I have no shame in saying that I had to wear a kilt the other day. My cousin asked me to be a groomsmen, and, as he Scottish, he asked that all his groomsmen go rent kilts. It did not look bad on me, I must say. Naturally everyone said I was wearing a dress or a “dressy” as they so put it. And I liked my dressy, but it was the floral print dress that my girlfriend got that was really great. It was this blue wrap dress that was 100 percent silk that she picked up for a…
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First appearing between 600 and 400 BC, the first charm bracelets were worn by the Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians and Hittites, the charms they wore had personal and religious significance to their beliefs and culture. It’s a tradition that continued. It was Queen Victoria that brought the fashion trend of charm bracelets to European noble classes, going to the point of popularizing mourning charms after her husband, Prince Albert died. These mourning charms were carved of black jet and included a lock of the deceased’s hair. And still, the trend re emerged with American teenagers in the 1950’s and early 1960’s…
