Catch Up with Lady Jane Shipley

I'm baaaaack!!!!! 
 
Lady Jane Shipley has been up to quite a bit since you last heard from me. Hmmm, Where do start? I now have  my own website set up to your enjoyment. It has multiple pages for my different interests. One page is the fashion/style page appropriately called "What's Hot". 
 The next is a journal/update blog about the new things I'm doing so you can see them as is do them called "What's Up". 
There is a Gallery tab to check out the bulk of my work in one place. That should make things easier for you.

  I've  also added a "Mod Me" page that is slowly getting going about different things and people in the Body Modification community. So if you're a professional in the industry or know someone who would be interested in being featured, contact me!

I've been making signature tanks as a new item sold through my site. I also have a limited amount of 8g stone plugs (jewelry for stretched piercings) in three different stones. Another place to look for my creations is ulekstore.com. I entered a design contest to design plugs on their website. I won first place!!!! My design was a simple lotus with om symbol on it. Simple and beautiful. ULEK Store also bought one of my other designs for iPhone cases. The design is one of my favorites, a modified Buddha panda. 
 




Purses are one of my new infatuations. I just painted a Wonder Woman one that I immediately fell in love with. There are so many things in the works and I am constantly growing and evolving so don't miss one minute of it. 

Find me at my new website http://creationsofjane.weebly.com or you can go to my fb at facebook.com/CreationsOfJane 
☆Much Love☆

Friday Fashion: 18th Century Swimwear

I hope everyone is having an awesome Fourth of July holiday!

One common activity that many people are enjoying this weekend is swimming. All ages, all sexes, all walks of life-- when it's hot out, being in the water is a fine thing!

I still have to find The Perfect Swimsuit. I have several bikinis, but I want a one-piece for family-approved swimming. I love cutouts, and the black and white contrast.
I got to thinking about swimming, and swimwear, and particularly, women. While my girlfriends are throwing on their skimpy bikinis or mommy one-pieces, what were women in the 18th century wearing? Was there recreational bathing? Were women allowed to "go swimming"? When this country declared its independence, and important documents were being signed, were there people rejoicing with some barbeque and dives off of a pier? 
Well, it seems like in ancient history, before the matter of a single God came into play, people were free-spirited.

This montage of scantily clad women was found in Sicily, in an ancient Roma villa. The women seem like they're having a great time, doing their thang. They certainly don't seem like they're being harassed for being hoochies. 



Then there's many centuries when people, especially women, lose a lot of freedom.
If women were engaging in water activities at the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it was probably bathing. And they were probably doing it wearing one of these:

 How awful! There might have been a cap worn also, as they tried not to get their hair wet so they didn't have to wash it as often.
So I hope you think about these poor colonial women, as you run around in your freely chosen swimwear, swimming and acting raucous with members of the opposite sex. 
Have a great holiday weekend, everyone :)