Snapshots of the moments defining the A/W15 menswear season
“Flowers” (detail) by Etienne Adolphe Piot (1850-1910).
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A backstage look at Pat McGrath's macabre creations for Riccardo Tisci's voodoo-inspired collection
Did you know that colors can make us feel better and can even help us in the healing process? Color therapy, also known as chromotherapy, is an alternative medicine method and it uses the light in the form of colors to balance the energy lacking from a person's body, whether…
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As November is the month for giving thanks this year at our house we created a Thankful Tree . The idea is to write notes of thankfulness a...
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Chéri Hérouard (1881-1961) was an artist best known for his illustrative work for French magazines like the Catholic girls’ journal La Semaine de Suzette and the gentlemen’s’ weekly La Vie Parisienne for which he supplied the cover art for over forty years. His eye-catching illustrations were highly popular and reflected the noteworthy changes in art from Art Nouveau through Art Deco to pioneering the more modern graphic art/comic book style of the 1940s and 1950s. La Vie Parisienne was the magazine best associated with Hérouard’s artwork. This society weekly featured risque erotica alongside stories and features on art, theater, film, literature, and fashion. It was kind of like Esquire magazine or a classier Playboy without the naked flesh. Hérouard was born Chéri-Louis-Marie-Aime Haumé into a reasonably well-to-do family that lived in the fortified city of Rocroi in the Ardennes district of France. His father died from a freak riding accident just days before his birth. His mother remarried into the Hérouard family—from whom Chéri took his surname. His mother and stepfather thought Chéri was best suited for a career in the military—but their son had a...
Légendes, croyances, superstitions. Mystère du manuscrit de Voynich. Sens caché, dessins mystérieux, texte indéchiffrable. Marci, Kirchner. On ne connaît ni son auteur, ni son origine. Nul cryptographe n'a encore réussi à déchiffrer un seul mot ni d'ailleurs une seule lettre du texte. On ne sait même pas en quelle langue il a été écrit ! Depuis cinq siècles, le manuscrit de Voynich, détenu depuis 1969 par lâUniversité de Yale, garde son secret. Légende régionale, superstition locale. Croyances locales et régionales, croyance de nos régions, légende locale de France, superstition ancienne, cérémonies rituelles, cérémonie rituelle, mythes, mythe, rites, rite ancien, rituels, rituel, astrologie, alchimie, alchimistes, sorcellerie, sorciers, sorcier, sorcières, sorcière, magie, magiciens, magicien, fées, fée, sacrifices, sacrifice, énigmes, énigme, secrets, secret, trésors, trésor, souvenirs, souvenir, chansons, mystères, mystère, prophéties, prophétie, devins, devin, voyance, voyants, prédictions, prédiction, visions, faits, insolites, insolite, étrange. Extraits de journaux, périodiques, revues, bulletins, magazines, ouvrages anciens. Anecdote historique, fait divers, événement insolite, extrait, journal, périodique, revue, bulletin, magazine, ouvrage ancien
“The Dance Track.” Helene Shelda, a young Russian dancer who was inspired by the Hindus in British India, reaped great success in Paris, 1931. Via Vintage Photography and First Time User.
