First published a year after World War II ended, this fictional text was written for a generation of women starved by war rationing of both clothing and makeup.
Carmel Snow (1887 1961), the notorious publishing rival of Vogue editor Edna Woolman Chase, left Vogue in 1932 to become fashion editor, then editor of Harper's Bazaar.
Sir Norman Hartnell (1901-1979) dominated London couture during the inter-war years, gaining international fame as dressmaker to the British royal family.
Bettina Ballard, Paris-based correspondent and later Fashion Editor for US Vogue, was at the centre of the fashion world from the 1930s to the '50s and an intimate of Coco Chanel, Cristobal Balenciaga and Elsa Schiaparelli.
Brought up to enter a learned profession, Henry Melton very successfully overcame his 'aversion to going into trade' and became hatter to the Prince of Wales.
Derided by the traditional fashion establishment for declaring Mick Jagger 'stylish', Janey Ironside's career in the fashion industry was inseparable from her identity.
Readers of The Sunday Times' knew that the fashion journalist Ernestine Carter could spot a winner from a mile away, whether at a Paris couturier or a boutique on Londons Kings Road.
El arte de la ilustración botánica, nacido hace siglos para registrar y conservar el conocimiento sobre el reino vegetal, está resurgiendo en la actualidad con aportaciones artísticas de lo más brillantes.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe - The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus, is an Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlowe, based on German stories about the title character Faust, that was first performed sometime between 1588 and Marlowe's death in 1593.
In this book, learn the basic know-how and techniques for traditional calligraphy through four classic alphabets: Foundational Hand, Italic Hand, Uncial Hand and one form of Gothic Hand.
La Singularidad Radical puede ser el preludio de la respuesta a la pregunta del lugar del hombre en un mundo donde, aunque prolifera el imperio de lo mismo, se esconde también la radicalidad de lo singular.
Desde el vestido imperdible de Elisabeth Hurley hasta la armadura en oro de Lil Nas X en la Gala del Met, y de la portada de Lady Diana en Harper's Bazaar hasta el vestido verde de Jennifer López, Versace refleja pasión, sensualidad y provocación.
