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Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face 1957.

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H. Armstrong Roberts. New York, 1940s

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MHSZ editorial office, Budapest, 1975. From the Budapest municipal photography company archive.

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Deciding on the right thing to do in a situation is a bit like deciding on the right thing to wear to a party. It is easy to decide on what is wrong to wear to a party, such as deep-sea diving equipment or a pair of large pillows, but deciding what is right is much trickier. It might seem right to wear a navy blue suit, for instance, but when you arrive there could be several other people wearing the same thing, and you could end up being handcuffed due to a case of mistaken identity. It might seem right to wear your favorite pair of shoes, but there could be a sudden flood at the party, and your shoes would be ruined. And it might seem right to wear a suit of armor to the party, but there could be several other people wearing the same thing, and you could end up being caught in a flood due to a case of mistaken identity, and find yourself drifting out to sea wishing that you were wearing deep-sea diving equipment after all.

-- the slippery slope

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c. 1908

evening dress

made of satin, silk embroidered with silver-gilt strip, coil, thread, spangles, pearls and diamantes, trimmed with velvet

Jays Ltd, V&A Museum

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Untitled, Photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill, 1955

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 1x8 | 2x9

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Group portrait, 1916. From the Budapest Municipal Photography Company archive.

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lol

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Girl's Dress

1886-1888

United States

This dress belonged to Juliette Geneva Hollenback (1881-1917), the youngest daughter of prominent financier and philanthropist John Welles Hollenback (1834-1923). Although the dress appears to be a scaled-down version of an adult's dress, the skirt is attached to the bodice and the closures are uncomplicated, making it easier to dress a child. The fiery color and simple materials are a portent of the woman Juliette would become: an active leader in settlement work.

The MET

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Rita Hayworth during the filming of ‘Tonight and Every Night’ (1945).

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Dress, House of Worth, ca. 1900, French, silk, Metropolitan Museum

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a series of unfortunate events au where the baudelaires take one for the team and kill olaf

i think sunny's the most likely to do it

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she comes highly recommended.

happy secretary’s day!