Wedding Dress
c. 1900
by W.T. Waters & Co.
Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa
We are losing nearly ten percent of the planet’s insect population every decade due to human influence. If you have taken even an entry level biology course you understand how terrifying that figure is for not just humans but all life on Earth. As EO Wilson put it,
“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos”
Even despite the urgency of this issue, there are few conservation initiatives focused solely on preserving invertebrates. The Xerces Society is one such organization! If you share my concern about insect population decline (and you are able to do so), please consider donating to their current fundraiser to help protect our most vulnerable neighbors. They are still short of their fundraising goal!
dash is dead im teleporting to the past
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Dress
c. 1949
maker unknown
RISD Museum
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1929 c. Beaded silk dress by New York City designer Sadie Nemser. From Awesome Attic, FB.
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