Olga Sviblova, Russian doyenne of art and photography, gives CNN a tour of the city she calls home: https://cnn.it/2QBwIdq
2008年5月31日 星期六
emirate, citadel, “the Pied Piper of fashion
Art | 29.05.2008
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By 1983, when he was 47, his work was recognized by fashion scholars as so fundamentally important to women’s dress that a retrospective of his designs was held at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the first time the museum had honored a living designer. Diana Vreeland, the legendary magazine editor and the doyenne of the Costume Institute, who masterminded the exhibition, called him “a living genius” and “the Pied Piper of fashion.”
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/ja/dictionary/english/doyenne
doyennenoun [C usually singular]
the oldest, most experienced, and often most respected woman involved in a particular type of work:
The party was held in honour of Vivienne Westwood, that doyenne of British fashion.the Pied Piper (of Hamelin)
citadel
noun [C] ━━ n. （市街地を見おろす）とりで, 要塞; 拠点; 避難所.
1 a strong castle in or near a city, where people can shelter from danger, especially during a war:
The town has a 14th century citadel overlooking the river.
2 LITERARY a powerful organization in which finding a job is difficult for someone who does not know people who work there:
At the age of 32, she managed to enter one of the citadels of high fashion.
emir
noun [C]
a ruler of particular Muslim countries in the Middle East:
the Emir of Kuwait
emirate
noun [C]
a country ruled by an emir
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