Weekend Conversation Starters

[Image]   Swimsuits ready? [I’ve got our pool day playlist ready](! Best enjoyed with [this compendium of vintage pool parties]( and a Spritz. Or head to the beach with the [Victorian Prudes and their Bizarre Beachside Bathing Machines](. Further down the bay, bump into the Fitzgerald’s on vacation and crash [the mad beach party of 1923](. Dive into [forgotten glamour at mermaid city]( and cool off in the [upside down kingdom of the Cahoon Mermaids](. And once you find your hammock, your weekend conversation starters await... Stay curious, [Nessy]   [The Fashion Anatomy of Spandau BalletÂ](  [MV5BMDUyOTYwNTctMGM0MC00OGQzLWJkZTUtZjdiN2IxMmViYTE0XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMjUyNDk2ODc@._V1_]( The swashbuckling frilly shirts, waist-cinching belts, man brooches, contouring make-up, jodhpurs and jack boots – was Spandau Ballet the most underrated fashion statement of the 80s? Outside of Britain (and the 1980s) the obscurely-named band might stand in the shadows of their rivals Duran Duran, but here’s why Spandau Ballet deserves a far more significant…  [Continue Reading](   [The Princess Pretenders](  [rapace_a_woman_pretending_to_be_a_princess_in_the_style_of_mixe_54de97da-c807-4653-858e-f86fd93b8651]( The possible survival and escape of the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia, was one of most captivating and romantic mysteries of the 20th century. The youngest daughter of the last Tsar of Russia, was assumed to have been tragically murdered along with her parents and siblings by communist revolutionaries in 1918, when they were lured…  [Continue Reading](   [Forgotten Glamour at Mermaid City](  [The Princess Pretenders]( Girls would come from as far as Tokyo to audition for the chance to be a Weeki Wachee mermaid in the 1960s. They performed to sold-out crowds; half a million people a year came to watch their dazzling underwater shows, including the King himself, Elvis Presley…  [Continue Reading](   [The Outlawed Secret Masonic Society of Pugs](  [rapace_a_Pug_being_worshipped_by_the_young_and_beautiful_Marie__d23a196d-9073-445a-9250-440996a568e4]( There was one way only for Europe’s intellectual elite to become a member of what is probably history’s oddest Masonic societies: by puckering up to the rear end of a pug as an expression of total devotion. You read correctly; the mid-18th century was filled with pantaloon-clad ladies and gents lining up to become “Mops,” …  [Continue Reading](   [13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. 652)](  [FxcyrJUWAAIeaq4-1]( [Continue Reading](  Interested in Becoming a MessyNessy Keyholder? [Apply now to unlock the Vault!](    [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [Blog]( [To read more from MessyNessyChic visit the Blog]( and make sure you keep getting these email by adding contact@messynessychic.com to your address book or whitelist us. Our postal address: In a Café, Paris 75001 Want out of the loop? [Unsubscribe](.