No such thing as new styles in 14th 15th century fashion
Smithsonian report notes that what are called new styles for 1415 were known in ancient The analysis by Pierre Clerget shows frescoes from Knossos 1400 years before our era depict leg of mutton sleeves and flounced skirts. The piece traces fashion cycles through monarchs modistes and economic effects to modern dress.
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Pierre Clerget
High School of Commerce
Lyons
France
Smithsonian
B.C
Evans
M. Clerget
Knossos
Crete
Atrles
Francis
Henry
Louis Phillippe
Duke of
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Spain
Victor Huge
Tagnant
Academy
Asaya
Rose to the Occasion and Odd Anecdotes Gathered
A fragmentary column quotes Attorney Thomas Brinsmade dismissing a controversy as a good story while recounting a noisy yard scene about a pie and rubbish. It blends stray lines from local chatter and a few earlier jokes, including a Jaytown trip and a circus anecdote about an armless pianist.
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Brinsmade
Johns
Moroni
Marie Tom Dent
The Victoria Cross and Royal Honors Debate
A London Mirror excerpt recalls Queen Victoria’s wish to distinguish Victoria Cross recipients with postnominal marks, debating VOC or KG as options, and noting other honors like Companion of the Bath. The piece contrasts ceremony with identity, while a second note surveys animal speed, citing horses, dogs, giraffes, and elephants, before a golf duffer anecdote.
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Victoria
V. C. Wen
Lord Panmnre
VOC
K.G Menna
Knight of the Garter
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Bath
Sheirer
London Mirror
Louis Globe-Democrat
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