For Her Greeting Cards

Text on the reverse side:Published in Gazette du Bon Ton (1920, No. 4, Pl. 31), Mirage features a Paul Poiret design that captures fluidity and fre...

Text on the reverse side:The elegant Art Nouveau panel depicts a female figures adorned with flowing lines, symbolic motifs, and ornate detailing. ...

Text on the reverse side:The elegant Art Nouveau panel depicts a female figures adorned with flowing lines, symbolic motifs, and ornate detailing. ...

Text on the reverse side: The elegant Art Nouveau panel depicts a female figures adorned with flowing lines, symbolic motifs, and ornate detailing...

Text on the reverse side:The elegant Art Nouveau panel depicts a female figures adorned with flowing lines, symbolic motifs, and ornate detailing. ...

Text on the reverse side:A glamorous Marilyn Monroe in a publicity photo for 1953 film How to Marry a Millionaire. On her birth certificate as Norm...

Text on the reverse side:Monroe often referred to Marilyn Monroe in the third person, with an inner switch turning “Marilyn” on and off. From being...

Text on the reverse side:Image taken from a vintage poster designed by Alphonse Mucha. His Art Nouveau style was often imitated although it was a m...

Text on the reverse side:A quiet yet profound moment from Pride and Prejudice, where misunderstandings are set aside and truth is finally spoken. I...

Text on the reverse side:From Pride and Prejudice comes a moment of sharp humour and fearless charm. Austen’s heroine turns boldness into brillianc...

Text on the reverse side:Japanese artist, Hiroaki Takahashi (1871-1945), artist name Shotei, was a big fan of cats and captured them in several of ...

Text on the reverse side:Painted by Claude Monet while on vacation with his future wife soon after having a baby boy together. Painted prior to his...

Text on the reverse side:Quote by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), who always remained deeply committed to the principles of aestheticism and was celebrate...

Text on the reverse side:By American impressionist painter Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919). One of the founding members of "The Ten", Weir alongside ...

Text on the reverse side:Hugh Rock filed the earliest U.S. patent for a modern hairbrush in 1854, and later in 1870, a brush with elastic wire teet...

Text on the reverse side:The major difference between a mannequin and a dress form, is the layer of foam and cloth on top of its inner shell, which...

Text on the reverse side:Louis Vuitton, after an apprenticeship in Paris, opened his own box-making workshop in 1854. The iconic monogram canvas wa...

Text on the reverse side:With the absence of gears, old fashioned bikes relied on having bigger wheels to propel a bigger push from the pedals for ...

Text on the reverse side:The craze for the hourglass figure peaked in popularity in the Victorian period when steel boning was used to shape the wa...

Text on the reverse side:A dress form is a model of the torso used for fitting clothing in the process of it being designed or sewed. Some call the...

Text on the reverse side:Studies showed that if given the opportunity to select one designer item, handbag would be the item of choice by 22% of wo...

Text on the reverse side:Purses and handbags have been a practical necessity, as well as a fantastic fashion accessory which can be traced as far b...

Text on the reverse side:The record for the most number of people (3,083 people) knitting together took place in September 2012 at the Royal Albert...

Text on the reverse side:During World War II, although cosmetics were rationed, the lipstick was the only cosmetic that was kept in production unde...

Text on the reverse side:Isaac Merritt Singer came from humble beginnings. Working in a machine-shop in Boston in 1851, he was given a sewing machi...

Text on the reverse side:Traditionally, heels were for men. Riding horses required footwear with heels in order to stay in the stirrups - hence the...

Text on the reverse side:The poetess Ono no Komachi is considered one of the best waka poets of the Heian Period (794- 1185). She is also praised f...

Text on the reverse side:The subject of the painting, Isabelle Lambert, is niece of the artist Berthe Morisot. The familial connection adds intimac...

Text on the reverse side:A refined 1830s engraving of Jane Austen, first published in 1869 in A Memoir of Jane Austen. As an author, her sharp wit ...

Text on the reverse side: Painted by her close friend Sir John Everett Millais as a wedding gift, this portrait marks Kate Dickens’s marriage to ar...

Text on the reverse side:All UK passports are issued in His or Her Majesty’s name - a document which gives permission for citizens to travel. Unkno...

Text on the reverse side:From planning, optimising the soil, composting, pruning, dealing with weeds, amongst an array of other endeavours, the ult...

Text on the reverse side:The artist, Shuho (1898-1944), is well recognised within the genre of beauty portraits. Demurely passive, their eyes often...

Text on the reverse side: A contemporary rock & roll adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaer...

Text on the reverse side:A drawing showing the creations of Premet, Molyneux, Martial and Armand, and Decoll dating from 1924. Four women are walki...

Text on the reverse side:Featured in Gazette du Bon Ton (1914, No. 3, Pl. 28), this striking illustration showcases a theatrical gown by Paul Poire...