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The first modern models appeared in the Paris salon of English courtier Charles Frederic Worth in the late 1850s, when the famous dressmaker pulled young women from his workshop floor to be mannequins for his wealthy clientele.

Ashley Mears • Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

Emilie Isabel Barrington [also known as Mrs. Barrington] was born Emilie Isabel Wilson in London, England on 18 November 1841. She received her early education at schools on the Continent. In 1868 she married Russell Henry Barrington (1840-1916). She worked as an artist, biographer and novelist. Her training as an artist seems to have consisted of... See more

Barrington, Emilie Isabel, 1841–1933 | Art UK

Grace Macaulay, then: seventeen, small and plump, with skin that went brown by the end of May. Her hair was black and oily, and had the hot consoling scent of an animal in summer. She disliked books, and was by nature a thief if she found a thing to be beautiful, but not hers. She didn’t know she couldn’t sing. She was inclined to be cross.

Sarah Perry • Enlightenment

She was Melissa’s oldest, boldest friend. They had gone to the same primary school. Hazel worked in advertising. She had a wide and glamorous smile behind which was an oft-foul tongue, and long, bouncing, half-French, half-Ghanaian curls falling down her back, the most beautiful, the most envied of their schoolgirl pack, the one the boys always

Diana Evans • Ordinary People: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019

Kalaurie makes clothing sewn to last, creating modern heirlooms crafted to be treasured for a lifetime.

Drawing inspiration from storytelling for her designs, Kalaurie releases annual, limited edition capsule collections.

Kalaurie’s approach nurtures quality, timelessness, craftsmanship, and environmental consciousness in equal measure, in honour of... See more

Karen Faith is an ethnographer and strategist whose work has guided teams and initiatives at Google, Amazon, Indeed, The NBA, The ACLU, Blue Cross Blue Shield, The Federal Reserve Bank, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, among many others.

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I discovered her. Charmante, a perfect Gretchen,4 and we’ve already become acquainted. The prettiest little thing, really!’

Leo Tolstoy • Anna Karenina (Penguin Classics)

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