Lemurian Congress

I've posted in the past about the 1920s "ankle" obsession, and in particular the occasional advertisements by hosiery manufac...

Last year I blogged about a 1920s hosiery company who constantly poked fun at the "fat ankles" of famous statues. It seemed obvio...

Certain subjects keep popping up in 1927's New Yorker magazines. Rather than write about them all, here's the general gist: The Synd...

...But Her Ankles Were Like Fatty Sausages! It doesn't matter how happy you are, or how much dancing you do, or how many complements you...

...But He Probably Never Looked at Her Ankles! Nature was generous in the way she chiseled Galatea's classic features. But, she was more...

"Dame Nature didn't exactly CHEAT Diana on ankles. The fact is she was far too generous. Diana measured almost as much at the ankle...

"The most mythological thing about Psyche was the fabled charm of her ankle lines. Psyche's beauty may have excited Venus to green-...