...just like today's birthday girl, New Zealand-born Australian operatic soprano Frances Alda (born Fanny Jane Davis, 31st May 1879 – 18th September 1952)!
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
Always nice to keep it understated I think.
ReplyDeleteSubtle, I thought... Jx
DeleteIf only I could get away with rocking a feathery fan.
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Give it a go, Ms Scarlet! It'd go down a storm in the muddy lanes of Devon! Jx
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ReplyDeleteScarlet, you could seriously rock a fan. Of course, you'd have to catch and pluck your ostrich...
Now that sounds like a blog-in-waiting, Dinah... Jx
DeleteHmmm....
Delete"Dinah's Handy Guide to Ostrich-Plucking"! Jx
DeleteIt looks like Fanny was left unsupervised while she was embellishing her mermaid costume. And how she managed to swim up the Nile to meet the Pharoah in it must be one of the world's great mysteries!
ReplyDeleteThe Esther Williams of La Belle Époque! Jx
DeleteWhen you are a Diva; dress like a Diva !
ReplyDeleteWise words, dear. We do. Jx
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