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Lobolo or lobola in Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Silozi, and northern and southern Ndebele (mahadi in Sesotho, mahari in Swahili, magadi in Sepedi and bogadiSetswana, lovola in Xitsonga, and mamalo in Tshivenda) roora in [ChiShona}, sometimes referred to as "bride wealth" [1] [2] [3] or "bride price" is a property in livestock or kind, which a prospective husband, or head of his family, undertakes to ...
While living in San Francisco, in 1969 McClintock met Eleanor Bailey, who was the head of design and production and looking for investors for Gunne Sax Company, a local dress store. [5] In 1970, McClintock invested $5,000 from her savings and became partners with Bailey, directly in charge of the designing and marketing of the new dress line.
In 1976, McFadden began the clothing company Mary McFadden Inc. [13] The company was noted for the McFadden-designed pleated dresses, which draped "like liquid gold" down a woman's body similar to those on the caryatids at the Acropolis. The dresses were similar to the earlier work of Henriette Negrin and Mariano Fortuny. [5]
The median age in the city was 47.5 years. 24% of residents were under the age of 18; 3.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 18.1% were from 25 to 44; 30.4% were from 45 to 64; and 23.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 53.2% male and 46.8% female.
Release date Title Notes September 8, 2023: Sitting in Bars with Cake: distributed under Amazon Prime Video and first film released under the Amazon MGM Studios name; co-production with Resonate Entertainment and All Night Diner September 15, 2023: A Million Miles Away: distributed under Amazon Prime Video; co-production with Redrum and Select ...
The European priests paid for new costumes each year and for European masks, funding the group so well that it became the most highly esteemed Fancy Dress Company. One of the group's members was enamored of the character of Robin Hood , but accidentally shot the nephew of a priest in the eye with a stray arrow on Christmas Day in 1930.
Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement (Japanese: 老後に備えて異世界で8万枚の金貨を貯めます, Hepburn: Rōgo ni Sonaete Isekai de 8-Man-Mai no Kinka o Tamemasu) is a Japanese light novel series written by FUNA.
A housewife in 1941 wearing a printed cotton house dress. Nelly Don house dress, May 1922. A house dress is a type of simple dress worn informally at home for household chores or for quick errands. [1] The term originated in the late nineteenth century to describe at-home garments designed for maximum practicality and usually made from washable ...