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.
It appeared
that Victoria's
Secret Brand so adored and fascinated by millions of ladies all over the world,
was created by a man. Some time back one Mr. Raymond conceived the idea to make
his wife happy presenting the luxurious lingerie. When he came up to the women's
wear store, he got upset, lost and escaped from there. Though, some time later he
thought on really elegant clothes and in 1977 he opened his own store of
lingerie.
In case if
the present age group cannot remember what the hoop skirts are, it is women's
undergarment worn in various periods to hold the skirt extended into a
fashionable shape. They were «a must have» for any woman of previous centuries.
As well as mini skirts found in the wardrobe of any young girl of our days. This
is the real and striking shift of vogue, though the trends look similar. People
tend to comfort, less fabric and more naked body. And beach wear proves this tendency
as the most outright fashion today.
The Second World
War swept off not only millions of lives and national boundaries but the length
of the skirt as well. And if the former was a tragedy, the latter became a true
blessing. One should think - famine and wasteland, deprivation, people could
hardly survive... But when did women relinquish their love for the fashion? And could
any war totally eradicate fashion trends? Throughout the human history, it
never happened. And Coco Chanel, anticipating the wind of change and sensitive
to the slightest variation of style and fashion, in 1926 designed a true masterpiece
- a little black dress, a token of mourning upon the passed long skirts and intricate
attire cuts, and at the same time - a salute to the new lifestyle.
The name «brocade»
comes from the Italian broccato which means «embossed cloth». There is a legend
about an Emperor who fell in love with a poor common girl. The girl was purposeful
and she demanded that the Emperor learned some handiwork and the Emperor
learned weaving to win the heart of the beauty. He gained skills in weaving
royal brocade. In the nearest future the skill of him saved his life.
When Napoleon Bonaparte became Emperor in 1804, he indented to make France the leader and trendsetter of fashion and innovator of design and craft skills. Within the French Revolution period, the French textile industry did not develop to the extent as that in England, for example. Thus, Napoleon banned to import English textile and made all attempts to revive Valenciennes lace industry.
He made the curious policy in fashion when with the commercial and business reasons he set the trend to wear a dress for one event and change it for another. The fashion forced women purchase more fabric.
Regency fashion really touched the heart of the people. That was the epoch of romance and sensitiveness.
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 1947 the
famous Dior House brings the title of the «Fashion City» to the post-war Paris
when he launched a new collection of women wear that completely turned upside
down the comprehension and ideology of fashionmongers of the 50s. After the
show the society comprehended a woman in a new light. A great couturier saw sensitive
and delicate beauties dressed in carefully selected luxury attire instead of a
woman restricted and tired of war burdens. And this style was called New Look.
Japan, three
thousand years ago: hot summer time, the sun is burning unmercifully, no hint
for wind... such a torrid heat in the park of the Emperor Palace that it's hard
to breathe. All got stiff in drowsy state, and only the cool fountain water
tries to slightly cheer up Von Vank, a young Empress. And the scene is quite
ordinary. On refreshing, Von Vank fans herself with a big green leave. A smile
of relief on her face appeared and she herself enjoyed her idea. The idea was small
in size but brilliant; yet, it was fated to go a long way in the history of
customs and traditions. Thus, a fan was invented in accordance with the
Japanese legend, at least.
We have
seen evidence of umbrellas in the ancient art and artifacts of Egypt and China so
we assume that these are the historical motherlands of umbrella where they were
privileges of kings and lords like fans mostly. This invention dated the XI century
AC. Primarily the umbrellas were designed to protect exclusively from the sun. And
the average umbrella weight more than 2 kg (!), and the handle was about 1,5 m length.
First
gloves were found in Egyptian pyramids. Primarily the gloves were available in
the shape of bags, without finger holes and only in a while something like
mittens was created. Egyptian women protected their hands during work and meals.
The history
of handkerchiefs, however, dates back thousands of years. The actors in the Ancient
Rome in the II century AD. used white handkerchiefs playing comedies and satyrs.
And the audience in the tribunes used to wave the handkerchiefs during games.
Costumes are
assigned to emphasize plasticity of the man body; they have become more
elegant. And the costume of the Romanic period that rather reminded a monk's
outfit (rough and not tailored cloth) is successfully replaced by a perfect costume
tailored by all canons of the tailoring art.
In the early twentieth century a business suit
became a recognized feature of a lady in a men's world. Those daring women were
laughed at and often they appeared to be the reason for social outrages.
Despite all these difficulties the women faced a new fashion was created. This
new fashion was a fashion of a business woman.
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.
