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Cecilia's Day
unmediated by a camera
hers tiny in comparison the the rest of her body
and also has a bit of a Mona Lisa aspect
with some pencil smudges and a bit of toning
Anonymous 1902-1921 "Dress History” Annotated painting signed AA Cecilia's DayThe recent book by fashion historian and museum curator Kate Strasdin, The Dress Diary: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe, put dress diaries on my radar. The subject of Stradin's extensively researched book was a dress diary started in 1838 by a Mrs. Anne Sykes, holding snippets of fabrics from a range of garments owned by her or family members, with annotations as to when and what and where worn together creating a unique record of their
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