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“Four-Leaf Clover” by Charles James
1953
Evening dress of white satin and faille with black velvet appliqué. The bodice is strapless and the skirt is very full. The gown is constructed from thirty pattern pieces. The exterior of the bodice is made of cream satin, with cotton flannel, a satin lining, and boning. The exterior of the skirt is made of cream satin and black velvet, with nylon mesh support and a taffeta slip. The large lobes projecting from the skirt are supported by boning.
While James’s inspiration for this dress was likely the 1860s silhouette supported by a cage crinoline, its construction is far more complex than that of its predecessor, which was made of concentric steel wires connected by linen tapes. This gown was constructed using two separate understructures of boning and stiff interfacings to give it shape and balance. The fifteen-pound skirt was engineered to rest comfortably on the hips and, unlike the cage crinoline, to create a graceful glide rather than a back-and-forth sway. With artistic bravado, James heightened the visual drama by separating the luminosity of ivory satin and the muted reflectivity of ivory faille in the upper and lower sections with a curvaceous black velvet band, which further defines the serpentine effect of the four-lobed skirt.
The original version was made for Austine Hearst to wear to the Eisenhower Inaugural Ball in January 1953, but it was not completed in time. She was, however, able to wear it to the Coronation Ball in London in June.
The Four-Leaf Clover dress is the most iconic of James’s gowns, and its construction is among the most complicated of all his dresses.
The Charles James holdings include an extraordinary collection of sewn muslins and flat patterns that represent James’s design process from the original concept to the finished garment. At his behest, three of his most devoted clients—Millicent Huttleston Rogers, Mrs. John (Dominique) de Menil, and Mrs. William Randolph (Austine) Hearst Jr.—along with several others, donated this supporting material together with the actual garments. In some cases, the garments are accompanied by materials representing all of James’s design phases: two flat patterns (paper and muslin) and two sewn muslins (half and full).
In a letter of 1971, James said: “This design represents the ‘bringing’ together of many parts from which a whole series of designs had been made… It seemed to me to be somewhat of a thesis and as such has been programmed as the last design I intend to make.”
Sources: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Victoria and Albert Museum
“Four-Leaf Clover” by Charles James
1953
Evening dress of white satin and faille with black velvet appliqué. The bodice is strapless and the skirt is very full. The gown is constructed from thirty pattern pieces. The exterior of the bodice is made of cream satin, with cotton flannel, a satin lining, and boning. The exterior of the skirt is made of cream satin and black velvet, with nylon mesh support and a taffeta slip. The large lobes projecting from the skirt are supported by boning.
While James’s inspiration for this dress was likely the 1860s silhouette supported by a cage crinoline, its construction is far more complex than that of its predecessor, which was made of concentric steel wires connected by linen tapes. This gown was constructed using two separate understructures of boning and stiff interfacings to give it shape and balance. The fifteen-pound skirt was engineered to rest comfortably on the hips and, unlike the cage crinoline, to create a graceful glide rather than a back-and-forth sway. With artistic bravado, James heightened the visual drama by separating the luminosity of ivory satin and the muted reflectivity of ivory faille in the upper and lower sections with a curvaceous black velvet band, which further defines the serpentine effect of the four-lobed skirt.
The original version was made for Austine Hearst to wear to the Eisenhower Inaugural Ball in January 1953, but it was not completed in time. She was, however, able to wear it to the Coronation Ball in London in June.
The Four-Leaf Clover dress is the most iconic of James’s gowns, and its construction is among the most complicated of all his dresses.
The Charles James holdings include an extraordinary collection of sewn muslins and flat patterns that represent James’s design process from the original concept to the finished garment. At his behest, three of his most devoted clients—Millicent Huttleston Rogers, Mrs. John (Dominique) de Menil, and Mrs. William Randolph (Austine) Hearst Jr.—along with several others, donated this supporting material together with the actual garments. In some cases, the garments are accompanied by materials representing all of James’s design phases: two flat patterns (paper and muslin) and two sewn muslins (half and full).
In a letter of 1971, James said: “This design represents the ‘bringing’ together of many parts from which a whole series of designs had been made… It seemed to me to be somewhat of a thesis and as such has been programmed as the last design I intend to make.”
Sources: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Victoria and Albert Museum
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Вышел второй сезон сериала «Ludwig“.
