Since man first started killing animals and wearing their skins, furs have been all the rage. Beaver fur, ocelot fur, wolf fur, bear fur, if it had four legs and a fuzzy exterior, we were going to use it as this year’s latest fashion. To be fair, in ages past fur was utterly necessary, the same thing that kept our prey animals warm during the winter was being borrowed to help our ancestors survive the same. But times have changed, and with electric heating and synthetic fibers there’s no longer a need for fur.
But it sure looks fantastic, even hundreds of years of fiber development can’t change the fact that fur is a classic look that will never go out of style. But along with the fiber industry, our sensibilities have changed as well, and slaughtering tasty animals for their furs is no longer looked upon favorably. So what’s a lover of fuzzy clothes to do? Abandon it? Not at all! Faux Fur Friday is the answer to all of your animal hide needs, without the aching conscience.
The first fake furs started coming into the scene in the 1900’s, with ‘fur’ being made from the wool of either newborn or unborn lambs. Since that day fake furs have been expanding throughout the world and fashion industry. During the hey-day of fur fashion fake furs were a way for those less financially enriched to get into the fur fashion. Fur was considered to say a lot about the person wearing it, with Vogue Magazine stating that the fur you wear will reveal “the kind of woman you are and the kind of life you will lead.”
An expert in 1924 once told the Times that when a fur of any kind becomes fashionable, the (textile) trade will hunt for a substitute. Every girl wants to look like the fashionistas, and would pay for the opportunity to do so. But what started as a way to produce realistic fake furs soon turned itself to a new pursuit, fake furs had the benefit of being able to be produced in any color and pattern, and thus bright purple leopard prints became a viability, and soon turned to fashion.
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Idiom of the Day
guilty pleasure
— Something that one enjoys or finds pleasurable but knows or feels to be bad, inferior, aberrant, or lowbrow, especially as might be perceived or judged by other people.+Child+with+Doll+1928+(2).jpg)
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A German painter and printmaker, Dix fought in World War I and returned haunted by what he had witnessed. After experimenting with Impressionism and Dada, he arrived at Expressionism and began producing works depicting nightmarish scenes of the horrors of war and the depravities of a decadent society. His anti-military works aroused the wrath of the Nazi regime and he was dismissed from his academic posts in 1933.
Marshall Islands Gospel Day
Gospel Day in the Marshall Islands is similar to Thanksgiving day in the US. The Marshallese people attend church on this day to commemorate the first missionaries who brought the light of God to the Marshall Islands. The largest church in the Marshall Islands is the United Church of Christ; however, many other Protestant denominations have churches in the Marshall Islands, including Assembly of God, Baptist, and Seventh Day Adventists. In addition, the Catholic Church has established a strong presence in the islands.
It's Official: 4 New Elements Added to Periodic Table Have Formal Names
Oh, hello, oganesson. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, the century-old organization charged with maintaining the periodic table, finally announced it had approved the names of four new elements.READ MORE:
1816 - The first savings bank in the U.S., the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, opened for business.
1901 - Gillette patented the KC Gillette Razor. It was first razor to feature a permanent handle and disposable double-edge razor blades.
1927 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled the Model A automobile. It was the successor to the Model T.
1939 - New York's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago landed at 12:01 a.m.
1970 - The Environmental Protection Agency began operations.
1982 - Doctors at the University of Utah implanted a permanent artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Barney Clark. He lived 112 days with the device. The operation was the first of its kind.
2010 - NASA announced the discovery of a new arsenic-based life form.
DAILY SQU-EEK
If You Were Born Today,
December 2
Pictures of the day
A man in a newsagent's shop in Paris, France. Such shops are typically located in busy public places and sell newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, snacks and often items of local interest. These shops may be either freestanding kiosks or part of a larger structure.
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Free Knitting Pattern: Psychedelic Squares Afghan: Garter St Version
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No more frozen veggie avalanches
EYE OPENER
the funniest jokes from the
edinburgh 2016 festival
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Not
at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival? Not a problem – you can still have a
giggle at all the best one-liners from this year's shows.
