Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Lively Jewel--Latest fashion craze in Mexico is this jewel-encrusted bug called makech. A live bug decorated with costume jewelry and attached to milady’s apparel by a light chain, it’s free to wander over garment. Vancouverite Virginia Smith examines new fad.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
Lively Jewel--Latest fashion craze in Mexico is this jewel-encrusted bug called makech. A live bug decorated with costume jewelry and attached to milady’s apparel by a light chain, it’s free to wander over garment. Vancouverite Virginia Smith examines new fad.
Associated Press · [ca. February 1963]
CC0 — Public Domain
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