Couture beginnings The first designer who was not merely a dressmaker was Charles Frederick Worth (1826–1895). Before the former draper set up his maison couture fashion house in Paris‚ clothing design and creation was handled by largely anonymous people‚ and high fashion descended from style worn at royal courts. Worth’s success was such that he was able to dictate to his customers what they should wear‚ instead of following their lead as earlier dressmakers had done. The term couturier was in
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THE STORY OF MY LIFE CHAPTER I It is with a kind of fear that I begin to write the history of my life. I have‚ as it were‚ a superstitious hesitation in lifting the veil that clings about my childhood like a golden mist. The task of writing an autobiography is a difficult one. When I try to classify my earliest impressions‚ I find that fact and fancy look alike across the years that link the past with the present. The woman paints the child’s experiences in her own fantasy. A few impressions stand
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Tess of the D’Urbervilles Quotes Tess of the D’UrbervillesbyThomas Hardy 62‚218 ratings‚ 3.62 average rating‚ 3‚301 reviews Tess of the D’Urbervilles Quotes (showing 1-50 of 88) “A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength‚ she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.” ― Thomas Hardy‚ Tess of the D’Urbervilles tags: strength‚ woman “Did you say the stars were worlds‚ Tess?" "Yes." "All like ours?" "I don’t know‚ but I think so. They sometimes seem to
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------------------------------------------------- English literature From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia William Shakespeare English literature is the literature written in the English language‚ including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; for example‚ Robert Burns was Scottish‚ James Joyce was Irish‚ Joseph Conrad was Polish‚ Dylan Thomas was Welsh‚ Thomas Pynchon is American‚ V.S. Naipaul was born in Trinidad‚ and Vladimir Nabokov was Russian‚ but all
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INTRODUCTION Education in Malaysia is overseen by two government ministries: the Ministry of Education for matters up to the secondary level‚ and the Ministry of Higher Education for tertiary education. Although education is the responsibility of the federal government‚ each state has an Education Department to help coordinate educational matters in their respective states. The main legislation governing education is the Education Act of 1996. Education may be obtained from government-sponsored
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MINISTRY OF HIGHER AND SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN Uzbek State World Languages University Theory and practice of translation faculty Theory and practice of translation/interpretation department [pic] In Lexicology On the topic: Shortening of words and their features Done by: Kudratova L. Group 309 Checked by: Muminov O. M Tashkent 2013 CONTENTS I. Introduction. 1.1. Common characteristics of the course paper 2.1. General definition
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Theatre probably arose as a performance of ritual activities that did not require initiation on the part of the spectator. This similarity of early theatre to ritual is negatively attested by Aristotle‚ who in his Poetics defined theatre in contrast to the performances of sacred mysteries: theatre did not require the spectator to fast‚ drink the kykeon‚ or march in a procession; however theatre did resemble the sacred mysteries in the sense that it brought purification and healing to the spectator
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Marilyn Monroe | mid-1950s | Born | Norma Jeane Mortenson June 1‚ 1926 Los Angeles‚ California‚ United States | Died | August 5‚ 1962 (aged 36) Brentwood‚ Los Angeles‚ California‚ United States | Cause of death | Barbiturate overdose | Resting place | Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery‚ Westwood‚ Los Angeles | Nationality | American | Other names | Norma Jeane Baker Norma Jeane Dougherty Norma Jeane DiMaggio Marilyn Monroe Miller | Occupation | Actress‚ model‚ singer
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THEATER FROM RESTORATION THROUGH ROMANTICISM The drama of the English Restoration combined aspects of English and continental Renaissance theater‚ both in playwriting and in theater architecture. French influence was also felt with the introduction of neoclassical ideals into serious English drama. By the eighteenth century‚ there was an attempt to break away from the Italianate traditions. Theater shapes changed‚ and playwrights abandoned the neoclassical ideals in favor of romanticism. As the
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Wuthering Heights In A Nutshell Published in 1847‚ Wuthering Heights was the only novel Emily Brontë published‚ and she died the year after it came out. It is the story of Heathcliff‚ a dark outsider who falls in love with the feisty Catherine and rages and revenges against every obstacle that prevents him from being with her. Wuthering Heights is violent even by today’s standards and is not only full of references to demons‚ imps of Satan‚ and ghouls‚ but also depicts some pretty disturbing scenes
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