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Eighteenth-century footwear combining silk and leather in its trim
Silk loafers with leather inserts, or leather sandals overlaid with silk appliqué? Eighteenth-century fashion, do stop
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If the child of Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen marries the child of Jaime and Cersei Lannister, the result will be Charles II of Habsburg
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Remember how Maria Zakharova, in her interview with Tatler, gushed and simpered about her dolls' house?
Remember how Maria Zakharova, in her interview with Tatler, gushed and simpered about her dolls' house? Such vulgarity... A Victorian funeral parlour for dolls is another matter entirely. Now that is a hobby!
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The portraits of Napoleon's younger sister, Caroline Murat, Queen of Naples, recall today's Instagram divas: the same expression and the same angle everywhere, only the frocks and parures change
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Dior Fertiliser: Pure Gold!
Dior Fertiliser: pure gold! An advertisement for the struggling chemical fertiliser business owned by Christian Dior's father. Who would have guessed that phosphates would one day yield so outstanding a designer?
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thanks to Vogue for the good pictures from the Dolce & Gabbana show; below: nineteenth-century fish earrings, a Schiaparelli brooch and the Dolce & Gabbana lobsters in real life
thanks to Vogue for the good pictures from the Dolce & Gabbana show; below: nineteenth-century fish earrings, a Schiaparelli brooch and the Dolce & Gabbana lobsters in real life. Polyvore, forgive me!
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Slightly off topic, but today I came across gold earrings of 1870 with fish in aquariums, and it reminded me of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2017 ready-to-wear collection
Slightly off topic, but today I came across gold earrings of 1870 with fish in aquariums, and it reminded me of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2017 ready-to-wear collection. That collection, too, had fishy motifs, as well as some very striking lobster earrings, which I saw yesterday on
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Not only is "Aida" a family drama, but it is set in Ancient Egypt, and its scenario, however modest at just 4 pages, was written by the Egyptologist Mariette Bey
Not only is "Aida" a family drama, but it is set in Ancient Egypt, and its scenario, however modest at just 4 pages, was written by the Egyptologist Mariette Bey. Verdi had to labour over it, because there was little material to begin with: Mariette simply read the
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How did Benedict Cumberbatch end up related to Sirius Black and Draco Malfoy?
How did Benedict Cumberbatch end up related to Sirius Black and Draco Malfoy? Judging by the fact that many names on the Black family tree do not match the source, this is a joke by the set designer
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Britney Spears in Tel Aviv Tonight
Tonight Britney Spears is giving a concert in Tel Aviv. In her honour I have dug up a mention of a Spears from 1945, in a notice about the arrival in Israel of Sir Edward Spears, who was a prime minister and an ambassador in Syria and Lebanon
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A Humble Septon from the Riverlands Makes a Career in the Order of Malta
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A map of London on a kid glove, so that fashionable ladies might easily find their way home
A map of London on a leather glove, so that fashionable ladies might easily find their way home. 1851. These days maps could be printed for them on condoms, for instance