# fashionhistory edwardgorey rackham

Puce: a colour favored by Marie Antoinette & popular in the late 18thc/ early 19thc. Puce is French for flea; the colour is described as resembling congealed blood or a flea after it’s been crushed on white linen— a familiar shade in its heyday.

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2019-05-24

RUMPELSTILTSKIN ills 1973.
More on naming Fey
"Merrily the feast I’ll make.
Today I’ll brew, tomorrow bake;
Merrily I’ll dance and sing,
For next day will a stranger bring.
Little does my lady dream
RUMPELSTILTSKIN is my name!"’

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2019-05-18

GOBLIN MARKET 1862 ill 1933
on the reclamation of fallen women

Never mind my bruises,
Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices
Squeezed from goblin fruits for you,
Goblin pulp and goblin dew.
[ ]For your sake I have braved the glen
And had to do with goblin men

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2019-05-14

"Grandmother what big ears you have"
"The better to hear with my child"
"Grandmother what big eyes you have"
"The better to see with my child"
"Grandmother what big teeth you have"
"The better to eat you with!"
Perrault, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge 1697 tr. Tatar
Doré

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2019-05-12

Fae Etiquette: Should you meet a faery on your travels, never give them your full name. According to faery lore, to know someone's full name gives you power over them.
(Illustrations: Arthur Rackham)

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2019-05-08