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Fashion of epoch Reformatsii

In XVI century all Europe was captured by a fashion of "cutting dresses» - decorated where only it is possible cuts. For clothes manufacturing then used two kinds of a matter. More rigid fabrics-for an overcoat which gave to a suit the basic style and a silhouette, and silk fabrics of contrast colour - for bottom which was visible through various cuts and outer clothing cuts. […]

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Fashion of an epoch of Louis ХIV

The female fashion of second half XVII century varied more often, than man's, it zakonodatelnitsami there were Louis XIV numerous favourites. However, one general line - aspiration to underline (or skilfully to hide) that part of a female body which at the next favourite was more (less attractive is inherent in ladies' clothes. This natural desire of the ambitious mistress, trying in all accessible ways to prolong the power […]

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Renaissance fashion

Renaissance interest to the person, love to the nature, beauty, thirst of knowledge, opening (characterise Magellan and Columbus's round-the-world travel, opening of America), blossoming of natural sciences, arts, literatures, formation and realism development - a new art method in art. The beauty is considered the same blessing, as health and force. Its basic signs and value in detail understand treatises of the Italian humanists - philosophers […]

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“Reserved luxury” - the Byzantian fashion

In days of Byzantium, with Christianity blossoming, a priority greatness of soul and its domination over a body - a transitory cover has started to be considered. The clothes of that time completely hide a human body from human eyes as if in attempt to prove, that it is unworthy contemplation.
The Byzantian fashion, the successor of a fashion Roman, has kept as antique outer clothing - a toga, pallium, penulu etc., […]

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Hairdress history

All history of hairdresser's business has begun with that moment, when it wanted to person to decorate the shape to be allocated. The primitive person has looked in the river, has seen the reflexion and has thought, that it kosmy, intercepted by a leopard skin, will look much more interesting, than simply dangling without anything. “And why also is not present?” - the ancient person has thought and has started to embody on […]

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About what speak rings?

In olden time rings and rings were considered not simply as ornaments, and talismans, magic attributes. Not without reason one of the most important sacraments in a life of each person - a marriage - is connected with an exchange of rings. Great mystics and alchemists believed, that each finger of a hand symbolises certain qualities, therefore a ring, on this finger put on, is capable to strengthen considerably given […]

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Tattoos from henna

Sources natelnoj painting — in the remote past. Ornaments decorated for a long time a body of the person.
Today this ancient art was born anew and gradually finds itself not only on podiums, but also in streets. Actually — what for to put on a chain, a bracelet or a belt if they can be drawn? First, it is very convenient — will not be lost. Secondly, nobody […]

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Tattoo history

The word a tattoo, tatu, tattoo, tatoo or tatu began to be used in Europe after travel of captain Cook to Tahiti. This word ascends with a Tahiti word tatau and markezanskim ta-tu and it meant "wound", "sign". In translation from English YO «tattoo» - «an indelible word».
The history of tattoos totals more than 6000 years, the earliest tattoos which have reached us - tattoos […]

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Cosmetics history

Whence the custom has gone to decorate itself by means of cosmetic means? Who has the first guessed, what if to bring an eyelid a thin strip of a black paint, it will make an eye much more expressively and more attractively? Scientists have opened, that for the first time the cosmetics has appeared in Ancient Egypt more 4000 years ago. In tombs of ancient burial places vessels with ointments, the various aromas containing an incense, mirru, […] are found out

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Air tenderness of silk …

More than three thousand years China stored secret of this surprising material, and any attempt to take out cocoons of a silkworm from the country was punished by a death penalty. Under the legend, only in 550 year of our era two vagrant monks in the staffs have hollowed small apertures where have hidden larvae of a silkworm. So silk has got to Byzantium.
In India silk has appeared thanking […]

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