Lately, I do what I expect most of us do: jerk awake offensively early after spending hours clawing my way to sleep, spend a few minutes negotiating with my brain over its level of commitment to being awake before giving up, rolling over to pick up my phone, and blasting my retinas in the dark to see what what people on social media haves been up to
Fashion historian James Laver writes, The dominant figure was now a respectable bourgeois, who had no desire to make himself conspicuous but wished merely to present a gentlemanly appearance what we are watching, in fact, in this period is the fading away of flamboyance and color from mens garments. (169-170) The exaggerated hourglass silhouette of 1830s menswear, achieved with padding and closely shaped coats, gave way to a long, narrow line in the 1840s
Its not just fashion that changes as you age, your body shape also changes
Sydneys salad had mixed greens, sliced red onions, and not much else besides a delightful strawberry vinaigrette that really propped the whole thing up in the best way possible