Bright Colors Trend - Recession Fashion. When the economy began going downhill, designers reflected that climate in their collections. Clothing needed to be timeless, utilitarian. While black is a color often seen on runways, and a color that remains a major staple in most closets, dark neutrals like black, cream,, and gray became prevalent because of their universality rather than their stylistic attributes. Despite genius in the design, those whom are usually known for their use of color, most notably Alexander McQueen, filled their Fall 2009 collections with bland colors and simpler silhouettes. But spring is here again, and with that undoubtedly comes color. But is color coming out of the woodwork because of the sun?
The New York Times‘ Ruth La Ferla believes there is a definite tie between the pops of color being seen on the racks and in the street and consumers’ feelings about shopping. Store owners agreed with La Ferla. And what better way to find joy than in a $350 Proenza Schouler tie-dyed T-shirt? 1929 depression: Skirts are as long as past recession and indication of bad times. The Hemline Index has been used since 1926 to indicate the state of the economyAlthough maxi lengths are on-trend, runways of Autumn/Winter 2012/13 showed shorter skirtsThis disagrees with the Bank of England's latest growth prediction for this year, which was cut to zero By Sara Malm Published: 10:47 GMT, 12 August 2012 | Updated: 15:11 GMT, 12 August 2012 The lengths of skirts have historically been an indicator of economic downturn and if what is on offer on the high street is anything to go by, the economy is in a dire state. Hemlines have hit their lowest since the 1929 Great Depression, with celebrities such as Victoria Beckham, Katie Holmes and Christina Aguilera sporting skirts as long as 33in, below the knee.
However according to the Hemline Index, the ‘official’ indicator for skirt-lengths in relation to the economy, says we may be looking at brighter times. Victoria Beckham follows the 'recession' trend in a long skirt of her own design but it was very different in 1997. Clownswithoutborders.org - The History of Tulip from Turkey to Holland. The History of Tulips from Turkey to Holland The Tulip were originally a wild flower growing in the Central Asia and were first cultivated by the Turks as early as 1,000 AD.
The flower were introduced in the westen Europe and the Netherlands in the 17th century by Carolus Clusius, a famous biologist from Vienna. In the 1590’s he became the director of the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden, the oldest botanical garden of Europe, founded in 1587. He was hired by the University of Leiden to research medicinal plants and while doing so he got some bulbs from Turkey from his friend Ogier Ghiselain de Busbecq, the ambassador of Constantinople (presen-day Istanbul). He had seen the beautiful flower, called tulip after the Turkish word for turban, grow in the palace gardens and sent a few to Clusius for his garden in Leiden.
In the beginning of the 17th century the tulip were staring to be used as a garden decoration beside the former medicinal purposes. . * Source: Tulip History Holland. TheGenealogist.co.uk - Featured Articles - Wedded Bliss on TheGenealogist.co.uk. Marks & Spencer is one of the largest clothing retailers in the UK and in 2008 was recorded as the 43rd largest retailer in the world with 895 stores worldwide. The company is a long standing British heritage with its roots firmly in Yorkshire. Michael Marks was originally from Slonim, a formerly Russian area of Poland now part of Belarus, and fled to England from Jewish persecution around 1882. He began working in Leeds for a company that employed refugees before travelling around West Yorkshire as a general salesman. In 1884, he met a local businessman Isaac Dewhirst, who helped him set up his own stall on Kirkgate Market. Hannah is recorded on the 1891 census as ‘Anna Marks’ as it was common on census forms for family members to be recorded by their nick-name rather than their formal name.
In 1894, Michael Marks decided to expand from his market stall and open a shop in the lower part of the building on Cheetham Hill Road. Thomas Spencer as an apprentice on the Yorkshire 1871 census. If haggis is English, where is cricket from? The offal truth about national icons. It’s up there with the kilt, Rob Roy and the Loch Ness monster as one of the great Caledonian icons. But now it appears the haggis was invented not by the Scots but by… the English. Food historian Catherine Brown found references to the sheep’s innards-based dish in a 1615 recipe book, The English Hus-wife by Gervase Markham. If it’s any consolation to our Scots readers, haggis is by no means the first national symbol to have its origins called into question. A medieval cookbook in the British Museum has a recipe for a dish of baked pasta and cheese called “loseyns”, prepared for Richard II in 1390.
