18Jul09

The lady of uncertain age simpered at the gentleman of about the same age who had offered her his seat in the car.
"Why should you be so kind to me? she asked.
"My dear madam, because I myself have a mother and wife and a daughter."

1925, First comprehensive art deco fair opens in Paris. The very term comes from the name of the fair, the Exposition internationale des arts decoratifs et industreils modernes. From clothes, jewelry, furniture, art and more, the event showcased an emerging new design style, that would have a major impact especially in architecture.

1925, Hitler's Mein Kampf is published. It is a theoretical guideline to Nazism.



Quote for the day:
Artist' models make only a bare living.