Shortly before the creation of plastic sequins, they were gelatin.

Shortly before the creation of plastic sequins, they were gelatin. And I mean shortly. It was a very small period of time that gelatin sequins were in vogue and even used. In the past, I've spoken about like the entire history of sequins, but for today, I'd like to focus in on gelatin sequins because it's pretty interesting how they were just kind of a blip within fashion because they're gelatin. It kind of needed a replacement. But long, long, long before gelatin, sequins were made with shells, stones, metal, all sorts of things, a lot of which were really, really heavy. So they were of course looking for something new that would be light that can move. And gelatin sequins hit the market around the late 19th century, and then they were used up until around the mid-50s. Also, the way these sequins were made was really interesting. I just want to mention that. They would roll on really like this like gelatin liquid, really, really, really, really, really flat, put some glittery stuff in there, and then let it dry, and then they would punch it out. Stamps. Like, so I guess you could make like a lot of really custom sequins that way, so that's really cool. One of my favorite parts of looking at the gowns in old Hollywood, like the classic golden era where you had Technicolor and all that, is the way everything sparkles. And in my opinion, it's because they were using gelatin sequins, and I don't think that's really something we can do anymore. Gelatin sequins caught the light in a very beautiful way, but unfortunately, when you're doing stuff like, you know, singing and dancing and acting, you're going to sweat. So what you'll see on a lot of garments that were made with gelatin sequins is that the armpits don't have sequins anymore. They they disintegrated. I mean, imagine trying to wear a dress out and it rains, and your dress is going to start melting. Like, it was just not sustainable. But you can still find these on the market, but if you're going to restore them, it's going to be quite difficult. This one's originally from Sony Studios, 1950. It even says so right there. Um, and it has a barcode on the inside, but I don't want to open it. I am working on restoring this dress. I believe it was originally white, but if you look really closely, these are all, you can see, really on this side more, the missing armpits. Um, unfortunately, the thing is with restoring a piece that is made with gelatin and the fact that I want to get this lighter again like it used to be, because like this is, this is a gorgeous piece of history. I'm going to have to melt these off, and I'm going to have to find some replacements, and I'm going to have to redo all of this, which it has sequins on the back as well. But what I think is really cool is that these tiny little sequins right here, they have like the most interesting gorgeous colors still left over even though they're like decaying and stuff. I wish I could pick it up on camera, but some of them are more purplish pink and some of them are more greenish blue. But I imagine that when it hit the lights, it just, it was just magical. So, do you have anything from the bygone gelatin sequin era?