It’s the most popular dish at Indian restaurants in Britain, but you won’t see it on a menu in India. The most English of sports was probably invented in Belgium and introduced here by Belgian immigrants around the 14th century. Along with clogs and Edam cheese, the tulip is one of the symbols of the Netherlands. Historians found references to a pasty in records from Plymouth dated 1510. 1of5 2057 The City - What Will The Future Look Like. The thistle of Scotland. The thistle may only be a humble weed, but it is the emblem of the Scottish nation. The prickly-leaved, pink or purple-flowered ‘Scotch’ thistle is, along with tartan, perhaps the most identifiable symbol of all things Scottish. But how did the thistle earn its place in the heart of the Scots?
In truth, no-one knows, but legend has it that a sleeping party of Scots warriors were saved from ambush by an invading Norse army when one of the attackers trod on a thistle with his bare feet. His cries raised the alarm, the roused Scots duly defeated the invaders, and the thistle was adopted as the symbol of Scotland. There is also some confusion as to which species of thistle can claim the title of the national symbol. A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle by Hugh MacDiarmid, published in 1926, is one of the most famous works by a Scottish poet. Online Etymology Dictionary.
England's 'First Refugees' 16th-century propaganda print depicting Huguenot aggression against Catholics at seaEvery English person has heard of the Battle of Hastings and the Norman invasion of 1066. Far fewer are aware of a very different, later descent from France on the England of the Tudors, Stuarts and Hanoverians, a descent which was large scale but peaceful and took place over a long period of time under conditions clouded by uncertainty. This was no invasion, but the irregular and uncharted arrival of Huguenots, French-speaking Calvinists.
Some boats came crammed with these new arrivals; early in October 1681 the True Protestant Mercury reported 600 as having fled La Rochelle in four ships, for example, and particularly large numbers came in the spring and early summer of 1687. Other craft brought odd individuals. Such a flood of these new immigrants was washed onto British shores in the 1680s that a new word came into the English language at the time to describe them: 'rés ' or refugees.
Immigration to Europe: how many foreign citizens live in each country? Full data and visualisation | News. Immigration is always an issue across Europe - as we saw during the last general election in the UK. But facts are always left behind in the welter of opinions and half-formed truths that make up the debate. We wanted to know exactly how many foreign citizens there are in each country - and Eurostat has published that data today. It's a fascinating comparison of European countries, with some key facts, including:• Germany has the highest number of foreign citizens in Europe: 7.2m. The UK is third with just over 4m• Latvia has the highest number of non-EU citizens: 17.5%• In most countries foreign citizens are younger than nationals - only in Poland, Latvia and Estonia is the opposite the case. The full data is below. Download the data • DATA: download the full spreadsheet World government data • Search the world's government with our gateway Can you do something with this data?
Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group or mail us at datastore@guardian.co.uk. It's a wonderful, mixed-up world. Mixed marriages: The mixture as before. MARRIAGE between people of different backgrounds is one of the best barometers of social integration, especially for migrants. Few things say that someone born abroad is becoming part of his or her adopted country than marrying a local. Unfortunately, getting good figures on “mixed marriages” is hard. Marriage licences and censuses contain all sorts of information, but not all of it useful. All the more reason, then, to welcome a new study on mixed marriages in Europe by Giampaolo Lanzieri. Mr Lanzieri, who works at Eurostat, the European Commission’s statistical body, is one of the most careful students of social trends around. He defines “mixed marriage” as one between a native-born person living in a country and someone born abroad. Still, despite these qualifications, these are the best national figures going and the only ones that cast a clear and consistent light on marriages with foreigners in Europe.
First, mixed marriages are inching up almost everywhere. ICT_teenager.jpg 450×505 píxeles. 19 Princelet Street, Spitalfields - The House. '…lately erected by the said Samuel Worrall two brick messuages one fronting to Princes Street (later renamed Princelet Street)... and which said piece of Ground is parcel of a larger piece of Ground in Spittlefields aforesaid… ' Built in 1719 this 'brick messuage' became the home of the Ogier family, who had escaped from persecution in France.
They entered the silk weaving trade and prospered mightily. As most Huguenots moved on, the elegant Georgian houses were sub-divided into lodgings and workshops. At 19 Princelet Street the attic windows were altered to let in more light for weavers to work, but later occupants of the house followed other trades and professions, including Mrs Mary Ellen Hawkins who used it as an industrial school, and Isaiah Woodcock who was a carver and gilder. 'This building - it is quite the most amazing found object..' The Irish came, and later the Jewish emigrants from Eastern Europe. 'The room is a trap' Iain Sinclair, warning Rachel Lichtenstein.