TV channel Dave asked
the UK's top comedy critics as well as the public to vote in its annual
Funniest Joke of the Fringe award, and the winners are listed below.
Masai Graham took the top spot with his organ donation quip.
Here are the top 35 jokes – enjoy!
Masai Graham
'My dad has suggested that I register for a donor card. He's a man after my own heart.'
Stuart Mitchell
'Why is it old people say, "there's no place like home", yet when you put them in one...'
Mark Watson
'I've been happily married for four years – out of a total of 10.'
Mark Smith
'Apparently, one in three Britons are conceived in an IKEA bed, which is mad because those places are really well lit.'
Will Duggan
'I
went to a pub quiz in Liverpool, had a few drinks so I wasn't much use.
Just for a laugh I wrote The Beatles or Steven Gerrard for every
answer... came second.'
Tiff Stevenson
'Brexit is a terrible name, sounds like cereal you eat when you are constipated.'
Gary Delaney
'I often confuse Americans and Canadians. By using long words.'
Adele Cliff
'Why is Henry's wife covered in tooth marks? Because he's Tudor.'
Annie McGrath
'Don't you hate it when people assume you're rich because you sound posh and went to private school and have loads of money?'
Jordan Brookes
'Is it possible to mistake schizophrenia for telepathy, I hear you ask.'
Michelle Wolf
'Hillary Clinton has shown that any woman can be President. As long as your husband did it first.'
Roger Swift
'I spotted a Marmite van on the motorway. It was heading yeastbound.'
Arthur Smith
'Back in the day, Instagram just meant a really efficient drug dealer.'
Zoe Lyons
'I'll tell you what's unnatural in the eyes of God. Contact lenses.'
Phil Nicol
'Elton John hates ordering Chinese food. Soya seems to be the hardest word.'
Glenn Moore
'I
don't know why my elderly neighbor bothers subscribing to newspapers
if he's just going to let them pile up outside his house.'
Darren Walsh
'When I'm listening to U2, I turn down the treble a little bit. Just to take The Edge off.'
Pete Firman
'Spent the last three days alone trying to learn escapology. I need to get out more.'
Tony Cowards
'My motto in life is always give 100%. Which makes blood donation quite tricky.'
Anna Morris
'I've made a terrible spelling mistake in the wedding order of service. My stepfather, of course, is a COUNT.'
Eric Lampeart
'I
sometimes feel suicidal so my therapist suggested I do CBT. So I did,
and now I can ride a motorbike. How's that going to help?'
Tony Cowards
'My dad was an Army engineer who specialized in clearing minefields. He always wanted me to follow in his footsteps.'
Liam Withnail
'Everyone has a racist gran. I call mine Ku Klux nan.'
Glenn Moore
'I lost a court case battle against a popular fabric softener; I fought Lenor, and Lenor won.'
Anthony Wright
'It took me two hours before I realized my pot of herbs had gone missing. I thought: : "No way? Where's the thyme gone!"'
Leo Kearse
'From my window all I can see is fish fingers. I've got a Birds Eye view.'
Sarah Callaghan
'Getting dumped on Pancake Day – you'd flip.'
Radio Active
'In tennis, what does deuce mean? It's a refreshing drink drunk by players between games.'
Ed Night
'I love my area, but it's been getting a bit gentrified recently – I can tell because my dealer's joined LinkedIn.'
Brennan Reece
'My
mum likes the saying, "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we
take, but by the moments that take our breath away." I'm asthmatic,
that's out of order.'
Michelle Wolf
'I
think we should change the name of Type 1 Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes
to Not Your Fault Diabetes and Mostly Your Fault Diabetes.'
Pete Otway
'I can't exercise for long. When I get back from a run my girlfriend usually asks if I've forgotten something.'
Paul McMullan
'Do you know what I'd do if I found you in bed with my wife? I'd tuck you in.'
Stuart Mitchell
'At University I studied archeology. I scraped through my exams.'
Stuart Laws
'If
you want your child to have a head start in the science industry then
consider naming it 'Et Al'. Get its name on a lot of science papers
straight away.'
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