Jeanne Lanvin - a milliner with her own business - attracted so much attention with the clothes she made for her family in the early 1900s, that she began to design for clients. This text presents photographs of her work, characterized by fine embroidery.
Darling of high society, creator of the "New Look", Dior shot to international fame almost overnight at the age of 47. At first his creations provoked angry accusations of unpatriotic extravagance, but women everywhere soon warmed to his hour-glass lines and long, rustling skirts. In this work, Dior's most characteristic designs - dresses and hats, shoes and accessories - are featured, with an outline of his career and his inspired output.
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The Adventures in the Rifle Brigade
This is the memoir of a British army officer whose primary service was in the Peninsular War. After a short period of peace, which he spent in his native Scotland, he was ordered to Belgium where he participated in the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. You will find Kinciad's memoirs to be exceptionally enjoyable. Not a schwashbuckler like Marbot, his memoirs are more down to earth and, in most cases, full of humor. Whether he always intended this humor is questionable, but it is there nevertheless.
The memoirs of Giacomo Casanova, who liked to be known as Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. Soldier, spy, diplomat, writer, adventurer, he is chiefly remembered from his autobiography, which has established his reputation as the most famous erotic hero. Casanova's memoirs are an unreliable account of his adventures with 122 women, according to his own counts, but they also provide an intimate portrait of the manners and life in the 18th century.
13. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. The "Gloria Scott".
Продолжаем следить за приключениями героев Конан Дойля. Каждый понедельник появляется один спектакль. Предыдущие публикации можно найти воспользовавшись поиском или календарем.[hide]
