WOMAN'S BEST FRIEND + A ROMPER

On how to do Memorial Day weekend, (IN)DECOROUS TASTE style:

First, woman's best friend: obviously, a poodle. There isn't anything I don't like about this photo! Giant ornate cushions (whattt? I swear I saw this for the first time yesterday), bizarr-o bug bikini,  and a dog sheared like a topiary, getting a manicure. Image via Facebook's "Fashion Images of the 20th century".  EEE says it's a good way to pass an hour or two... or a whole lot more, embarrassingly.

Second, no one makes big hair and little clothes look as effortless as Brigitte Bardot.  How does she do it?

ALL DRESSED UP, VINTAGE PHOTOS

These are photos of my grandmother from when she was very young (she's now 93!!).  What strikes me most are these amazing headdresses she's wearing, and particularly the flower sprouting from her head in the first image.

Oh, and the sailor collar, of course.  We all know I have a terrific weakness for those.

BABES

Tattoed babes, from the 1920s and 50s.  Strange to think that this degree of body art was grotesque enough to warrant participation in a circus sideshow.

Plus, tattooing a bra seems like a supremely bad idea.  But our anonymous friend below is rocking a faux bra, and, dare I say it, it looks strangely...satisfying?

Left: Lotta Pictoria tattooed by Charles Wagner, NY, NY, 1920s. Right: Artist Unknown, 1950s.

Below, Deafy and Stelly Grossman, 1920s.

Scans from 1000 Tattoos, ed. Henk Schiffmacher.