In a world where fads come and go in a matter of weeks, where clothing is produced cheaply enough to perpetuate our reliance on consumerism, and where there are more clothes made than people on the planet, we need to resist the vicious cycle. As I have mentioned throughout my post, this...
When Mary and Abraham Lincoln moved into the White House in 1861, Mary was 42 years old, a time when women her age dressed in somber grays, dull browns, and boring blues. But not Mary Todd Lincoln. For her, expensive clothes were a mark of importance, of breeding. She proceeded to dr...
Apr-Jun 1973. Andrew Rothstein on A Century of Marxist Study in Britain; Celebration of the Library’s Fortieth Anniversary; Marxist Education Classes in 1904; How London Welcomed Home The Men of Dorset; New Facts of British Working-Class History; The Frows on Papers of Engineering Stop Stewar...
John T. Everingham was a master tailor and outfitter and his sons were pioneers of the Motor Cycle. John's son Wycliffe Galland Everingham established the garage still there today (as a filling station) on the corner of Barmby Road and George Street, Wycliffe created the first electrical ...
For months, with fun and wit, ‘The Partners’ – two fictional characters, one senior and one junior – discussed the themes of the day, sharing with Britain the distinctive combination of tradition and innovation that makes Sandeman unique. Trade support and marketing services – offering mixed...
Such an upbringing could easily move a man to continue the cycle of violence with the abuse of his own children, his wife and/or other fellow humans, but Gary has managed to create a peaceful life for himself and his family. As a teenager, he got into a few fights, but as an adult...
The full cycle of swiddening-cropping-fallowing, ranging from less than ten years to several tens of years, is frequently accompanied by disturbance, damage, and restoration of herbaceous and woody vegetation. The changes in terrestrial vegetation associated with agriculture and forest have a close ...
The modern and Late Pleistocene terrestrial fauna of Miyako Jima and adjacent islands (the Miyako Islands) in the southern Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, includes some endemic taxa or genetically unique populations that exclusively have closest allies in the more isolated Okinawa Jima and adjacent...
‘I owed my restoration to the inhabitants of the towns and villages, to the soldiers and junior company officers. I could rely only on them. All the generals I met on my journey hesitated, or received me badly, even if they were not hostile, but they were obliged to give way before ...
The University’s sophomore and junior classes of 1900 and 1901 went a step further and voted to have “class hats.” Similar to jockey caps or rounded baseball caps, they were made from henrietta – a woolen fabric – and lined with gray satin. “A group of wearers presents a pretty ...