桃花的耳饰会引领潮流？
虽然现在暂时从Garlemald帝国的威胁中解脱了出来，商人们也并没有闲着，他们正在努力地摸索新的交易方向，比如采购军需品及对投资谷物类等等。
在这种情况下，正当妙龄的女孩们趁着父母都在为了追赶商机而到处奔波之余，也都开始四处追求流行了。切莫说她们不够谨慎，因为正是有她们的消费，才会有我们商人得以营生的机会啊。
要说起桃花飘香的季节里的节日，那就一定要提到人人熟知的“女儿节”了，据说这个节日是为了纪念Ul'dah在Thorne朝时期的“Edyva公主失踪事件”（注）。每到这个时节，家里有女儿的父母们就会感到尤其苦恼，因为这个节日是为了“所有女孩子”的节日，他们该向女儿们送去什么样的礼物才好呢。
那么现在与妙龄少女们最相衬的，最新的时尚潮流是什么呢？为此我们请教了社交界中关于时尚方面最详细的珠宝店“Eshtaime's
Lapidaries”的店长——Yuyune女士。“现在最流行的是在耳边配上既高级又精美的装饰。不过呢，用特大颗宝石之类的潮流在上个月已经结束了。现在的话，用珐琅及水晶等材料做成的自然物体造型应该是最有魅力
。”Yuyune女士如是说。
在我们取材结束正要动身离开的时候，Yuyune女士递给我们一款桃花主题的耳饰，并说今年作为“女儿节”的礼物那就非它莫属了。看起来这是“Eshtaime's
Lapidaries”刚刚完成的新款装饰。这该说是作为对流行的解释呢，还是单纯的商业行为呢……虽然某种程度来说笔者也觉得有些迷惘，但是，这家店可是与裁缝店“Sunsilk
Tapestries”齐名的“潮流大本营”。笔者也有一个正当妙龄的女儿，这种时候还是应该相信这笔投资是不会失败的吧。
注：Edyva公主失踪事件
3西纪前，Ul'dah正处于Thorne朝时期，整个国家由著名的铁腕国王Baldric掌管。国王脾气暴躁，然而却公正不阿，这也使得人民都对他抱有一种恐惧的心理。也许是十二神的惩罚吧，铁腕国王膝下只有一个女儿，那就是Edvya公主。国王非常珍爱自己的女儿，生怕她会出现任何危险，于是他将女儿严格控制在自己的掌管之中，给她安排了超过50名管家及侍女，公主甚至连王宫都无法走出。
Edyva公主长大之后，对宫廷中枯燥无聊的生活感到厌倦，非常希望能够走出翻过王宫的高墙。有一天，公主突发奇想，与一个同母亲一起进宫运送面粉的同龄磨坊工姑娘交换了服装和头冠，并且瞒过了宫中的家臣和使者，偷偷地溜了出去。
有着这么多专属的管家和侍女，要发现异常情况并不用太多时间。国王得知自己的女儿失踪之后异常愤怒，并且立即下令让所有军队出发去寻找公主。首先在国王脑中跳出来的想法是Edyva可能被磨坊家的女人诱拐了，于是他命令军队冲进了磨坊家，逮捕了一家人，甚至处以严刑并关入了大牢。
所幸公主并没有离开王宫太远，士兵们很快就在附近的市场上找到了她。在公主安全回到王宫之后，她向国王交代了整个事情的来龙去脉，并解释说那是她自己的想法，请求国王宽恕磨坊工一家人。
真相大白了，国王意识到磨坊工一家人是无辜的，于是他下令释放他们并带他们到大堂之上。之后，国王不仅表示了个人的歉意，还让皇家设计师重新修复了受损的住宅。不过最让人惊讶的是，国王宣称“所有的女孩子都是国家之宝，都理应受到公主一样的待遇”，并作为女孩的管家侍奉了她一整天。
由于国王的表现与平时给人的印象反差太大，这一举动反而增进了百姓们对他的亲切感，对王室的正面印象则更是大大提高。于是从那之后，每年的这一天，Baldric都会亲自到被抽选中的民间女孩家里担当一天的管家，正如一开始对磨坊工家的女孩那样。
国王驾崩后，这一奇特举动与Thorne朝的桃花花纹一起在民间继承了下来，甚至也传到了别国的文化里。最终成为了整个Eorzea地区共同的节日。
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http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=c5185055741c2b876d3432965327a1ee155d9c24Little Ladies’ Day — Out On the Town
(03/09/2012)
Never blinking and all-seeing,
The Mythril Eye misses naught that transpires within the lustrous domain of coin. Today our
staff writers have put together a special report on Little Ladies’ Day, the
beloved festival that originated right here in Ul'dah.
