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  Blue dye obtained from various plants of the Indigofera genus, from which it is extracted after a process of maceration in water. Tradizionally used in pre-Columbian America and India, it spread from there to China and Japan, and then by means of Jewish merchants and dyers operating in the …

  Federica Brignone Semi-beginner Champion Pushed by the Sun and the Moon Things – historical, geographic and especially current – we Italians are really good at every type of slalom – especially the giant slalom. No one can beat us in the slalom; we are constantly pumping out champions. The …

  The Slit or Coupe neckties are quite rare due to the fact that the central cut requires a long and painstaking workmanship. They are the equivalent of the Pulzellaggio knot neckties in the world of bow ties.

  There is great feasting that night. The captive moon will speak, explaining all mysteries and the meaning behind many things. A sharp contrast with this visionary world populated by fake cities and made-up people; in smaller towns and villages nestled between the hills we find television with its unstoppable …

At the same time, imports of textiles painted in India by the Dutch on cotton, hemp and linen fabrics – known as les indiennes – definitively determined the new fashion. Love of the exotic, and especially “chinoiserie”, continued into the following century, with 18th century Rococo or distilled Baroque, which …