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and indeed

A young man with a short beard stands turned slightly aside, hands in pockets, wearing a navy double-breasted suit, white shirt and blue tie. The backdrop is grey-beige.

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Portrait of a man in a navy double-breasted suit against a neutral backdrop

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Pierre Casiraghi becomes ambassador for Dior menswear

Pierre Casiraghi has become an ambassador for Dior menswear. Pierre is the younger son of Caroline, Princess of Monaco and Hanover, and the Italian racing driver and businessman Stefano Casiraghi. Pierre's wife Beatrice Borromeo is one of Dior's global ambassadors, while his elder sister Charlotte Casiraghi

Round whitewashed brick building with a red base and two green doors. Between them is a sign reading number 1 and Akademika Komarova Street. Autumn leaves surround it.

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Round brick building with a sign reading Akademika Komarova Street, 1

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Or, as the public prefers to think, Stalin's sewage bunker

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It must be observed that Queen Margrethe II of Denmark wears national dress as no other European monarch can

It must be observed that Queen Margrethe II of Denmark wears national dress as no other European monarch can. Only Elizabeth II in the Balmoral tartan might rival her for the fashionable crown

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The Boy in the Silenus Mask Has Changed a Great Deal in 2,000 Years

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Notes on "The Earliest Destinies of the Slavs" from the Archive of Academician Boris Rybakov

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The idols of France Alain Delon and Édith Piaf backstage at a concert in 1959

The idols of France Alain Delon and Édith Piaf backstage at a concert in 1959. Édith was small, 147 cm tall; Delon was around 180. There were 20 years between them in age. At that moment Alain Delon had not yet played his most iconic roles, while Piaf was already

White painted head with a red band on the forehead, dark brows and eyes, red lips and red dots on the cheeks and chin, on a red stand.

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Painted head from Mycenae, 13th century BC, with red headband and rouge

It seems you have gone to bed in your make-up again. Your ceramic head, Mycenae, 13th century BC.

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literally any classical subject

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