Two etiquette experts explain where they went wrong - and how to get it right if you ever encounter royalty
The Italian actors Paolo Carlini and Nives Zegna photographed together against the clear backdrop of a TV studio; they both bow and greet looking leftwards. Italy, 1962.
"I curtsey many times each day in this job. At first I found [it] very strange and even awkward, but now it comes as second nature and is ev...
Executing a traditional curtsy with practice and poise Curtsying may seem simple, but it takes a proper lady to execute a proper curtsy. Curtsying used to be commonplace in everyday life, but nowadays it is reserved for members of European...
The son of the well known painter and sculptor Charles (Montpellier, 1825-Firenze, 1899) and of Giacinta Diofebo, Charles Joseph Frédéric Soulacroix (1858-1933) lived until spring 1863 in Rome and later in Boulogne-sur-Mer (where his father Charles was painting the frescoes of the local cathedral), in Paris and, since 1870, in Italy in Firenze. In 1873, at 15, Frédéric enters the “Accademia di Belle Arti” of Firenze and in Octobre 1876 is admitted to the “Scuola di Pittura”.
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Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874 – 1951) родился в Германии. Когда ему было 6 лет, семья эмигрировала в США. С 1896 по 1950 годы Leyendecker проиллюстрировал более 400 журнальных обложек, в том числе 322 для самого популярного американского журнала The Saturday Evening Post. Leyendecker оказал…
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ROYALS have been greeted by a curtsy since the Middle Ages, and is traditionally performed to someone of a higher social rank, with even Theresa May performing the gesture to Prince William on Wednesday in France. But how low should you really go to perfect a curtsy?
Two etiquette experts explain where they went wrong - and how to get it right if you ever encounter royalty
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Debutante balls, or cotillions, are a centuries old tradition with roots in Europe as far back as the 1700s. The word “debutante” translates to female beginner in French, and refers to a young woman making her debut into polite society. The first of these lavish events was held by King George III in
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