So lovely with your grey sweater!!
Love this shrug style, need to remember to try doing it myself.
Perfect for this week -- and I love it with grey!
So many fun colors in one outfit)
Thank you!
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Superb story and silks!!I'm going to dance all around the topic of dancing now (pun intended)
When you are invited to the ball, you need to look your best. So out comes the gown, on goes the make-up, and then you add sparkle with a treasured set of jewelry.
Etude Pour Une Parure de Gala, worn here with Kelly en Perles and a bonus pic of a tiny Cinderella carriage from the H collection.
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Once you are all dolled up, you step into your carriage.
Berlin d'Or worn on Tuesday, Grand Carrosse and Coupe de Gala.
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And then you make your grand entrance, all eyes on you as you sweep into the ballroom.
Empire, C'est La Paix
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You are approached by dashing young men, and you promise them a dance, noting down their names in your dance cards.
My SOTD Carnets de Bal, with three dance card holders: fan-shaped made from carved bone, a rectangular silver box, and an oval holder with the god Hermes dancing on it.
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How does the evening go? I'll leave that to your imagination
A close-up of the carnets de bal in my collex of odd things. The fan-shaped dance card has words scribbled on it, but they are very illegible. The "pages" are usually made from nacre or processed parchment, and the words are written with a soft lead pencil and can be erased. The middle one has a flip lid and is more for calling cards, but is often described by sellers as for dance cards. The fan-shaped carnet is worn on a finger with the attached ring, while the other two have short chains for going round the wrist - both modes leaving the hand free for dancing.
so fun to see! With the top one, I imagine in a moment of flirtation or post dance fever, a lady might very slightly fan away any glimpse of OMG perspiration.
This is so interesting! Thank you for the edification. I always learn so much from your posts. I would love a Galops Volant and the Cent Plis de Miao.I'm going East today for dancing
When I was an itty-bitty girl, I worked in a souvenir shop. Amongst the goods on sale were a series of silk paintings showing dancers from China's minority tribes. While packing house for my mum's move earlier in June, I came across the two I purchased all those years ago.
This dancer from the Yi tribe wears a pleated skirt. This tribe hails from the same general vicinity as the Miao tribe, so I'm not surprised that their skirts look an awful lot like the one in Cents Plis de Miao.
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The other painting is of a dancer from the Tibetan tribe. Do you notice those flowing sleeves? There is a whole school of Chinese dance technique based on (literally translated) "water sleeves". As the dancer twirls, the flowing fine fabric will ripple like water. You can see the similar long sleeves in the two dancers in Galop Volant.
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Dancing needs music. I'm sure these musical apsaras in Nikko are swaying along with the tunes from their lute and dizi.
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And geishas of course undergo training in all the fine arts, including dance. Yes! I bought a grail this year!
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These are fabulous! How adorable. And so nice to learn about this from you, xincinsin.
so fun to see! With the top one, I imagine in a moment of flirtation or post dance fever, a lady might very slightly fan away any glimpse of OMG perspiration.
Horses sweat, men perspire and ladies glow. I'm certain the gallant gent holding her hand will tell her that she is "glowing". I'm sort of looking out for one more carnet de bal: those long ago craftsmen made some gorgeous ones in mother of pearl. I was going to convert these to jewellery, but the box and Hermes are in sterling silver and they are too heavy. Perhaps I'll just take dancing lessons instead 
Kachinas MT - the Kachinas are part of the traditional dances.
A few more dancers for the week in Annapolis:
And I'd like to think that with all the people on Lailbhai, that at least some of them are dancing....
And I'd like to think that with all the people on Lailbhai, that at least some of them are dancing....
Thank you sweetie!
I definitely think there’s some dancing on there! You look adorable as always!
Returning to the off topic
<<< lives in the South (Texas), not affluent (but admittedly value and enjoy a few things Hermes) with a lovely daughter who I escorted down the stairs at a ball that supported the local Boys & Girl's Club. A worthy cause in never-quite-as-affluent Arlington, Texas. Yes, she wore an elegant off-white gown (hee hee, she also sang "My Way" at her Senior choir recital) that was more expensive than her Prom dress, but not as expensive as the Prom dresses, chauffeurs and hotel suites of students in the "affluent suburbs" or the cost of my son's career in high school ice hockey...LOL. And, the Hispanic community has their quinceaneras, which can be every bit as elegant as the high society balls. I, for one, am glad that we have not abandoned EVERYTHING from the past and the associated traditions.
John in DFW
Ooh, I have only just seen your lovely comment. Thank you so much x
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