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The Glove is an ancient garment and an accessory with a long history. It is believed that already in Homer’s The Odyssey there might be references to their predominantly practical uses, as a way to protect the hands against the cold and thorns and other manual labour. For the Egyptians …

The Black beret, considered to be the revolutionary headgear par excellence, has certainly deserved a place in wardrobes of the symbols of the 1900’s. Usually made from wool or felt cloth, brimless and without a peak, this famous beret was used for the first time by the farm workers in …

Apparently a very simple garment, the vest calls to mind countless symbolic meanings, almost as having multiple personalities, depending on the cultural and historical contexts. Virtus and Voluptas: it covers yet it emphasizes. Despite representing two such contrasting ideas, the vest manages to resolve this conflict in the awareness of …

D’Aurevilly focuses on Brummel, pointing out that he loved provoking astonishment rather than pleasure and that impertinence must ally itself with grace: Without Impertinance, Grace would resemble a silly blonde. Without Grace, Impertinence would be olive-skinned and too promiscuous.

The advent of the sewing machine was a true revolution. Attributed to Isaac Merritt Singer, it received a patent in the United States in 1851. It can be said for Singer that he was a very innovative man and a very eccentric man, that he was three times married with …