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Legacy of first modern princess. .. | Scottish Daily Express - newspaper - Read this story on Magzter. com
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (520+ words) As conservation team unveil delicate work to restore wedding dress, author Elisabeth Basford reveals how Mary tore up the royal rule book Princess Mary on her wedding day, February 28, 1922, at Westminster Abbey Diamond tiara and brooch given to Mary by…...
Style, scandal and society intrigue: inside the London Season of 1901, as chronicled by the newly relaunched Tatler
17+ hour, 19+ min ago (261+ words) Frock stars: July cover star Cole Escola follows in the footsteps of Stella Tennant (above, styled by Michael Roberts in October 1989) and graces the cover in the famous bicorn and tails of Tatler's Bystander Man Girl about town: Lady Louisa…...
Rare Sir Edmund Hillary socks to go on display
18+ hour, 49+ min ago (455+ words) A rare piece of New Zealand history will go on display at next month's Fieldays at Mystery Creek. The Norsewear Farm Fleck style socks were worn by Sir Edmund Hillary on various expeditions and have graced posters and magazine covers....
Suppaiman
1+ day, 46+ min ago (87+ words) Japan Today The character of Suppaiman is seen at the American Village in Mihama, Okinawa. Suppaiman is a dried plum candy. Japan eyes cyber patrols for tips on overstayers, illegal work Abe resigns as Giants manager after arrest over alleged…...
Researchers Recreate the Dazzling Fashion of Ancient Nubia
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (836+ words) Clothes were never just really clothes for the ruling class. In the sixth century, Nubia became one of Africa's major early Christian regions. But its conversion was more a political project than a grassroots belief movement. The Christian Byzantine court…...
15 Once-Luxurious Things We Now Take for Granted
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (183+ words) Here are 15 once-luxurious things that are now taken for granted and how they transformed from elite status symbols into everyday necessities. These iconic superyachts built for luxury and power showcase how the ultra-wealthy transformed private travel into floating palaces packed…...
Dressed to oppress: Purple and other colors that ruled and divided ancient Rome
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1449+ words) The Greeks viewed color through a poetic lens tied to nature and myth, but under the Romans it transformed into a language of status, power, piety and self-promotion When it comes to color, few understood its magic better than Ovid....
Sequins and spinifex
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (653+ words) A celebration of how alien yet relatable so many of the creatures that live among us can be. Glimpse worlds beyond our own with AG's esteemed space expert and living legend, Fred Watson. Be surprised and illuminated by Dr Karl,…...
A beauty pageant without a record: The 1925 Mission Beach photo time forgot
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (232+ words) Contestants stand on the sand in early 20th-century attire, with the Pacific Ocean stretching behind them under an open sky. The image preserves a moment when the shoreline was far more open and sparsely developed than it is today. At…...
Queen Victoria's nightdress on display at Littlehampton Museum
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (283+ words) A night dress warn by Queen Victoria is set to go on display as part of an exhibition about a Sussex town during the 19th century. The dress, donated by a Littlehampton woman whose grandmother was an embroiderer for Queen Victoria,…...