#BlossomsInAdversity is doing an excellent job reminding viewers that the ladies back in the day didn't wear jewels for the glam of it all, they wore jewels because that was their currency. Their gold hairpins were money they kept with them.
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When we look at historic works through a modern lens all the jewels don't make sense. To us, that's decoration and there to be pretty. For the people growing up, those gems were the family's wealth on display. A woman's dowry full of gems was her emergency fund.