Passing Fancies: March 2014

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Reading: I just started the young adult novel Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell, loaned to me by my friend T.

Video: Over the past week, Mr. TC and I watched the one-season series “The Top of the Lake.”

Audio: Fiona Apple, all four albums.

Eats & Treats: Irish soda bread!

Drinks: I wanted a Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day, but I ended up drinking ginger tea because I had a cold.

Beauty Products: It’s not spring yet, but I’ve been wearing pretty pink lip glosses, including Pop Beauty’s Peony Petal and Buxom’s Dolly.

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Just Because: Daisy Duck and Perfume (!)

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I came across this peculiar Disney item on eBay a few days ago. I don’t even remember what I was searching for, but I can tell you this much: it wasn’t a Swedish 1970s trading card of Daisy Duck dousing herself with perfume. This character has never been a favorite of mine, but for some reason this image made me laugh. Maybe I’m just reacting to the way she’s spraying the perfume directly onto her bill rather than her, uh, pulse points…? Where would an anthropomorphized duck wear perfume, come to think of it? And which perfume would she wear? And is “Kajsa” the Swedish equivalent of “Daisy?” I have no idea. So many questions.

Covet: Cityscape Vintage Dress in NY Times

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I would wear this dress in a minute, if I could afford it — it was just displayed at New York’s Winter Antiques Show by an antiques dealer who priced it at $135,000. (Yes, six figures.) It dates to the 1930s, and its textile print resembles a photo-collage of New York City during those years of Deco and the Depression. The Times has written an interesting little focus piece on this dress; you can read it here.