I stumbled upon a great account of Mary Lincoln this morning, and the images above [NYTimes via Library of Congress]. I want to do a project on body corsages and love how her corsage drips down the bodice of her gown...apparently Mary was quite a pip.
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I wonder who the florist was? imagine florists during the Civil War.
THat is the serious coolness
Just googled "body corsage" and was hit with malware at first click. Totally worth it.
In Scandinavia there was a tradition of body corsage early last century, when people graduated.
Here is a link to a famous finnish author called L. Onerva, on the third image you can see her graduation and her body corsage:
http://nimikot.nettisivut.fi/jasenseurat/l_onervan_seura_ry/
I just teared up at thought of a body corsage.
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