BAS-RELIEF OF A DRAIN – EARLY XII CENTURY – CATHEDRAL, PIACENZA   The grinder, while practicing his humble craft, wears a robe with a belt, socks and boots, testifying to the relative comfort enjoyed by the artisan class.

  BASSORILIEVO DI UNA PILETTA – PRIMA META’ DEL XII SECOLO – CATTEDRALE, PIACENZA   L’arrotino, nell’esercizio del suo modesto mestiere, indossa gonnella con cintura, calze e stivali, testimoniando la relativa agiatezza del ceto artigiano.

  This Karok woman photographed in 1869, perhaps it is Phoebe Maddux, is clearly posing – we can conclude this by the fact that she’s wearing ceremonial aprons and necklaces – however, the photograph shows some baskets all the same.  Her child is sleeping in a crib leaning against a …

  Questa donna Karok ripresa nel 1896, forse Phoebe Maddux, è chiaramente in posa – lo si deduce dal fatto che indossa i grembiuli cerimoniali e le collane– ma la foto mostra ugualmente un certo numero di canestri. Il suo bambino dorme in una culla appoggiata ad un grande canestro …

  Evidently it was here that Elsa Schiaparelli came into close contact with the world of contemporary fashion. In the words of Schiaparelli herself, it appears that her love affair with fashion began after she visited the atelier of Paul Poiret in Faubourg Saint-Honoré with a friend. Poiret, the Great …