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Trivia!

Time for more trivia! Requisitioned during WWII and unavailable to most women, when this item was back in stock and available to the public it caused riots as women scrambled to stock up.

Liebster Award

Well color me flattered! labluebonnet has kindly given Amphorae a Libester Blog Award . This award is meant to recognize and honor blogs with 200 followers or less; and given that I have been quite remiss in posting this year, I am surprised and touched to have merited a mention. Thank you! The recipients of the award are to pass it along to five other blogs with similar credentials to help spread the word about relatively unknown bloggers. How to choose? Fortunately some of my favorite blogs have far too many followers to qualify, so that did help to narrow it down a bit. 1) Bankerchick's Scratchings . I never know what she'll write about, but it's always interesting. 2) I like historical clothing . As do I! It would be worth it to visit this blog just for the wonderful photos of extant garments that she posts, many of which I have not seen before. 3) Idlewild Illustre . She's an artist, and a seamstress, who goes to events and sketches or paints people in

Met Publications Online

Just a reminder for anyone who doesn't already know, that the Metropolitan Museum of Art puts many of their publications online; some with fully-downloadable text! Go to this link to search for your favorite textiles topics, like The Age of Napoleon: Costume from Revolution to Empire, 1789–1815.

Favorite- Erte

Erte Design, 1920s