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Showing posts with label 20th century fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 20th century fashion. Show all posts

Monday, November 15, 2010

The Little Victories

Today has been filled with highs and lows, but I've decided to focus on the little victories to keep me going. Here is what has kept the pep in my step today:

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Folgers French Vanilla+skim milk+2 packets of Splenda= perfection

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Finding out I aced my 20th Century Fashion midterm. I guess it helps when you are genuinely interested in the material!

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Being greeted after a long day at work by this waiting
for me with the mail


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Admiring my gorgeous flower pin that arrived from my aunt and cousins. They are some of my most dedicated blog readers, and I love them for it! Plus, they know me so well...absolutely love this pin!

All in all, it looks like today was pretty darn good. I've fallen a little behind on the 30 for 30, but no worries, there will be an outfit post tomorrow!

Friday, October 29, 2010

College Days: From Then to Now

I'm currently taking a 20th century fashion history course, and one of our recent projects involved analyzing old family pictures and comparing them to the trends of that time period. It was kind of a hassle finding old pictures, but once I did, I really enjoyed the project. It was really interesting looking at old pictures of my grandparents and realizing how much things have changed since they were my age. I wanted to share with you this picture of my grandma (my dad's mom) with what I assume are her college girlfriends.

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My grandma is the one sitting down in the front right. It's funny to think she is probably around my age in this picture; I think they all look so much more mature than being in their early 20s. This picture makes me want to know more about these women and what their college experience was like. Unfortunately, I never really got to know my grandma because she was diagnosed with Alzheimers right around the time I was born. I'm fortunate to have access to these pictures because even though I never got to sit down and talk with her, these pictures allow me to get a little glimpse of what my grandma's life was like.

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This is a picture of me and some of my college friends (and roommates). 70 years makes quite a difference, doesn't it?