Thirty years ago, the Soviet Union was no more…
Thirty years ago, on 25 December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev made public his resignation as Soviet President, marking the dissolution of the...
Charles Frederick Worth, the Empress Eugénie and the invention of Haute-Couture
On a cold, snowy night in December 1859, Charles Frederick Worth and his wife, Marie, chanced to stroll near the imperial Tuileries...
Josephine Baker : Fighting for Freedom
On November 30th, Franco-American entertainer, Josephine Baker, was inducted into France’s Pantheon, making her the first Black woman to...