British Future. Focus On. 50 Fashion Trends from Around the World. By Madeleine Wilson It is funny how fashion trends come back around. How many times have I heard my mother say “oooh, I had one just like that”? Designers have a good old rummage through the history books, desperate to see what can be salvaged, reinvented and remarketed as something so desirable, we just don’t know how we have been living without it! The purposes of certain fashion items – born out of a practical need – have long been forgotten while other fads that seem so barbaric by today’s standards, we could happily forget. Here are 50 fashion trends around the world for your viewing pleasure… 1. Middle East Also known as a thwab, besht, kandura or suriyah, the dishdasha is a long robe traditionally worn around the Arab Gulf. 2. London, UKMary Quant is responsible for the risqué raising of hemlines in the late 1950s. 3. ChinaShapewear gone too far? 4. Munich, GermanyThese renowned icons of rebellion were, like most great inventions, created purely for practical purposes. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Alexis Petridis: No escape from espadrilles. Early on in his marvellous autobiography, Cider With Roadies, the broadcaster and journalist Stuart Maconie offers a grisly description of the resident DJ at a Wigan nightclub he frequented in his teens, the glamorously named Bluto's. "Blonde highlights, canvas baggies and elasticated belt, espadrilles. Every night he finished up by saying, 'That's all from me, kids. Be good. And if you can't be good, be careful. The catch phrase obviously runs them close, but somehow it's the espadrilles that clinch that description. Yet espadrilles are back, slightly updated in that they now seem to have a plastic coating over the bottom of the rope sole, but clearly intended as a kitschy homage to fashions 25 years hence. In fairness, the espadrille predates all that by about 600 years. Thanks, Alfred Shaheen, for giving us the Hawaiian shirt - the garment for all occasions | Fashion.
Elvis Presley: wore a red Alfred Shaheen shirt on the Blue Hawaii album cover. Photograph: Getty Homer Simpson tells his wife: "There's only two kind of guys who wear Hawaiian shirts: gay guys and big, fat party animals. " Well, for those groups, the second of which may or may not include myself and darts star Wayne Mardle, the world is now a sadder place for the death of Alfred Shaheen, who "revolutionized the garment industry in postwar Hawaii by designing, printing and producing aloha shirts". According to Mauishirts.com: The history of the Hawaiian or "Aloha Shirt" can be traced to the early western missionaries in the 19th century.
They felt that it would be more appropriate, for the soon to be christianized natives, if they were covered. But, says the LA Times, it was Shaheen who took the brand around the world: In From Here To Eternity Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster, Ernest Borgnine, and Frank Sinatra all wore the appropriate fashion items. Thanks Alfred. Jess Cartner-Morley on the pleasures of the parka | Fashion. With apologies to the Inuit people, who I grant have been working the fur-lined hood look for a while, I would claim the parka as the quintessential British garment.
A parka is utterly practical: unlike a blazer-style spring jacket, which is useless on a blustery day, a parka is loose and light enough not to be an encumbrance in the sunshine but cosy enough to keep you warm and dry. Whatever Burberry might prefer us to believe, the trenchcoat is more truly French than British. So chic, so flattering, so self-consciously nonchalant.
So dependent on that Gallic talent for chic knots, in belts or scarves. Parkas were once for Mods; now they are for rock'n'rollers and their followers. Parkas look as good over cocktail dresses and heels as they do with skinny jeans and Converse. By the way, should you doubt my contention that the Barbour jacket is a snob's parka, please note that Lily Allen was recently photographed wearing a Barbour over her cocktail dress and heels. Playing for Change Foundation | Home. Playing for Change Foundation | Mission. Playing For Change arose from a common belief that music has the power to connect people regardless of their differences. In 2005, a small group of film makers set out with a dream to create a film rooted in the music of the streets. Not only has that dream been realized, it has grown into a global sensation that has touched the lives of millions of people around the world.
When the crew set out, they created a mobile recording studio and went around the world filming musicians in the places where they lived. The sound was then mixed, and although the musicians were never in the same room—or even the same country or continent—they were unified through music with each contributing her or his distinct gifts to the whole.
In 2007, the Playing for Change Foundation was established as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. Wondering what you can do to help us further our mission? PFCF FinancialsWho's behind it? Dave Bacon. Peace Through Music. PFCF_8_programs_brochure_