Sunny Afternoon...In Riverside

This exhibit at The Riverside Museum

showed different ways in which we 

decorate ourselves throughout history

and in different cultures.

Tattooing in Polynesia

American Indian tribes used  beads to decorate

their shoes, clothing and household goods.

Glorious 1920’s  Frocks decorated with

beads, sequins  and embroidery

Glamour and elegance is just a frock away.

The  early Victorian period used corsets

and elaborate and painful methods including rib removal

to get the hourglass shape.   Give me Spanx anyday.

I never tire of looking at clothing from the 1920’s

and if given a chance would time travel back to that

era, but of course, I would want to be rich in order to

wear dresses like this.

Through out history, jewelry was used as a way to

show wealth and status.

1800’s silk dress.

The wonderful Riverside Museum is  a 

tiny little treasure just across the street from the

fabulous Misson Inn

About an hours drive east from Los Angeles

A pretty little town that provides a full day

of things to see and do and if you are lucky

and have been a very good girl....

you can sit in this courtyard at The Misson Inn and have a lovely lunch,

a nice glass of Champagne....

While gazing upon this fab view.

A rare and wonderful, clear, sunny afternoon

in Southern California.

Take care to enjoy and stay warm and cozy wherever you are in this last week of January...