Peach blossom earrings all the rage?
As the Garlean menace casts its shadow over the land,
our captains of commerce do not stand idle. They are responding to chaotic times
by establishing new trade routes, investing in grains, and stockpiling mlitary
supplies.
And even as their parents chase down business
opportunities, the young merchant daughters of Ul'dah are chasing the latest
fashion trends. But do not call them foolish or flighty! Nay, for the young
girls' spending is the fuel that feeds the fires of commerce.
In this season when the peach blossoms bloom, we are
reminded of Princess Edyva of the Thorne dynasty, whose famous tale became the
origin of our Little Ladies’ Day festival. Our thoughts also turn to the plight
of parents, who each year must cast about for a suitable gift to present to
their young darlings.
So, let us do some casting of our own and find out
what young girls are hankering for this season. To guide us through this dynamic
market, we turned to Lady Yuyune, proprietor of Eshtaime's Lapidaries and expert
on the fashion trends of society at large.
"Well, young women are really into refined and
elegant ear-wear. For a while it was all about big, brilliant, look-at-me
gemstones, but that is so last month. Today, the better sorts of girls are
buying up enamel and crystal wrought into leaves and flowers and little animals
and the like. Very classy, very cute."
As this reporter was leaving, Lady Yuyune produced an
attractive pair of earrings with a peach blossom motif that she promised would
be a can't-miss Little Ladies’ Day gift. They were, she told us, part of a brand
new collection made exclusively at Eshtaime's Lapidaries. It was not altogether
clear whether she was offering them as an example of the latest trends or just
trying to close another sale. Whatever the case may have been, it is safe to say
that like Sunsilk Tapestries, Lady Yuyune's shop is setting the trends, not
following them. A bauble from Eshtaime's Lapidaries would be a smart investment
for parents looking for an "affection safe haven." We rate their gifts a
buy.
Event Dates
The festival will run from approximately 1:00
a.m. on Tuesday, March 13 to 6:59 a.m. on Monday, March 26 PDT.
How to Participate
During the festival, you might spot Little
Ladies of the Town at these locations. Do stop by and pay them a compliment or
two.
Little Lady Locations
Limsa Lominsa Upper Decks
Gridania
Ul’dah Merchant Strip
* The
Legend of the Lost Lady
Three centuries past, the city-state of Ul'dah was
ruled by an iron-fisted sultan by the name of Baldric Thorne—a man feared across
the region for his quick temper and his even swifter justice. Perhaps as
punishment for his compassionless ways, the Twelve saw fit to bless the sultan
with but a single daughter, Edvya, whom the sultan loved more than the sun and
the moons. And it was this love that drove Baldric to take measures that would
ensure no harm ever befell the princess—including her confinement to the royal
palace and the assignment of a retinue of over fifty handmaidens and
seneschals.
As the princess grew older, however, a longing to
explore the unknown land that lay beyond the palace walls tugged at her soul,
until one day, in a devilish display of wit, she switched clothes with a miller
girl come to the palace with her mother to deliver flour to the kitchens. Once
Edvya had exchanged her beautiful gown and tiara for the soiled rags of a
commoner, it proved little trouble to pass unnoticed through her legion of
servants and slip out into the city for a day of wicked fun.
It did not take long for the palace to realize
something was afoot, and upon discovering that his only daughter was missing,
the sultan, overcome with rage, immediately ordered the sultanate's entire
standing army to scour the city until they had found the princess. As for the
royal impostor, thinking that Edvya may have been kidnapped by the girl's
mother, the sultan ordered the miller's house torn apart, her family arrested,
tortured, and thrown in the royal oubliette.
As luck would have it, the princess had not wandered
far from the palace, and was discovered in a nearby market by her father's men.
Once back in the safety of the palace, Edvya revealed the whole ruse to her
father, explaining that she had conjured it on her own, and begged that he show
mercy to the miller's family.
Upon realizing that the atrocities committed to the
miller girl and her family were without warrant, he had the family released from
the oubliette and summoned to the royal audience chamber. Here, not only did he
personally apologize to the family and order the royal architects to design and
build them a new home, but, in a move most unexpected, Baldric himself offered
to serve as the daughter's seneschal for a full day, saying that no young woman,
regardless of her standing, should be denied the respect due all citizens of the
sultanate; that all girls, common or noble, are 'ladies' in their own right.
Rumors of this unforeseen display of humility were
quick to spread through Ul'dah and ultimately proved to be extremely
well-received amongst the smallfolk, who, until then, had perceived their leader
as little more than a heartless despot. So well-received were they, in fact,
that the sultan declared one day from each solar year on which he would select,
via lots, a common girl from the city and serve as her personal seneschal, as he
had done with the miller's daughter.
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