back in the day

These are based on photos from the same book as was the lady from "a lady, a gentleman, and a monster,"  Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: a Photographic Survey by Alison Gernsheim.  I haven't really read the book -- mostly I've just looked at the pictures -- but I have learned some things, namely that once upon a time, there were many varieties of men's neckties, some of them bizarre and/or comical.

It's hard to believe, the getups people used to play sports in.  This lady was pictured with other "tennis club" members, and the men were in suits and big bowlers.  Huh.  The fact that they all held their rackets and everyone's outfits matched led me to believe they actually played in these clothes, but maybe I'm wrong.

it's all relative

Graphic novel characters, again.  While I was working on this at Short Run, another exhibitor at my table asked if the guy in glasses was a well-known, non-local cartoonist, whom I will refer to as "Andrew Peck."  When I answered rather testily that it was not, it was because my fellow exhibitor clearly thought I was the type of dork fangirl who would draw a picture of another cartoonist I don't know just because I'm, like, so crushed on him.  From the brief exchange that followed, I now realize that, worse yet, this guy thought I was annoyed because, like, he didn't know what my hero Andrew Peck really looks like!  Ugh, barves. 

Inspired by a recent conversation.