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Wear Your Mother’s Jewelry Day
I’ve already written the saga of my mother’s emerald ring (https://arwenbicknell.com/2025/03/14/write-down-your-story-day/), but I could never wear her rings. She has lovely, long, thin fingers, and her rings did not fit on my sausages even when I was in high school. … Continue reading
Underwear Day
Why is this even a day? You might laugh. I sure did. It was created (unsurprisingly) by the online underwear retailer Freshpair “to promote body positivity and self-expression through comfortable and supportive undergarments.” I read this and squinted. Wouldn’t “body … Continue reading
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Pink Day
It took me a long time to embrace pink as a motif in my life. I always liked it, and I was a massive girly girl from early on. I liked rhinestones and sequins, I liked chiffon and lace, I … Continue reading
Seersucker Day
Anyone who has seen Sophie’s Choice probably knows my favorite quote about this particular fabric. I won’t share it here for the sensitive among you, but you can Google it. For those who don’t know, seersucker is a thin, striped, … Continue reading
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Goth Day
I’m pretty sure that when my husband sees that it is Goth Day, he will assume it’s a celebration of the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe. But that’s not why we’re here. I … Continue reading
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Nylon Stocking Day
Does anyone wear stockings on the regular any more? I haven’t, not for years—not even to my cousin’s wedding last year. And for a while before I quit wearing them, I sprang for silk over nylon. They felt nicer. I … Continue reading
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