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What is Haute Couture?

Uncovering the business of high fashion by David Johnson Related Links Timeline: Modern FashionBusiness MarketingEvolution of AdvertisingHistory of CostumeAll About TextilesExternal Links French…

Towns with Women's Names

Girls Across America by Holly Hartman From Tracy, California, to Chelsea, Vermont, the map of the United States is dotted with girls' names. Here are a few. Allison, Iowa Amy,…

Brewer's: Duke of Exeter's Daughter

(The). A rack in the Tower of London, so called from a minister of Henry VI., who sought to introduce it into England. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Duke…

Brewer's: Duke Street

(Strand), so named from George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Duke and DuchessDuke Humphrey A B C D E F G H I J K L…

Luxembourg, grand duchy, W Europe

(Encyclopedia) CE5 LuxembourgLuxembourglŭkˈsəmbûrg, Fr. lüksäNb&oomacr;rˈ [key] or LuxemburgLuxemburglŭkˈsəmbûrg, Ger. l&oobreve;kˈsəmb&oobreve;rkh [key], officially Grand Duchy of…

Brewer's: Lothair

A novel by Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield). The characters are supposed to represent the following persons- The Oxford Professor, Goldwin Smith. Grandison, Cardinal Manning and…

Brewer's: White Widow

The Duchess of Tyrconnel, wife of Richard Talbot, Lord-deputy of Ireland under James II., created Duke of Tyrconnel a little before the king's…

Brewer's: Duchesne

(2 syl.). Le père Duchésne. Jacques Réné Hébert, chief of the Cordelier Club in the French Revolution, the members of which were called Hébertists. He was called “Father Duchésne,” from…