rescue animals featured in the calendar … as well as provide five service animals for wounded veterans. Their goal is to sell 5,000 calendars.

Today was about raising awareness on many different platforms. We chose the dudeoir theme because we wanted to make this fun and outside the norm. However, our main focus was to take veterans and pit bulls, who are often misunderstood, and show everyone that they’re not dysfunctional.

BRITNEE KINARD, FOUNDER & PRESIDENT

The calendar, aside from the male models, also features pit bulls currently available for adoption from Operation Pitbull: Finding Forever Homes (OPFFH), which is located in Jesup, Georgia. Tammie and Michael Kolb rescue pit bulls from area shelters to keep them from being euthanized. Most of the dogs used in the shoot are currently available for adoption.

This Sunday, volunteers came together in Hinesville, Georgia, to do something none of them had ever done before. For some of them, that meant stripping down to their skivvies and wearing wreaths on their heads. For others it meant directing and photographing half-naked men in “provocative” poses. But for everyone, it meant doing something a bit uncomfortable, slightly awkward, completely hilarious and, most importantly, in support of two great causes.

It is the serious issues of veteran causes, providing service dogs for veterans and children in need and the extremely dire circumstances of pit bull dogs whose very lives are at stake due to breed reputation alone that brought so many people out to get silly and make fools of themselves for something worthwhile.

Scotty Allen and Gregory Tappenden, both currently residing in the area, met while stationed in Germany. Allen was first to sign up for the calendar and then convinced his friend to come along. “I thought why not, it’s a lot of fun and it’s for a good cause,” Allen said. “Hey, you can get half-naked out there in the middle of a field … Is that great or what?” he laughed.

Tappenden was easily convinced. ”It’s for a good thing. I like service dogs and I rescued a pit … I figured two causes I’m good for. So I’d help out,” he explained. “I heard they needed fat, tattooed, bearded veterans and I said, hey, I’m all those things! I fit all that criteria!” Tappenden said with unabashed enthusiasm.

That enthusiasm was evident throughout the shoot. From togas to tutus, the volunteer models left much too little to the imagination with their choices of wardrobe and props. It would be stretching the truth to say the photos are tasteful, but they are certainly fun and nothing too risque.

Models are important, but you couldn’t have a photo shoot without photographers – two of which volunteered their time and expertise to help with the project. Stephen McCloskey, a disabled veteran retired from the Army, was first introduced to photography as a form of therapy for his PTSD and it quickly developed into a passion.

McCloskey has a personal connection with both organizations for which the calendar is meant to benefit. He will be receiving a service dog provided through SDGF, and he got to meet his future partner, Blue, there at the photo shoot. Blue is being donated by OPFFH and will be trained through SDGF.

Karolyn O’Cull is a natural light photographer currently residing at Fort Stewart with her active duty husband. O’Cull has a photography business focused on children and families: Ordinarily Perfect. Though admittedly out of her comfort zone shooting men in their boxers, she enjoyed the unique experience and helping out for a good cause.

“Today was about raising awareness on many different platforms,” SDGF founder Britnee Kinard explained. “We chose the dudeoir theme because we wanted to make this fun and outside the norm. However, our main focus was to take veterans and pit bulls, who are often misunderstood, and show everyone that they’re not dysfunctional.

“These pit bulls need homes – good, loving homes. We can’t use them as service dogs for various reasons, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t deserve a full and loved life. When I told the guys what we were doing, they didn’t hesitate or bat an eye. Majority of them said, ‘Whatever it takes to help them … I’m in!’ That is what I loved most about this shoot,” she said.

“We have laughed more today than I can remember doing in a very long time,” Kinard continued. “Our hearts are full and we are hoping that someone out there will see our calendar and want to adopt these awesome dogs!”

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