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Designer Brands Inc. is an American company that sells designer and name brand shoes and fashion accessories. It owns the Designer Shoe Warehouse (DSW) store chain, and operates over 500 stores in the United States and an e-commerce website. [2]
J. A. MacCulloch believes Dames Blanches are one of the recharacterizations of pre-Christian female goddesses, and suggested their name Dame may have derived from the ancient guardian goddesses known as the Matres, by looking at old inscriptions to guardian goddesses, specifically inscriptions to "the Dominæ, who watched over the home, perhaps became the Dames of mediæval folk-lore."
Blanc de blancs, a style of white Champagne or sparkling wine made only from white wine grapes Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Blanc de Champagne .
Ruinart Blanc de Blancs is the flagship of Maison Ruinart. The cuvées named R de Ruinart include both Brut non-vintage and vintage wines, with the non-vintage minimum 40% Chardonnay, and 60% Pinot noir, with 25% reserve wines, while proportions vary in the vintage wine. Also produced are non-vintage Ruinart Blanc de Blancs, 100% Chardonnay ...
[22] [24] Franciacorta Satèn, a Blanc de blancs, is produced with the reduced 4.5 atmospheres of pressure instead of 6 for an expression of softness. [22] Trento DOC is an appellation for white and rosé sparkling wines made according to the méthode traditionnelle. Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Pinot blanc and Pinot Meunier grapes are used.
The name Le Blanc-Mesnil was recorded for the first time in the 11th century as Mansionile Blaun.This name is a compound of Medieval Latin Mansionile, meaning 'little houses', from Latin mansio (accusative mansionem), and of Germanic (Old Frankish) blanch, blaun, meaning 'glossy, shining, white', which gave French blanc ('white') and English blank.
Laurent Blanc (b. 1965), French manager and former footballer; Leandro Blanc (b. 1993), Argentine boxer; Louis Blanc (1811–1882), French politician and historian; Marie-Félix Blanc (1859–1882), French heiress; Martine Blanc (b. 1944), French children's book author and illustrator; Mel Blanc (1908–1989), American voice actor of Looney ...
A ballet blanc (French: [balɛ blɑ̃], "white ballet") is a scene in which the ballerina and the female corps de ballet all wear white dresses or tutus. [1] Typical in the Romantic style of ballet from the nineteenth century, ballets blancs are usually populated by ghosts, dryads, naiads, enchanted maidens, fairies, and other supernatural ...