I think I could have dazzled in the 20′s and 30′s! I would have thrown lavish parties that lasted for weeks, mingled with writers and artists of the era, delighted in the spread of Jazz, and made another fortune running gin, whiskey, rum, moonshine and vodka up and down the coast. I would have rubbed elbows with Capone, Maranzano, Luciano….perhaps they would have even given me some sort of nickname hmm?
As for the 60′s and 70′s, it was quite the tumultuous time….I don’t really care for much of the fashion but I would have found a great deal of enjoyment in the art and music. I would have also been a regular at Studio 54 and then CBGB’s (in the eighties, I did visit CBGB’s often when in NYC). I would have thrown myself into music and probably would have started recording much earlier than the eighties. The drug culture was interesting as well and it might have been fun to experiment a bit more….I would have loved meeting Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust phase).
However, the aesthetic of these eras have lasted throughout our brief history, thanks to the leaps and bounds made in preservation, and aside from the dead, we can revisit each as often as we like.
Confirmed. It’ll likely stay in storage too because none of us are flamboyant enough to pull off trying to wear it.
Who Wore It Best? The Vampire Lestat or this Disturbing Lady Mannequin?
Poll Results:
The Vampire Lestat: 60%
Disturbing Lady Mannequin: 2%
“Why Are You Showing Me This Picture?”: 38%
You and I both are well aware that is not my cloak. No one dyed the wolf fur red. Don’t show me classics from Liberace’s closet (who, by the way–was he actually mortal and is he actually still alive?).
But I assume the statement is true. Has it dry-rotted by now, or has it been preserved?
Everything is preserved. Our Archives are fitted similarly to many museums, with temperature controls and limited exposure to handling for items that time has rendered fragile. Fabric is infamously weak to mishandling. Your cloak, however, has managed to endure well within its containment.
With the advancement of technologies, we have updated our facilities to a superior level of Preservation Storage. So your cloak might very well exist for another century or two.
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