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The 'first celebrity chef': How 19th-Century cook Antonin Carême made extraordinary food fit for kings
A new Apple TV+ series explores the life of the so-called "King of Chefs and the Chef of Kings" – shown as a wild enfant ...
‘Father of haute couture’: The man who pioneered fashion as we know it
From sewing labels into garments to using live models, Charles Frederick Worth was a pioneer that shaped the global fashion ...
Paris Exhibition Celebrates the Gilded Age Glamour of the Founder of Haute Couture
Charles Frederick Worth is the subject of a retrospective at the Petit Palais museum, the first of its kind in France.
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This 19th-century London dandy caused a style revolution
The French and American Revolutions ... of elegance in London society during the first decade of the 19th century. Brummell’s fashion mantra urged “the maximum of luxury in the service ...
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Speaker: Ralph Kingston on 19th-Century French Exploration
The title of Kingston's talk is "‘We will never be Humboldt’: Career-Making and Collaboration in Early Nineteenth-Century French Exploration." Dr. Kingston will join us on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, ...
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These Stunning 19th-Century Artworks Reveal the Contradictions of the Modern Woman
a specialist in 19th-century French art who researches theories of time, among other subjects. “It was incredibly hard to organize when to get to the train when every town had a different clock.” ...