And so it went with Gates: his mother,Mary Maxwell Gates, was on the Board of Regents at the University of Washington, knew the CEO of IBM, served on the boards of banks and telecommunications carriers. And so it was with Mrs. Gates: her father, James Willard Maxwell, was a banker bo...
To the modern mind, fragranced apparel seems a bit camp and reminds us of the strawberry-scented jelly shoes of the 1980s. Historically, however, from the masking of tannery odours to the perfuming of goldwork embroidery, fragrance added immense value and luxury to textiles. In this class, ...