The findings had the same result in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty﹣four. Reading, writing and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying...
Enlisting their quintessentially Italian ingenuity, the fashion magnates took over the Fay brand which was, at the time, a producer of technical garments for fishermen and firefighters, and set their sights on adapting the firmly utilitarian design for a luxury clientele. Caroline Reilly, Robb Report...
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In choosing it, Pantone encourages us to revel in our own personal luxury and create moments of luxury that bring out the color’s thoughtful indulgence, harmonious comfort, and feelings of contentment. Pretty serious stuff for one little color, right?! No worries, it all makes sense when exp...
London was referred to by the Normans as the "Land of Sugar Cake" (Old French: pais de cocaigne), an imaginary land of idleness and luxury. A humorous appellation, the word 'Cocaigne' referred to all of London and its suburbs, and over time had a number of spellings: Cocagne, Cocka...
(It’s not unlike the prompt an Italian colleague used as the modus operandi for a course. He called it Complain Design.) That said, I also know that this same dissatisfaction predisposes me against any form of critique that smacks of sentiment, even when it’s well-intentioned. But I ...
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I am dying to know what words you think should be banned in Washington state. To be quite frank with you, 9 times out of 10, some of these words and phrases were lifted from the dialogs of inner city youth, the LGBTQ community, and/or your child’s middle school hallway. Here are ...
A narrow-necked bottle with wicker basket-work woven around it, like the empty bottles of Chianti that become candleholders on red-checked tablecloths in Italian restaurants. demimondaine A fallen woman; a woman who has lost her good reputation by a foolish or indiscreet action. depredate To ...
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