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Western fashion in the 1920s underwent a modernization. Women's fashion continued to evolve from the restrictions of gender roles and traditional styles of the Victorian era. [ 1 ] Women wore looser clothing which revealed more of the arms and legs, that had begun at least a decade prior with the rising of hemlines to the ankle and the movement ...
A sleeve garter is a garter worn on the sleeve of a shirt.It came into wide use, especially in the US, in the latter half of the 19th century when men's ready-made shirts came in a single (extra long) sleeve length.
New Year's Eve at the Savoy Hotel 1907. Coleman was promoted to head bartender of the American Bar at the Savoy Hotel in 1903. [5] Though Coleman is sometimes cited as the first and only female head bartender at the Savoy, [6] there was already another woman tending bar, Ruth Burgess, known as "Miss B" or "Kitty", who started in 1902.
German pronunciation: is a diminutive of German pronunciation:, originally meaning "young woman". [a] [7] In Bavaria and Austria, Dirndl can mean a young woman, a girlfriend or the dress.
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Bartender, Skyline Hotel Malmö, 1992. A bartender (also known as a barkeep or barman or barmaid or a mixologist) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the bar, usually in a licensed establishment as well as in restaurants and nightclubs, but also occasionally at private parties.
At first, the end of wartime production caused a brief but deep recession, the post–World War I recession of 1919–1920 and a sharp deflationary recession or depression in 1920–1921. Quickly, however, the economies of the U.S. and Canada rebounded as returning soldiers re-entered the labor force and munitions factories were retooled to ...
Hoy Chee Wong (August 23, 1920 – July 30, 2009), known affectionally as Mr Hoy, was a Hong Kong-born American bartender and media personality in New York City. He was believed to be the oldest person to hold such a position in New York prior to his death. He served numerous high profile clientele, including film star Anthony Quinn.