That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for August 12, 2019

The great parasol competition of 1906.

All these women told their husbands “I’m going fabric shopping, do you want to come along?”.

Hermione couldn’t believe she had forgotten the one essential item of the Silly Hat Club. (And you down there, Fido – don’t even think about it!)

Contestants of Miss Universe of the late nineteenth century in a bathing suit.

“I’d thought there would be more men here at this speed dating for singles event?”

Gazing at the two new arrivals, Emma is certain that those pink feathers came from her pet bird that went missing last week. Can she arrange to sell the woman some fabric that has been rubbed down with poison ivy?

Such a hustle and bustle.

“OK ladies, the auditions for chief stripper will begin in ten minutes….”

I see that the city ran out cloth before they could make the curtains.

The first and only virgin brothel. “The Oxymoron House”

I suppose you are all wondering why I’ve gathered you here today – I will identify the culprit who stole all the tea cups.

At the “reveal” shower, you had to guess who was pregnant !

First annual convention of the women who were in “Hello, Dolly”.

Lady’s night at the local bar didn’t quite work out like the management wanted.

Five Hours at Paquin: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gervex_Cinq_Heures_Chez_Paquin.jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/gervex_henri.html 

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=210 

https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/search/commentaire/commentaire_id/avant-loperation-274.html?no_cache=1 

https://nga.gov.au/exhibition/masterpiecesfromparis/default.cfm?IRN=191213&BioArtistIRN=16835&MNUID=3&ViewID=2 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/henri-gervex 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/200 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/g/gervex/biograph.html 

http://www.all-art.org/history400.html 

http://www.askart.com/artist/Henri_Gervex/9001079/Henri_Gervex.aspx 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist (again, the last can be read in full for free on Fridays), perhaps in addition to than what’s pointed to by the title URL. This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2262 (August 11, 2019) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

T’is a gaggle of garrulous geese/ who cackle and squawk without cease/ yet this viewer is struck/ that, in this “clustercluck”/ everyone gets to say her piece.

Ladies, I just heard the most distressing rumour. In Paris this year they are showing their . . . gasp . . . ankles!

“Okay, EVERYBODY: ‘I see a red door and I want it painted black. No colors anymore I want them to turn black. I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes. I have to turn my head until my darkness goes’.”

“I say, who let those dogs out? Who? Who?”

In a corner, alone, sits Marie/ wearing brown in this colorful sea/ improperly dressed/ and deeply distressed/ shall she tough it out, or should she flee ?

Casual Friday at the office, 1906 style.

“Forever.” It’s not just the brand name. It will also describe how long it feels to shop with your significant other while holding her purse in the corner.

La vie en rose…

the styles are more 1895, wouldn’t you say?

Here is the biggest new secret. Sewing the buttons onto an elastic stretch panel hidden in a pleat has made a world of difference to me.

The flapper era just isn’t what I imagined it to be.

Whoever taught this old lady to enlarge a picture, many thanks. This cartoon often benefits from it greatly.

The coloring in this one: you can practically smell the cloying perfume.

the new ladies club’s 5 cents bloody Mary promo was huge success, all the gals got ready to meet their husbands with a glow.

the world was waiting for a painting of women waiting to use the ladies’ room…

Chez Paquin. Paris couturier of the Belle Époque, which was over way before 1921. Just sayin’.

I believe that Mr. Melcher, in saying “Forever 1921”, is making a word play on a present-day clothing store called “Forever 21”. He’s not saying the styles are actually from 1921, he’s just using 1921 to be older than but still match 21.