The Best-Dressed Way to Say Goodbye

Daily Beast ^ | October 21, 2014 | Justin Jones

[Vendome]

Hopefully nothing.

not like their husband is gonna find out...

[elcid1970]

Gee.... do you also carry a scythe & brandish it at the words “till death do you part”?

;^)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Not unless you were poor. And then you didn't buy morning because it was too expensive.

While you clothing was all black you still had to have them cut in different styles. You needed morning dress and afternoon dress, tea dress, calling dress, dinner dress, evening dress (after the first six months you were allowed small quiet entertainments) riding dress, traveling dress. You needed several of each because it just would Not Do to be caught wearing the same dress in close sequence.

Let's not even talk about half morning and quarter morning.

[Rodamala]

My Bachelor Party shirt:

[Rodamala]

or you were NORMAL and owned 1 house dress and 1 church dress.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Then you were poor and you didn't have the money for a new dress much less two.

You might wear a black morning knot.

[elcid1970]

You’re such a romantic.

;^)

[TurboZamboni]

There was even “Mourning jewelry”.

AKA as an Obama button to me.

[Chickensoup]

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