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Emile Claus was born on 27 September 1849, in Sint-Eloois-Vijve, a village in West Flanders ( Belgium ), at the banks of the river Lys. Emile was the twelfth child in a family of thirteen. Father Alexander was a grocer-publican and for some time town councillor. Mother Celestine Verbauwhede came from a Brabant skipper's family and had her hands ...
Waregem ( Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋaːrəɣɛm] ⓘ; West Flemish: Woaregem ), sometimes known as Waereghem, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Leie, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondissement of Kortrijk and comprises the towns of Beveren, Desselgem, Sint-Eloois-Vijve and Waregem ...
Sint-Elooi is a small village, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Ypres in the Flemish province of West Flanders in Belgium. The former municipality is now part of Ypres.
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Sint-Eloois-Winkel is a village in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It is a deelgemeente of the municipality of Ledegem, separated from the center of the town by highway A17.
The technology, art, politics, and culture of the 19th century were strongly reflected in the styles and silhouettes of the era's clothing. For women, fashion was an extravagant and extroverted display of the female silhouette with corset pinched waistlines, bustling full-skirts that flowed in and out of trend and decoratively embellished gowns.
The following is a chronological list of articles covering the history of Western fashion —the story of the changing fashions in clothing in countries under influence of the Western world —from the 5th century to the present. The series focuses primarily on the history of fashion in Western European countries and countries in the core Anglosphere .
Kortrijk (/ ˈ k ɔːr t r aɪ k / KORT-ryke, Dutch: [ˈkɔrtrɛik] ⓘ; West Flemish: Kortryk or Kortrik; French: Courtrai; Latin: Cortoriacum), sometimes known in English as Courtrai or Courtray (/ k ʊər ˈ t r eɪ / koor-TRAY), is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders.