We went to see The Imitation Game the other night, about Alan Turing and the codebreaking done of the Enigma machine during WW2…
Tag Archives: history
LUSCIOUS AT THE MOVIES: Bonnie and Clyde
There’s another version of the classic crime drama, Bonnie and Clyde. Learn more here…
EDITORIAL: Anna Selezneva & Wes Bentley by Peter Lindbergh for Harpers Bazaar US March 2010
BONNIE AND CLYDE: Anna Selezneva & Wes Bentley by Peter Lindbergh for Harpers Bazaar US March 2010…
EDITORIAL: Ollie Edwards and Elise Digby by Aram Bedrossian in Bonnie & Clyde 2010
FASHION AND FILM: Ollie Edwards and Elise Digby by Aram Bedrossian in Bonnie & Clyde 2010…
ROYALTY: Kate and William’s Kensington Palace home in London – Apartment 1A
Here’s some news and photos of the renovated apartment “1A” at Kensington Palace in London, which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and baby Prince George are moving into…
ROYALTY: Films about royalty
If you’re a lover of film, royalty and history, this is the list for you. We’ve got over 130 films and TV series related to royalty, both real and fictional…
HISTORICAL STYLE: Maternity fashion across the ages
UPDATED: It’s a royal baby boy for William and Kate!
Kate Middleton is clearly not the first woman to ever be pregnant: Take a look at maternity fashion from the last few hundred years…
BOOK TO BUY: The Hundred Dresses – The Most Iconic Styles of Our Time
A suggestion from long-time Luscious Lifer, The Ancestral Poetess: She’s loving The Hundred Dresses: The Most Iconic Styles of Our Time by Erin McKeen, with illustrations by Donna Mehalko…
Gatsby style: Mansions of the Gilded Age including Newport, Rhode Island, and New York
I’m obsessed with the Gilded Age and Jazz Age, which explains why we’ve had so much coverage on Luscious of movies, TV shows, architecture and fashion from these periods in history, from Downton Abbey to The Great Gatsby. The lives of these ridiculously wealthy business people (in the US) and aristocracy (in the UK) fascinate me…
Architecture: Beaux Arts and Art Deco style
The Great Gatsby was written in the early 1920s, so the design style of the time was Beaux Arts moving into Art Deco. Here’s a quick look at both styles of architecture and interior design…
Historical style: Summary of our posts relating to The Great Gatsby and the 1920s
Desperate for more Gatsby? Enjoy our extensive coverage related to The Great Gatsby, the 1920s and historical style…
Historical style: Runway fashion influenced by the 1900s-1930s
A look at how fashion designers are taking influenced by history, particularly the 1900s-1930s, and transporting it to the runway…
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