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Henry Poole & Co is a gentleman’s bespoke tailor located at №15 Savile Row in London. The company has remained a family-run business since their establishment in 1806. The key people were: James Poole, Founder, Angus Cundey, Owner , Simon Cundey, Director and Henry Poole. The acknowledged ‘Founders of Savile Row’ and creators of the Dinner Suit in 1860, are originally specializing in military tailoring with particular merit at the time of the Battle of Waterloo.

Micheline Bernardini (born 1927) was the first bikini model being chosen by Louis Réard on July 5th, 1946 at Piscine Molitor in Paris. Since Réard couldn’t find a model who would dare to wear his design, he endet up hiring Bernardini, a former nude dancer at the Casino de Paris.

Micheline Bernardini (born 1927) was the first bikini model being chosen by Louis Réard on July 5th, 1946 at Piscine Molitor in Paris. Since Réard couldn’t find a model who would dare to wear his design, he endet up hiring Bernardini, a former nude dancer at the Casino de Paris.

Jacues Heim (1899 – 1967) was a Parisian fashion designer and manufacturer of women’s furs and couture.

Jacues Heim (1899 – 1967) was a Parisian fashion designer and manufacturer of women’s furs and couture.

Louis Réard (1897 – 1984) was a French automobile engineer who invented the bikini in 1946. Together with Jacques Heim, a fashion designer, they produced the world’s smallest swimmsuit. The swimmsuit was basically a bra top and two inverted triangles of cloth connected by a string. Réard called his creation the bikini, named after the Bikini Atoll, one of a series of islands in the South Pacific, the site of atomic bomb testing.

Louis Réard (1897 – 1984) was a French automobile engineer who invented the bikini in 1946. Together with Jacques Heim, a fashion designer, they produced the world’s smallest swimmsuit. The swimmsuit was basically a bra top and two inverted triangles of cloth connected by a string. Réard called his creation the bikini, named after the Bikini Atoll, one of a series of islands in the South Pacific, the site of atomic bomb testing.

In 1985, Jean Paul Gaultier caused a shock in the fashion’s world by introducing the men-skirt. While outside of Western culture, male clothing already includes skirts and skirt-like garments, like a single sheet of fabric folded and wrapped around the waist, such as the “dhoti” or “lungi” in India, and “sarong” in South and Southeast Asia – the wearing of a men’s skirt is usually seen as typical for females and not males in North America and much of Europe today. Read the rest of this entry »

The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century. It is most often made of woolen cloth in a tartan pattern and now has been adapted as an item of fashionable informal male clothing, returning to its roots as an everyday garment. In the olden days, the kilt was most often worn on formal occasions and sports events.

We all know what a skirt is, don’t we? But what does “Rah Rah” stand for?

Must known fashion term #11: Rah Rah Skirt

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