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After Ten Years. Tomorrow, the Rijksmuseum reopens!!
“Continue with Cuypers “This is the intelligent “motto” and intervention principle wisely chosen to restore the Rijksmuseum to its full glory.Pierre Cuypers was the Dutch Viollet-le-Duc … or better...
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"For 70 years the Parisian apartment had been left uninhabited, under lock...
Parisian flat containing €2.1 million painting lay untouched for 70 yearsBy Henry Samuel in Paris 04 Oct 2010 in The Telegraph /...
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King Juan Carlos' annus horribilis.
When the image of moral authority that sustains the symbolical “majesty”, representing the “metaphysics” of State and Nation is tarnished … what is the point ?For those who really care about the...
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Creed Taylor ... The Man behind All that Jazz ...
The A&M YearsTaylor began working at A&M Records in 1967 and formed his own label, CTI (Creed Taylor Inc.), the following year. A&M distributed CTI releases until 1969, when Taylor left...
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A Man for all Seasons ? The "Chap Magazine" seems to disagree ...
Sir Alan Titchmarsh in TweedPhotograph: Fiona Campbell in the Chap Magazine"The lovable horticulturalist, popular with elderly ladies due to his affable yet informed approach to the business of tending...
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Is the Fashion Industry creating new mental and physical slavery ? Actually...
The Vogue Factor, by Kirstie Clements, former editor of Australian VogueShe was fired in May 2012 after 25 years at the magazineSamantha Cameron watches painfully-thin Chloe Memisevic walk for Erdem at...
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Abandoned Places ...
Abandoned places give you a very special sensation and awareness of time … a kind of twilight of existence, like looking through a half closed door, of undiscovered and sustained mystery … that...
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Celebrating The Dandy at RISD’s "Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion" in...
Artist/Rebel/Dandy celebrates the pleasures of the sharp-dressed man, from the discreet sophistication of the consummately elegant George Bryan “Beau” Brummell in the early 19th century to the diverse,...
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Special offer e-book by Gentleman's Gazette.
Special e-book offer by Gentleman's Gazette:Gentlemen of Style – Men’s Fashion Illustrations in the US in the Thirtiesby Sven Raphael Schneider /...
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And now Ladies and Gentlemen ... the long awaited: The Politician's ......
The Politician's Husband – TV reviewAmbition, betrayal and battles in the bedroom – and that's just episode one of this follow-up to Paula Milne's The Politician's WifeSam WollastonThe Guardian,...
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30 April 2013. Abdication of her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands....
30 April 201310.00-10.30Abdication of Her Majesty the Queen in the Moseszaal of the Royal Palace Amsterdam. Those present will include the Presidents of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the...
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1942The "Zazou" were a current of mode of France of the 1940s. They were young people expressing their individuality by wearing big or garish clothing (similar to the zoot suit fashion in America a few...
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Zazou, one of the first youth movements of resistance and protest.
The Zazous were a subculture in France during World War II. They were young people expressing their individuality by wearing big or garish clothing (similar to the zoot suit fashion in America a few...
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