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Visiting card of Johann van Beethoven, brother of Ludwig van Beethoven. A visiting card, also called a calling card, was a small, decorative card that was carried by individuals to present themselves to others. It was a common practice in the 18th and 19th century, particularly among the upper classes, to leave a visiting card when calling on ...
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Pinterest is an American social media service for publishing and discovery of information [5] in the form of pinboards. [6] This includes recipes, home, style, motivation, and inspiration on the Internet using image sharing. [7] Pinterest, Inc. was founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp, [8] and is headquartered in San ...
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A tailor makes custom designed garments made to the client's measure; especially suits (coat and trousers, jacket and skirt, et cetera). Tailors usually undergo an apprenticeship or other formal training. A textile designer designs fabric weaves and prints for clothes and furnishings. Most textile designers are formally trained as apprentices ...
Fitting of a bespoke jacket. Bespoke tailoring (/ b i ˈ s p oʊ k / ⓘ) or custom tailoring is clothing made to an individual buyer's specifications by a tailor.Bespoke garments are completely unique and created without the use of a pre-existing pattern, while made to measure uses a standard-sized pattern altered to fit the customer.
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Tailor strikes in 1827 and 1834 were largely motivated by opposition to employing women as outworkers. Unlike other industries, in which technological advances contributed to decline of trades, the changes to the work methods in the tailoring industry that led to its decline had occurred several decades before the development of the mechanical ...