Очередной детективный сериал про кембриджскую полицию и стесняющихся интровертов/социофобов/любителей логических загадок. Сериал очень-очень милый, у него на удивление очень высокий рейтинг и тот самый случай, когда чем дальше, тем лучше. И юмор хороший. Рекомендую. Моему сердцу особенно дорог момент, когда наш герой-математик рассказывает, почему он ненавидит метафоры :-)
Очередной детективный сериал про кембриджскую полицию и стесняющихся интровертов/социофобов/любителей логических загадок. Сериал очень-очень милый, у него на удивление очень высокий рейтинг и тот самый случай, когда чем дальше, тем лучше. И юмор хороший. Рекомендую. Моему сердцу особенно дорог момент, когда наш герой-математик рассказывает, почему он ненавидит метафоры :-)
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Ну кто бы мог представить, что Ватсон играл на кларнете! 😊
Начинаем смотреть! Покажу вам после киноклуба его cv 😊
#sherlocked
Начинаем смотреть! Покажу вам после киноклуба его cv 😊
#sherlocked
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Гарри и Меган возвращаются в Великобританию, жить будут где? в Котсуолд 🙂 Ох, и взлетят там цены...
Такое ощущение, что Rivals посмотрели вообще все 🙂
Дети - и Арчи, и Лилибет - пойдут в школу на следующей неделе - ужасно интересно, в какую 🙂
Sip the gossip?
Кадр как раз из сериала Rivals, знаменующий радушную встречу как раз в Котсуолде
Такое ощущение, что Rivals посмотрели вообще все 🙂
Дети - и Арчи, и Лилибет - пойдут в школу на следующей неделе - ужасно интересно, в какую 🙂
Sip the gossip?
Кадр как раз из сериала Rivals, знаменующий радушную встречу как раз в Котсуолде
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Напоминаю, что сегодня вечером на Медленном Шерлоке смотрим дальше серию The blind banker
#sherlocked
#sherlocked
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При раскопках римской виллы найдены мозаики с изображением собаки и кота. И даже имена знаем - Изумруд и Океан!
1,800-Year-Old Roman Villa Mosaic Discovered in Türkiye Preserves the Names of a Cat and Dog
The cat appears with a name interpreted as meaning “Emerald,” while the dog was called “Okyanos,” or Ocean. They share the richly decorated house with images of birds, fish, Medusa, a pygmy figure, and a winged horse that appears to echo a symbol used on Adramytteion’s coins centuries earlier.
1,800-Year-Old Roman Villa Mosaic Discovered in Türkiye Preserves the Names of a Cat and Dog
The cat appears with a name interpreted as meaning “Emerald,” while the dog was called “Okyanos,” or Ocean. They share the richly decorated house with images of birds, fish, Medusa, a pygmy figure, and a winged horse that appears to echo a symbol used on Adramytteion’s coins centuries earlier.
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Держите утреннюю целебную порцию Винни Пуха:
But his arms were so stiff from holding on to the string of the balloon all that time that they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think—but I am not sure—that that is why he was always called Pooh.
"Is that the end of the story?" asked Christopher Robin.
"That's the end of that one. There are others."
"About Pooh and Me?"
"And Piglet and Rabbit and all of you. Don't you remember?"
"I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget."
"That day when Pooh and Piglet tried to catch the Heffalump——"
"They didn't catch it, did they?"
"No."
"Pooh couldn't, because he hasn't any brain. Did I catch it?"
"Well, that comes into the story."
Christopher Robin nodded.
"I do remember," he said, "only Pooh doesn't very well, so that's why he likes having it told to him again. Because then it's a real story and not just a remembering."
"That's just how I feel," I said.
#pooh
But his arms were so stiff from holding on to the string of the balloon all that time that they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think—but I am not sure—that that is why he was always called Pooh.
"Is that the end of the story?" asked Christopher Robin.
"That's the end of that one. There are others."
"About Pooh and Me?"
"And Piglet and Rabbit and all of you. Don't you remember?"
"I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget."
"That day when Pooh and Piglet tried to catch the Heffalump——"
"They didn't catch it, did they?"
"No."
"Pooh couldn't, because he hasn't any brain. Did I catch it?"
"Well, that comes into the story."
Christopher Robin nodded.
"I do remember," he said, "only Pooh doesn't very well, so that's why he likes having it told to him again. Because then it's a real story and not just a remembering."
"That's just how I feel," I said.
#pooh
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