Fun fact: those McDonald’s jeans are part of the standard uniform here in Colombia. I’ve tried at least 16x to ask where they source them, if I can buy them from the manager, even going McDonald’s not to order food but just to ask for the jeans. I asked someone high up in their marketing dept here to see if maybe they know which company sourced them, and still couldn’t get my hands on a pair. Apparently employees only get one pair per year. They’re slightly high-waisted, they taper very slightly, they’re always kind of high water at the bottom, and they’re the perfect light jean color. They’re not stiff, they’re not that stretchy, they’re the perfect denim material. They come with a cloth belt that’s either yellow or turquoise, and the stitching on the M is almost sensual. I will not give up
EMBROIDERED ‘PEACOCK FEATHER’ CAPE
QING DYNASTY, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The long cape entirely
constructed with layers of overlapping peacock feather shaped panels,
each panel finely worked in satin stitch, the silk threads in tones of
ivory, yellow and blue on the eye of the peacock feather, and the
surround intricately worked in peacock feather filaments, with one cloth
button on the collar and another near the waist, finished with Imperial
yellow lining
Grand porphyry bathtub of Emperor Nero (54-68 AD), from his Domus Aurea palace in Rome. The tub is roughly 7.63 m (25 ft) in radius and weighs thousands of pounds. Perched on large stone legs, it looks like a colossal birdbath. The mosaic it stands on has scenes of Neptune.
These ancient Roman wall paintings, from Pompeii and Stabiae, are like “photographs” taken more than 2000 years ago as they depict villas and landscapes of the area.
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