From: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org (alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest) To: ammf-digest@smoe.org Subject: alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #11257 Reply-To: ammf@fruvous.com Sender: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ammf-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest Wednesday, May 3 2023 Volume 14 : Number 11257 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Shopper, You can qualify to get a $100 Amazon gift card! ["Amazon Opinion] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 10:04:55 +0200 From: "Amazon Opinion Requested" Subject: Shopper, You can qualify to get a $100 Amazon gift card! Shopper, You can qualify to get a $100 Amazon gift card! http://unlockyourhips.best/Ne0fft0A1HCyAgL2AirIAoy5IQoLxWQuo9ZP_GdtTsLZUGTXHA http://unlockyourhips.best/Wf-_2cZnaT8j8vwtB2ACrFRCTztr-fHB5jDBCVKH6qlj_d2Tow The Widows of Culloden (Autumn/Winter 2006) is the twenty-eighth womenswear collection designed by McQueen for his eponymous fashion house. McQueen spoke of wanting to "show a more poetic side" of his work with the collection. The collection was inspired by McQueen's Scottish ancestry, his love for the natural world, and Shakespeare's Scottish play Macbeth. Its name comes from the women who were widowed following the Battle of Culloden (1746). This engagement marked the defeat of the Jacobite rising of 1745, in which Charles Edward Stuart raised a Scots Jacobite army and attempted to regain the British throne. The battle led to British efforts to dismantle the Scottish clan system and ban the wearing of tartan, and has historically been mythologized as a conflict between Scotland and England. Widows features the return of many of McQueen's signature elements: sharp tailoring, altered silhouettes, and a dark yet romantic atmosphere. Multiple authors described it as something of a greatest hits collection for the designer. Soft dresses and flowing evening gowns accompanied McQueen's typical tailored suits and dresses. The light, ethereal aspect of many of the dresses is credited to McQueen's time at Givenchy, where he learned le flou, the dressmaking side of haute couture. McQueen personally created many patterns from the collection. Many elements from the collection were taken directly from or referred to traditional Highland dress, both upper- and lower-class. The primary fabrics used were tartan and tweed; Aran knit, brocade, black velvet, organza, and chiffon also featured in several ensembles. Some garments, especially those made with chiffon, were torn or left with unfinished seams. Other items were artificially aged to create the appearance of having been worn. As in Highland Rape, the tartan used in the collection is the red, yellow, and black McQueen family tartan, woven in a historic mill in Lochcarron, Scotland. Several of the tartan garments included aspects of the tr ------------------------------ End of alt.music.moxy-fruvous digest V14 #11257 ***********************************************