The Beauty of Names

Edith Sitwell and her brothers Osbert and Sacheverell by Cecil Beaton This is essentially a companion to the "For the Shabby Aristocrat Family" , but less modern. I love these sort of names, the ones I can imagine on rich families from the 1900's to the 20's, that perhaps didn't fit in with their peers. The Aunt was probably wild and traveled the world, always bringing gifts for the children and never settling down. The father was obsessed with finding first edition classics and spent all his money on it, while the mother was a celebrated beauty who rubbed elbows with artists and intellects. The daughter had a fling with a jazz musician, and the son lived modestly renouncing his aristocratic roots. They all have weird little nicknames for each other, derived from their actual names or not, and most of their names could only be pulled off by someone as strangely cool as them. Ladies: Ursula Eadie Diantha Hermione Imelda Romola Lobelia Prudenti...

Dress by SartorialMatters For the family that has had that grand house for at least two generations; the swamps surrounding it holding their own sort of beauty. The girls wear pearls and the boys wear slacks, and they are a sort of royalty. Fresh iced tea is always on hand, and a Rolls-Royce is parked in front. They always attend church, despite the shady ways they came into money and power, and the older generations still talk about the Civil War as if it was something to be proud of. The children, both girls and boys, proudly wear family names and surnames like badges of honor. They are vain and pretentious, but you can't help but be drawn in by that Southern charm. Female: Cologne by herbalalchemy Teapot by Unihom Hadley Lila Pearl Sabrina Irene Zelda Fern Tilly Charlotte Sealy Kit Marlo/Marlowe Susanna Bellamy Eulalia Winifred Collie/Colly Mamie Vivienne Delta Magnolia Blue Clea Leigh May Aberdeen Sutter Cora June Adelaide Eliza...

Vintage Girl's Shoes by TheAquaNest on of Etsy For the family that has a mansion by a lake where they spend their summers, but prefers their apartment in Paris. For the family that takes their children to art galleries, and then out to eat pastries and buy flowers. For the family that prefers grandmother's pearls to a new pair of shoes. They have a party for every holiday, apple bobbing and hide-n-seek for Halloween, followed by chocolate cake and the original "The Wolfman". For Christmas, they decorate the whole house, and have a great feast, each person getting one small but lavish gift. They are the shabby aristocrats, rich but eccentric, unable to fit into the molds of the past or the present. Girls:  Vintage Hairpins by thesparklingsparrow of Etsy Suvi Perpetua Margot Dora Belinda Minka Fisher Rowan Endellion Ruby Valentine Toril Calista Joan Roxanne  Fox Toy by LittleWool of Etsy Capucine Artemis Flora Essie Lilou...

Ink well from studiostewaretshoppe on Etsy For the family that has every first edition of every book ever. For the family who has a two story library and whose parents are majors in English. For the family who have a quaint book shop on the corner called, "The Ink Spot". I am sure, as you have guessed, this family uses names from literature, or names taken from authors or poets.  Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe poster by TheGeekerie Girls : Alabama (Save Me the Waltz) Juliet (Romeo and Juliet) Briony (Atonement) Sylvia (Sylvia Plath)  Fig (Man of My Dreams) Anna (Anna Karenina) Lorca (Federic Garcia Lorca) Pecola (The Bluest Eye) Beatrice (The Divine Comedy) Esme (For Esme - with Love and Squalor) Cosette (Les Miserables) Sidda (The Ya-Ya Sisterhood) Lux (The Virgin Suicides)  Abra (East of Eden) Lorna (Lorna Doone) Thomasin (Return of the Native) Clemency (The Battle of Life) Daphne (Daphne Du Maurier) Bella (Our Mutual Friend) Towner...

Teacup and saucer by AustinModern of Etsy And may, or may not, be vampires, who may, or may not, have a mermaid in the lake behind their house, who may, or may not, have a ghost for each room. You know the family. They all dress in vintage clothing, they play with Victorian dolls, and have pet ravens named Faust and Hyde and serve you chocolates which might have a dose or two of cyanide, for fun, of course. Here is a new segment in which I will be naming different families from my imagination. I would assume this family would use very elaborate, Gothic, or fusty names. Ladies :  Lipstick by the Portland Black Lipstick Company on Etsy Godiva Wilhelmina Verbena Ulrica Desdemona Bellatrix Lydia Perdita Blanchefleur Isolde Raphaela Lilias Pandora Ligeia Theodosia Pathenia Candle holders by AntiqueAffair on Etsy Vespertine Hesper Valentine Annabel Roberta Lillemor Ursula Lilith Saskia Matilda Susannah Joan Odilia Lucasta Rosamund Jo...