The charming miniature wedding-chest above is from the British Museum's collections. It is believed to have been crafted by an Armenian seamstress to showcase designs to wealthy urban brides. It consists of trousseau; dress; underskirt; pouch; scarf; sash; model; apron; skirt; jacket; sample; head-band; hat; shawl; cloth; wedding-veil; head-cover. See more: Thread, Fashion and Costume. I would have loved to have outfits like these for my Barbie dolls when I was a kid.
The documentary Secret Mall Apartment is about a group of artists who built a secret apartment, inside a mall. (May be a repost)
Livebox Bonn: Living HO miniature worlds in a box. (Via Web Curios)
This cruise liner-like Streamline Moderne home in Pasadena was designed by jailbird architect William Kesling while he was serving time for fraud in San Quentin in 1937.
Cave Canem: Probably no one man should have as many dogs in his life as I have had, but there was more pleasure than distress in them for me except in the case of an Airedale named Muggs. He gave me more trouble than all the other fifty-four or -five put together.
It’s in China where the one country, one cuisine model goes to die most violently. Sit Cantonese food next to Sichuan food, and the absurdity becomes aggressively spectacular: A comprehensive guide to 63 Chinese cuisines
Everything old is new again: Classic Guide to Leaving America Reissued
How a New Drug Trafficking Landscape Fuels Violence in Latin America: The International Crisis Group (ICG) maps the supply chains transporting cocaine and fentanyl from Latin America to consumers in Europe and North America. Via
Name That List, #72 I didn’t guess the answer. You probably won’t either.
“A pub needs to not just connect with the local community, but be a hub of the community, otherwise, it’s just a pub in a box.”How the Irish pub became one of the Emerald Isle's greatest exports.
The World’s Largest Two-Headed Calf Collection “The rarity upon rarity—that these creatures should be born at all, and then that they should live long enough to be stuffed—only serves to increase the unlikeliness of Rosenthal’s herd.”
Trained Rats to Be Sent Into Earthquake Debris Wearing Tiny Backpacks With Microphones
London is often too busy to play itself on film. So, time after time, filmmakers rebuild it on backlots – with varying degrees of accuracy. These other Londons: the imagined city of the backlots Via Things Magazine
"Secret Mall Apartment" - that's Providence for ya! Cool story at the time it was uncovered. Also home of world famous WaterFire Providence.
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