The Cuban leader Fidel Castro, a revolutionary Che Gevara, politicians Winston Churchill and Bill Clinton, writers Somerset Maugham and Mark Twain, the actor and the political figure Arnold Schwarzenegger – these names are well-known and these figures are best known to the world for their political, social, literary and other achievements. Moreover, the abovementioned people highly esteem cigar smoking and, thus, they come as people who own the greatest number of tools and accessories so requisite for this leisurely process and among others there are cigar lighters.
In the light of a variety and availability of glass items, glass ware is still appreciated by plenty people, especially when it comes to cut glass. The cut glass produces a long, lingering and musical tune when you put your finger at the cut-glass edge. So, in Japan the craftsmen make unique musical instruments. A crystal violin, completely transparent, is estimated for fifty thousand USD. Crystal glass tableware is not so much expensive though it is able to produce the charming, unique and so brittle music providing it is properly cared.
Wealthy persons are mostly known for their fortune only. However, despite they make billions, these people possess some personal features that attract people when estimating them. While Warren shovels up money, he has to do with quite conflicting image he created: he is known to be the proved miser and at the same time he privately donates huge amounts for charity purposes.
The history
of the wedding ensemble dates back many years on the one part, but on the other
part, the dress we consider as wedding dress, appeared quite some time ago. Up to
the particular moment there was no specific wedding gown and a young girl would
wear her best clothing to show and underline age and gentle hood of their
family. In ancient Greece brides used to wear beautiful and elegant dresses,
embracing the figure with peplos, long square of cloth. And the bride's dress was
decorated with two clasps to make her stand out the crowd. The richer was the
family of the bride, the more elegant and precious were clasps. The head of the
girl was covered by a yellow cloth to symbolize a sun joy, happiness and
virginity.
In ancient
times the Roman ladies wore more conservative clothing that was draping the
figure with the right and smooth plaits as curves of Juno clothes, of the God
of marriage and maternity. The Roman women would cover their heads with the red
square of cloth to look languorous and pale against it like marble statues.
In ancient Russia
people also loved red color that symbolized joy, sun and beauty, therefore the
wedding ensemble consisted of a red color sundress and ribbons braided into
hair. After the wedding the plaits of a young wife were undone and shaped round
the head, which was the sign that she was a married woman.
First wedding
ensemble to wear only for this event dates back to XV century. That time a
wedding dress of a young woman was ordered together with the dowry of the bride
and made her ‘slightly pregnant'. The Gothic styled wedding dress has a ‘must' girdle,
high waist-line, triangle cut and long sleeves. When pregnancy was in fashion
ladies would put as special pad under the dress that simulated «false pregnancy»
of the bride. Though the color gamut of the dress could be different, and in most
cases ladies chose the highest possible motley dresses that meant only that the
richer is the bride's family the more dying agents the bride could use in her dress.
The principal difference of the Gothic bride was not only the luxury of the
wedding ensemble but also a special headwear «annen» that was like a tower of
one meter height.
At the end of
the XV century France practiced arranging «white dancing parties» with
single-color clothing to become fashionable that time. In baroque epoch wedding
dresses of yellow and green colors were in fashion, and to make a puffy bride
look like a smelling rose, the dresses were decorated with laces that are used
in wedding gowns till up to date. In the early XVII the color of wedding dresses
shifted to more romantic pink and coral gowns; and the dresses were trimmed
with laces and luxuriant collar freza, so-called band-collar or plicate collar.
By that time the fashion favored to Medici collars and wedding ensembles were
after golden embroidered.
In XVIII century
the wedding ensembles were made in delicate blue, light-pink and green shades,
and the rococo epoch introduced pearls and silver shades. In the rococo epoch the
bride looked like a delicate flowerbed when her puffed skirt was supported by a
special structure that underlined the shape of the curves of her broad sides
parallel to the floor, and narrow girdle lifted high breasts and the entire
dress was decorated with flowery garlands and bows.
Light but
not yet white dresses came into vogue in the epoch of neoclassicism, when
people were greatly involved in digging antique statues that became trend
setters. In the meantime, in Europe the fashion dictated drapery of a body with
silk and brides of that time reminded ancient Roman women. At the end of 1790
under the influence of Ancient Rome and Greece white dresses won more
popularity. They say that the first wedding dress was the one tailored for the
wedding ceremony of the Princess Mura at the French court. The dress had a high
waist line and was flowing down a slim figure. Ruches and girdle were back to the
wedding vogue only in XIX century and that time a symbol of a bride appeared -
a special set of orange flowers «flair d' orange'. In the end of the century beautiful
wide dresses of cryoline, yet it was the return of baroque and rococo ruche and
laces. Is spite of experiments with mini skirts, trousers and vivid colors in
the XX century, nowadays brides often choose classic white puffy dress with
laces and ruche for their wedding event.
Lingerie for women was just the plain underwear until the 20th century when it became the mean self-expression, as the subject of esthetic admiration. A piece of lingerie seen in between the women wear looked quite shocking to be shame and no one thought of designing luxury items based on lingerie, leaving alone works of art. Today every woman dreams of having a pair, or even more, of luxury and high quality lingerie to associate with sexuality, sensibility and attraction with male.
Today the knitwear is presented in so many styles and
it is so popular that no single autumn and spring collections can do without
hosiery. Knit
women's coats are offered in classic, sporty, romantic, vintage, casual and
ethnic styles. The demand for knit coats
grows in line with the more increasing range of color and texture of woolen
yarn as merino wool, angora, alpaca, Kashmir. Globally known brands launch knit
coats for women in their latest collections and most celebrities today appear
wearing knitwear for many occasions and that's hard to picture that some time
back it was something different.
First established in 1980, the brand by Carolina Herrera is one of the well-known fashion brands; collections by Carolina Herrera make a conquest for the public love and demand due to elegance and delicacy of the fashion wear models. The collections were successful, though Carolina Herrera opened its perfume line first in 1988 presenting Carolina Herrera for Women. Carolina Herrera 212 is known to be the bestseller first launched in 1997, and today this fragrance takes its niche among the most recognized perfumes of the world.
First established in 1860, Chopard is one of the reputed watch and jewelry houses producing incredibly beautiful, fascinating jewelry items and watches of dream. The house also launched a number of celebrated fragrances as Casmir, Wish, Madness and Infiniment. Despite the long and solid history of the brand, it appeared only recently in the market of fragrances with the first fragrance Chopard launched only in 1992. Six years later, in 1996, the Chopard House presented its Mira-Bai, the fragrance which is still in favor among women keen on oriental scents. Mira-Bai shows no intentions to compete with such a fashion-setter in the sphere of oriental compositions as Guerlain Shalimar, though the fragrance by Chopard takes its niche among the classic perfumes in the market of oriental perfume.
