#Empire

It is so unbelievably funny that the moment Mon Mothma makes the declaration of Rebellion to the galaxy, literally everything for the empire fucking falls apart in the span of a god dammed year lmao

Mass rebellions, Sabotages, the empire panicks and forces things harder which results in more rebellion.

Then Governor Pryce dies, Thrawn disappears from the face of the galaxy, a Jedi denies Palpatine the way into the world between worlds by destroying a one of a kind temple, and the TIE defender program is shut down, and the empire loses Lothal.

Then literally a few months later, The ISB loses 4 of its most senior staff members, They fail to get Luthen, then a few days later, Krennic gets the Death star taken away from him, The Research facility at Eadu is destroyed, then literally the next day, the Scarif Database is attacked, a whole rebel fleet shows up out of nowhere at Scarif, They escape with the fucking plans, Empire never learning of the sabotage Galen put.

Then literally within the next weeks the fucking death star is blown up with 70% of imperial high command in it, Tarkin and Yularen die, Vader goes missing for weeks, and A skywalker is a jedi and leading the fucking charge. Then when Vader's back, Tagge dies and Cylo flips and tries to murder vader so he has to be put down as well.

I just know Palpatine was absolutely fuming in his chambers. You know the man is raging out of his mind.

The one thing Andor did that had me cackling is showing how utterly ridiculous Bail Organa is. Like Luthen has 8000 secret identities and Mon Mothma is tweaking out all the time and meanwhile Bail is rolling up with C3PO and R2D2 and his multiple Jedi contacts and his force sensitive daughter and his rebel cell that keeps blowing up star destroyers and literally no one in the empire ever does anything about it I love him

Court train, First French Empire

From Kerry Taylor Auctions

Hôtel Beauharnais, Rue de Lille, Paris,

Salon des quatre saisons & Salon de Musique,

Exactly how much of a jerk do you have to be to piss off an Archbishop?

Asking for a friend.

Color in Decoration, 1990

This is part one of the 1800s female lookbook, you can find part two here.

The simplification of clothing that had begun in the late 18th century carried over into the early 1800s. The chemise dress made popular by such fashion icons as Marie Antoinette evolved into a neoclassical style that revealed the natural body, with a high waist and lightweight fabrics. Interest in classical antiquity had been growing throughout the second half of the 1700s following the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum, and this reached its peak in the early 1800s with fashions that hearkened back to the styles of ancient Greece and Rome. White became the colour du jour thanks to the incorrect assumption that ancient sculptures were made from unpainted white marble, with pops of colour added through accessories such as shawls and hats. Dresses were long and typically pooled on the floor, with swathes of fabric echoing the ancient inspiration.

While clothing became more simplified, the expectations surrounding modes of dress were relatively complex. Increasing wealth among the middle class meant that frequently changing fashions became accessible to many women across social strata. Together with the sinking costs of cloth and clothing due to industrial manufacturing, this led to ladies changing their clothes a number of times throughout the day. With this came societal guidelines about what and when to wear certain dresses. There were three main ensemble modes - undress, half dress and full dress.

Undress essentially meant 'casual' dress and was appropriate for activities that occurred from the morning until the afternoon, including gowns that were worn by ladies within the home known as morning dresses. Undress was suitable for walking and promenading, which were social occasions for those to see and be seen in fashionable areas. Half dress sits between the informality of undress and formality of full dress. In modern terms, you could compare it to 'business casual' or 'cocktail' attire. Fabrics were richer than undress gowns and necklines were more revealing. Full dress was reserved for evening and entailed all the extravagant detail that late Georgian and Empire style allowed for. Headwear was more elaborate, trimmings more detailed and textiles more luxurious. CC links under the cut.

You can check out more 1800s content here and the rest of the Ultimate Decades Timeline series here.