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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. Though Sint-Elooi is the Dutch and only official name, the village's French name, St. Eloi, is most commonly used in English due to its role in World War I. The village and the nearby locations of Voormezele and Hollebeke were ...
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.
Yves Saint Laurent SAS [2] ( ⫽ ˌiːvˌsæ̃lɔːˈrɒ̃ ⫽, also UK: ⫽- lɒˈ -⫽, US: ⫽- loʊˈ -⫽, French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] ⓘ ), also known as Saint Laurent and YSL, [3] is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1962 by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Bergé. The company specializes in haute couture, ready-to-wear, leather accessories, and footwear. [4] Its ...
Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent (1 August 1936 – 1 June 2008), [1] referred to as Yves Saint Laurent ( / ˌiːvˌsæ̃lɔːˈrɒ̃ /, also UK: /- lɒˈ -/, US: /- loʊˈ -/, French: [iv sɛ̃ lɔʁɑ̃] ⓘ) or YSL, was a French fashion designer who, in 1962, founded his eponymous fashion label. He is regarded as being among the foremost fashion designers of the twentieth century. [2 ...
Martin Margiela (born 9 April 1957) is a Belgian fashion designer, artist, and founder of the French luxury fashion house Maison Margiela. Throughout his career, Margiela has maintained a low profile, refusing to grant face-to-face interviews or be photographed. Since leaving fashion in 2009, he has emerged as an artist, exploring the themes ...
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 .
Lists of English words of French origin. Glossary of French words and expressions in English.