Welldressedandunimpressed - Well-Dressed And Unimpressed

Unnecessarily Purple Substitutes For The Phrase “Purple Prose”

Wordsmithery of a Tyrian hue

His pen’s ink was in half-mourning

A style so intensely violet as to have almost passed beyond the visible spectrum

Passages which ought to be carved in porphyry and declared the exclusive property of the Roman emperors

The pages stretched before her like the expanse of Lent, although without either the austerity or the variety: which is to say that they were lengthy, mortifying, and draped in violet

The poet’s style had mixed the red of strong emotion with the blue of deep contemplation in reckless quantities, creating a result so vividly colored as to be barely comprehensible

Well, that's double what I asked for! The people have clearly spoken.

If this gets two notes, I'll make one of those tacky pinned posts with too many GIFs and things of the like.

Alfredo Lazzari (Argentinian, 1871 - 1949) - Rincón de la quinta

pantone cookies by bakechicago

Comment that arguably ruins it but is sandwiched between two funny additions and therefore stays in the version everyone reblogs

Recycled tumblr humor