Coco Chanel, Fashion Icon: Untangling the Threads

Towards Liberating Women from Corsets At the end of the 19th century, it was customary for ‘properly’ dressed women to spend their days imprisoned in ornate dresses with padding and layers of underclothes including corsets which restricted movement and were very confining. It was Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel who used her fashion genius of design and … Read more

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

In a small square deep in the labyrinth of streets in the Old City in Jerusalem lies the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The approach through the Christian Quarter of the Old City leads down a broad stone stairway and then a left turn into the square. The effect is of descending into a place … Read more

Musee d’Orsay’s Clock Overlooking the River Seine

We’re changing the look of ecard communications.Take A Look At Our Ecards. The Train Station on the Banks of the Seine For its Exposition Universelle of 1900, Paris hosted a record 50 million visitors who came to see its world’s fair. The fair was grand in size, featuring 76,000 exhibitors and covering 1.12 square kilometres … Read more