Costuming question

Awhile back, I had mentioned I had seen a particular evening dress that seemed perfect for a scene in one of my books. Although I could find lots of pictures of Sue Wong's designs, I couldn't seem to find the exact dress. Still haven't, but at least I've found something useful. It's one of her other dresses from the same(?) collection. It's the right style. Anyway, I'm not a costumer or even particularly a fashionista, even if I did cringe listening to certain models trip over designers' names in a sequence in "America's Next Top Model". (How many ways can you screw up Hermes or Christian Lacroix? Apparently as many as my own name.)

So if any of you can look at the picture and tell how to describe her neckline? Beaded dangly neckpiece? Is there a more technical term?

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Yes, I'm awake. Blame the heat and humidity. It's going to be a lonnnng week I fear.

D-Day and OTR

I'm listening to Live365's Rat Patrol Radio. They're airing the Complete Broadcast Day for D-Day from CBS News. For the part I'm listening to now, it's mostly news reports interpersed with occasional music (lots of military themes), although they seem to have done some programming. The most fascinating bulletin for me was a report from wartime Washington describing my "sleepy Southern town" and how it really didn't wake up until about 8am. So much has changed alas. I believe the correspondent was commenting on a intersection at E street, but I couldn't remember the cross street. I'm also grabbing some OTR programs off the binary newsgroups.

D-day again

I had the D-Day broadcast on for most of the day while I worked. King George VI's speech was quite affecting. I don't think I'd ever heard him speak. The news reports featured some interesting bits. A former resident of Normandy talking about the terrain and people. The Congressmen & women, including Al Gore Sr, being interviewed at the Capitol. I was mostly struck by the Congressman who was a WWI veteran and kept reiterating this wasn't a carnival and should be treated as a solemn sober occasion. That point was a common refrain.

When the broadcast reached the evening hours, Columbia interpersed their news reports with actual programming. An episode of "Passing Parade" showed the possible 100th anniversary of D-Day, telling our descendants all about the big day. Mostly I found myself amused (and slightly depressed) thinking of myself as the crotchety old history professor teaching the class. I decided I'm really not a Burns and Allen fan particularly. At about 10 pm wartime, FDR gave a prayer to the nation. He sounded tired. In retrospect, I realized he would be dead in just under a year. We heard the occasional "This is London" report from Edward R. Murrow as the BBC provided coverage. CBS gamely tried to stay with it the entire time. At one point, they even apologized for one of their newsman/announcers not being heard at his usual time because he was home getting some sleep, after pulling a long shift. After the umpteenth rendition of "Stars and Stripes Forever" by the Navy Band, I decided I had hit saturation point. The Allied troops would just have to take the beaches of Normandy without me.