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It was called Odalisque, and it was made by American fashion & jewelry designer Nettie Rosenstein, who is often given credit for inventing the concept of the “little black dress” which is now a fashion staple for stylish women everywhere.
Archive 2008-12-01 Marina Geigert 2008
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It was called Odalisque, and it was made by American fashion & jewelry designer Nettie Rosenstein, who is often given credit for inventing the concept of the “little black dress” which is now a fashion staple for stylish women everywhere.
How The Other Half Lives: Henry Dunay Sabi Marina Geigert 2008
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And yes, it does smell like "old money", like another old favorite of mine, Nettie Rosenstein's Odalisque, which is virtually impossible to find.
My New York State of Mind. Perfume Review: Norell Marina Geigert 2007
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They'd be swamped in the wake from "Odalisque," Republican Tom Foley's 100-foot ship flagged under the Republic of Marshall Islands and hailing from the port of Bikini.
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They'd be swamped in the wake from "Odalisque," Republican Tom Foley's 100-foot ship flagged under the Republic of Marshall Islands and hailing from the port of Bikini.
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The "Odalisque" of Ingres, where all the lines of the body constitute a single line, is a notable case.
The Principles of Aesthetics Dewitt H. Parker
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"Odalisque" (1814), the "Source" (1818) -- all these canvases are in the Louvre -- are among the most beautiful poems consecrated to setting forht the noblest meaning of the human figure.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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The Telegraph, Vekselberg (net worth: $6.4 billion) bought the painting, "Odalisque" by
Forbes.com: News 2010
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And while "Odalisque" and "The Legionnaire's Lament" are undeniably Mangum-steeped, the Decemberists have likely read as much Bangs as Beard, borrowing discreetly from sources far and wide; there's nary a song that doesn't stutter on its own immense cultural vocabulary.
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Victor Hugo's vivid poems in "Les Orientales" (1829) were a pioneering effort in pure imagination, as was painter Jean Dominique Ingres's seductive "Grande Odalisque" (1814), the reclining peach-skinned nude, with her tasseled turban and peacock fan, no more Oriental than a sauce béarnaise.
Go East, Monsieur Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2012
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