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Браммел, или Красавчик Браммел, – родоначальник дендизма, элегантным костюмам которого завидовали наследник английского престола и лорд Байрон. Именно Браммел первым предложил формулу: хорошо одет тот, чей костюм совершенно незаметен. Это положило начало не только новой моде в одежде, но и новой философии жизни
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увеселительный сад в Лондоне, излюбленное место гулянья, существовал с 1661 по 1859 год
Автор книги - Саманта Джеймс
Growing up in Joliet, Illinois, Samantha James had many childhood aspirations--being a writer was never one of them. When she was ten, she was certain she was destined to be an astronomer. That soon changed (happened a lot during those pre-teen years!) when she decided archaeology was in her future. Detective work was her next goal, thanks to the Trixie Belden mysteries she was reading, and before long, nursing beckoned (courtesy of the Cherry Ames series). In college, she set her sights on teaching history, then briefly entertained the notion of becoming a flight attendant, only to ...