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The Laundress
...was considered provocative in the 1760s...
That gaze
...the exposed stocking and slipper
A critic at the time even said...
"This little laundress is charming..."
"...but she's a rascal I wouldn't trust an inch."
k.
butim-justharry:
licieoic:
rush-keating:
npr:
thegetty:
The story behind The Laundress.
This is so good. -Emily
I find that hard to reconcile with how 18th century dresses had boobs practically hanging out of them. Maybe the chest wasn’t as sexualized as the ankles were back then…
I have a dim memory from back in high school… I think someone once told me that breasts were no big deal back in corsetry-and-necklines-down-to-there days, they were considered a food source for children and that’s it.
But ANKLES. Oh, GOD. ANKLES. The ANKLE was connected to the LEG, which connected to THIGHS, which hid a woman’s SECRET FLOWER. The ankle was the gateway to the secret flower, so it was considered quite a stirring sight!
I have never considered that “leg bone connected to the ankle bone” song as a sexy tune before but
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The Laundress
...was considered provocative in the 1760s...
That gaze
...the exposed stocking and slipper
A critic at the time even said...
"This little laundress is charming..."
"...but she's a rascal I wouldn't trust an inch."
k.
butim-justharry:
licieoic:
rush-keating:
npr:
thegetty:
The story behind The Laundress.
This is so good. -Emily
I find that hard to reconcile with how 18th century dresses had boobs practically hanging out of them. Maybe the chest wasn’t as sexualized as the ankles were back then…
I have a dim memory from back in high school… I think someone once told me that breasts were no big deal back in corsetry-and-necklines-down-to-there days, they were considered a food source for children and that’s it.
But ANKLES. Oh, GOD. ANKLES. The ANKLE was connected to the LEG, which connected to THIGHS, which hid a woman’s SECRET FLOWER. The ankle was the gateway to the secret flower, so it was considered quite a stirring sight!
I have never considered that “leg bone connected to the ankle bone” song as a sexy tune before but
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