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20th Century 

The Roaring Twenties Fashions: A 5-Minute Guide

May 16, 2017May 18, 2017 David James Dresses, Fashion, hats, shoes

Dubbed the “Roaring Twenties” in Britain and America, the “Années folles” (Crazy Years) in France, and the “Golden Twenties” in

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The Georgian Era 

The Colorful Shoes of the 18th Century

July 9, 2016July 29, 2017 David James 18th-century, Fashion, shoes

Adorned with decadent decorative arts and steeped in affectation, it’s no surprise that the French Court led European preference for elaborate clothing

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  • Jane Austen's favorite: Mansfield Park
  • Sense and Sensibility with Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, and Alan Rickman
  • Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady
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  • Jane Austen's Persuasion
  • Downton Abbey
  • Matthew Macfadyen as Mr Darcy
  • The Execution of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plotters – Hanged, Drawn and Quartered
  • Following in the footsteps of Sissi at the Hungarian Opera in 1885
  • Edwardian Dreams by Charles Courtney Curran

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