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The pouf or pouffe also "toque" (literally a thick cushion) is a hairstyle and a hairstyling support deriving from 18th-century France. It was made popular by the Queen of France , Marie Antoinette (1755–1793), when she wore it in June 1775 at the coronation of her husband Louis XVI , triggering a wave of French noblewomen to wear their hair ...
Empfindsamkeit (English: sentimental style) or Empfindsamer Stil is a style of musical composition and poetry developed in 18th-century Germany, intended to express "true and natural" feelings, and featuring sudden contrasts of mood.
Millevoye in his time was well known for his poetry, which was a mixture of classical reminiscences and sentimental style. Literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve writes the following about him: "Between Delille who completes and Lamartine who preludes, […] a pale and soft star shone for a moment: it is he."
A story of romantic love, esp. one which deals with love in a sentimental or idealized way; a book, film, etc., with a narrative or story of this kind. Also as mass noun: literature of this kind. Overlap is also sometimes found between the above terms, when literary romance also contains a strong love interest.
Along with this, he is also known for his 'le pouf' dress (featuring the ball skirt). Christian Lacroix has designed many dresses for Hollywood stars; among them, he was responsible for designing Christina Aguilera 's wedding dress and in the 1990s was famed as being a favourite designer of Edina Monsoon in the UK sitcom Absolutely Fabulous ...
Some high-profile names have been confirmed to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, including Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Grammy-award-winning singer Carrie ...
A man proposed to his wife on a flight by recreating an iconic scene from The Wedding Singer.. According to SWNS, Sam Riber, 34, was traveling to Mexico with his then-girlfriend Lissy Alden, 37 ...
Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (/ m æ r ɪ ˈ v oʊ /; French: [pjɛʁ kaʁlɛ də ʃɑ̃blɛ̃ də maʁivo]; 4 February 1688 – 12 February 1763), commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French playwright and novelist.