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The Role of Comfort in Choosing a Lingerie

Kafemme25 Aug, 2022Fashion

For all that we know, lingerie stays closest to your skin and it should feel like feathers, not needles that do not let you enjoy your time. Since we have several kinds these days including lingerie with garter, we must make sure that we are picking the one that fits us the best.

Audrey Hepburn : The Power of Compassion

Kafemme07 Jul, 2022Fashion

Delicate and graceful, people remember Audrey Hepburn as a silver screen ingenue. But Audrey?s life is one full of compassion, willing poured out from a full heart. One cannot admire the beauty of her face without also knowing the deeper beauty of her heart.

Josephine Baker : The Power of Joy

Kafemme02 Jul, 2022Fashion

The deep purity of joy is a power of its own, and dance sensation Josephine Baker took that joy and made it her life's work. Born in 1906 to a poor black single mother, Josephine had every reason to be dour. She was often hungry, and was put to work as a domestic by age eight. Her schooling was over by age twelve, and she often slept rough on the streets of St Louis, scavenging for food. But Josephine's spirit was unconquerable. She would dance in the street to support herself, soon becoming a member of an all African American dance troupe that worked the Broadway Stage. It was here she made the connections that took her to her spiritual home and truest love, Paris.

Hedy Lamarr : The Power of Invention

Kafemme24 Jun, 2022Fashion

Born Hedwig Kiesler in 1914 to Jewish Austrian parents, she spent her early years appearing in Austrian, German, and Czech films. But her life was not easy. She was stuck in a loveless, abusive marriage. In 1937 she defied the conventions of the time, not only leaving her husband but Europe entirely. She relocated to the United States, quickly making a name for herself as the most beautiful woman in Hollywood. She appeared in 30 films over the course of her 28 year career, becoming a household name and icon of modern beauty.

Marlene Deitrich : The Power of Confidence

Kafemme18 Jun, 2022Fashion

There is no power like the power of confidence. No woman embodies this power more completely than Marlene Deitrich. Born Marie Magdalene Dietrich in 1901 to an affluent Berlin family, she was drawn to performance in her teen years. She took the name Marlene (crafted from her first and middle name) and sought her path to stardom. Despite her passion for performance, it took some time for her to find her feet in the craft. By the 20s she found her stride on the stage and in film, where her commanding presence captivated audiences. In 1930, she starred as Lola Lola in the German film The Blue Angel, a tale of a femme fatale cabaret singer who seduces and destroys a respectable schoolmaster. It was a role that paved the way to stardom, leading to a film career of more than 24 films over a period of thirty years. As she aged, she took that stardom to her truest love - the theatre. Marlene spent her latter years in cabaret, commanding sellout audiences well into her seventies.

How Silk Is Made Tale of the Moth

Kafemme10 Jun, 2022Fashion

Let's start off with some facts as to when silk was invented and where silk comes from. Ancient Chinese invented silk around the year 2696 BC. Silk then was a big part of Chinese culture, trade and overall economy. According to the legend, Empress His Ling Shi was resting under a mulberry tree in imperial gardens. Legend says that the Empress was sipping her tea, when suddenly a cocoon fell into her tea cup and began to unraveled before her eyes. The ancients of China took the moth, tamed it and put it to work, and in return they are tended for like gentle emperors.

Cyd Charisse : The Power of Perseverance

Kafemme04 Jun, 2022Fashion

Imagine being a child who dreams of dance, but whose body is sickly and weak. This was the great challenge presented to little Tula Ellice Finklea, a child of six, whose poor health culminated with a battle against polio. Born in Texas in 1922, there was no defence against this debilitating illness. The child, though weak in the flesh, was strong in spirit, and used the demanding nature of ballet to rebuild her small body. She began to dance at age eight, focused and determined. By twelve she had developed her strength and poise enough to begin formal ballet training, and just two years later she danced with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. They gave her names that were as beautiful as her dancing - Felia Siderova and Maria Istomina.