A new future for Stewart Christie & Co Ltd
A new future for Stewart Christie & Co LtdEdinburgh:On the 14th of August 2015 there will be a change in ownership of Edinburgh's oldest bespoke tailors.Established in 1720, the company evolved...
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Roger Henri Vivier (13 November 1903 - 3 October 1998) was a French fashion designer who specialized in shoes. His best known creation was the Stiletto heel.Vivier has been called the "Fragonard of the...
View ArticleThe Schott Perfecto Motorcycle Jacket / VIDEO: How a Schott Motorcycle Jacket...
Perfecto is a brand of "lancer fronted" leather motorcycle jackets designed by Irving Schott and manufactured by American clothing company Schott NYC. The first jacket was introduced in 1928, making it...
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Walter Rothschild was born in London as the eldest son and heir of Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild, an immensely-wealthy financier of the international Rothschild financial dynasty and the...
View ArticleBehind the scenes of ITV's documentary Our Queen at 90, in pictures
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View ArticleVIDEO below / Museum Exhibition /// Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015
Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715–2015 explores the history of men’s fashionable dress from the eighteenth century to the present and re-examines the all-too-frequent equation of “fashion” with...
View ArticleWeekend humor / Fumo di Londra
Fumo di Londra (internationally released as Smoke Over London and Gray Flannels) is a 1966 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Alberto Sordi.Dante Fontana is an antique dealer of...
View ArticleThe Durrells | ITV
The Durrells is a six-part ITV drama television series based on Gerald Durrell's three autobiographical books about his family's four years on Corfu 1935-1939, which began airing on 3 April 2016. The...
View ArticleThe Hôtel d’Orrouer. Chez Givenchy ...
THE EPITOME OF ELEGANCEOne of the greatest couturiers of the 20th century, Hubert de Givenchy resides in Paris in an elegant hôtel particulier, built for a marquise in 1731. He talks to Apollo about...
View ArticleWOMEN IN DIORSPRING-SUMMER EXHIBITION Christian Dior Museum, Granville. From...
The House of Dior was established on 16 December 1946, in "a private house" at 30 Avenue Montaigne Paris B. However, the current Dior corporation celebrates "1947" as the opening year. Dior was...
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