Sunday, July 22, 2007
Fashion Flashback - Pyjamas
Pyjamas have gone to the world from India.
The people of Europe and America did not have a suitable night dress up to the middle of the nineteenth century. They wore shoulder to ankle garments, which made women look foolish and men look ridiculous.
Luckily for them, in the 1870s, British colonials brought back a new type of nightwear from India called “pajamas” or leg clothes, which became so popular, both among men and women, that it was used as a summer party dress.
In 1920 when Valentino, the hero of the early Hollywood movies, appeared in several films in pyjamas, it became a craze among young boys and girls all over the western world.
The people of Europe and America did not have a suitable night dress up to the middle of the nineteenth century. They wore shoulder to ankle garments, which made women look foolish and men look ridiculous.
Luckily for them, in the 1870s, British colonials brought back a new type of nightwear from India called “pajamas” or leg clothes, which became so popular, both among men and women, that it was used as a summer party dress.
In 1920 when Valentino, the hero of the early Hollywood movies, appeared in several films in pyjamas, it became a craze among young boys and girls all over the western world.
Some famous quotes about marriage...
A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.
Nanette Newman
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
A man in love is incomplete until he has married -- then he's finished.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
Andre Maurois
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Mignon McLaughlin
All marriages are happy it's living together afterwards that causes all the problems.
Raymond Hull
All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.
Red Skelton
All tragedies are finished by a death, all comedies by a marriage.
Lord Byron
Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day.
Mickey Rooney
Before marriage a man yearns for a woman. Afterward the ''y'' is silent.
W. A. Clarke
By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.
Socrates
Nanette Newman
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
A man in love is incomplete until he has married -- then he's finished.
Zsa Zsa Gabor
A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.
Andre Maurois
A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
Mignon McLaughlin
All marriages are happy it's living together afterwards that causes all the problems.
Raymond Hull
All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.
Red Skelton
All tragedies are finished by a death, all comedies by a marriage.
Lord Byron
Always get married in the morning. That way if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted the whole day.
Mickey Rooney
Before marriage a man yearns for a woman. Afterward the ''y'' is silent.
W. A. Clarke
By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.
Socrates
The ghost of Athens
Ghost stories date back to ancient times, and can be found in many different cultures.
One of the earliest known ghost "sightings" in the west took place in Athens, Greece. Pliny the Younger (c. 63 - 113 AD) described it in a letter to Licinius Sura: Athenodoros Cananites (c. 74 BC – 7 AD), a Stoic philosopher, decided to rent a large, Athenian house, to investigate widespread rumors that it was haunted. Athenodoros staked out at the house that night, and, sure enough, a dishevelled, aged spectre, bound at feet and hands with rattling chains, eventually "appeared". The spirit then beckoned for Athenodoros to follow him; Athenodoros complied, but the ghost soon vanished.
The philosopher marked the spot where the old man had disappeared, and, on the next day, advised the magistrates to dig there. The man's shackled bones were reportedly uncovered three years later. After a proper burial, the hauntings ceased.
One of the earliest known ghost "sightings" in the west took place in Athens, Greece. Pliny the Younger (c. 63 - 113 AD) described it in a letter to Licinius Sura: Athenodoros Cananites (c. 74 BC – 7 AD), a Stoic philosopher, decided to rent a large, Athenian house, to investigate widespread rumors that it was haunted. Athenodoros staked out at the house that night, and, sure enough, a dishevelled, aged spectre, bound at feet and hands with rattling chains, eventually "appeared". The spirit then beckoned for Athenodoros to follow him; Athenodoros complied, but the ghost soon vanished.
The philosopher marked the spot where the old man had disappeared, and, on the next day, advised the magistrates to dig there. The man's shackled bones were reportedly uncovered three years later. After a proper burial, the hauntings ceased.
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