A SHORT STORY IS LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH, IT CAPTURES A GLIMPSE OF ETERNITY AND THEN RUNS OUT OF WORDS, LEAVING A LOT OF EMPTY SPACE TO THE IMAGINATION. IN FACT, AT ONE POINT, WORDS ARE NOT REALLY NECESSARY. THE IMAGE HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED. THE IDEA HAS BEEN CONVEYED. THE END.
A WORD ABOUT THE SHORT STORIES
1175 war
Addie and Eve
2016 Predictions
American Revolution II
Bruno
Evolution, Creation and
Intelligent Design
Guns
The Hawk and I
Hispanic Anthropology
Legs
Osprey
Pig Cop
Suicide
The Senate Hearing
The Wall
Third World Tales
Way To Go
Your Are Flying Me Nuts
God and I
Officer Bell
CLEAVAGE FESTIVAL
"Now, here is an interesting research project" I thought as I read a recent article about fashion in the days of the European Royal dynasties and their expanding empires. The article highlighted the fashion industry which at the time was subsidized by the aristocracy, but gradually gave way to popular fashion that adapted the more attractive designs for sale to the general public. A portion of the article was devoted to the prevailing custom followed by the ladies of that time, of baring their breasts or wearing dresses with 'adventurous' cleavage.
Cleavage, in anatomical terms intermammary cleft, exposure in our society is nothing new. With the exception of some periods in our history where recently arrived immigrants adhered to rigorous dressing codes where not even ladies forearms or ankles could be exposed, fashions have stayed in tune with European customs. At times, like the swinging twenties, daring décolletage was swiftly acquired by American women. Soon after, Movies provided the ideal stage for imaginative and insinuating décolletage where cleavage played a most important role.
In short, cleavage in its many variations has been with us for some time. It really has no season; a theater play in Broadway in the middle of Winter is as good a excuse as any to exhibit the latest in daring displays. Naturally, Spring makes the entire adventure more comfortable. Good cleavage is present at every major formal dinner, award winning ceremony, prominent wedding – or divorce – and those events of news value and popular appeal.
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