Have you also learned that secret from the river;
that there is no such thing as time?
That the river is everywhere at the same time, at the source and at the mouth,
at the waterfall, at the ferry, at the current, in the ocean and in the mountains,
everywhere and that the present only exists for it,
not the shadow of the past nor the shadow of the future.
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
Two vintage fashion hstory illustrations from 1904. In the first, three Edwardian ladies are resting and conversing after they have enjoyed a promenade by the river. In the background, you can see some houses on the other side of the riverbank, and there is also a little row boat gliding by. The top border of the picture is decorated with fancy floral embellishments.
In the second drawing, a trio of ladies in Belle Époque winter capes and coats are out for a walk along the waterfront of a picturesque town. A bridge and a small tower, with a few barges moving along the river can be spotted in the scene behind them.
These black and white engravings are from my personal collection of antique
La Mode Illustrée magazines.
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