(I think it might amuse you to know that I picked the painting because I was thinking of the Bonaparte family as being the Kardashians of the 1800s (powerful, divisive, and in the eyes of some, rather vulgar), and that if this was Caroline, it was her trying to separate herself both politically, and, through the portrait, aesthetically
If youre wearing a tieless suit at the semi-formal, then slap on a tie for the cocktail
The light soy sauce adds extra salt without too much colour so the sauce doesnt get too dark
No matter where one goes, to the races at Longchamps, to any of the many smart tea places in the Bois [] or at the resorts of the strictly fashionable in the Champs Elyses, the white gowned woman is much in evidence. (Chicago Tribune, 1909) But lingerie dresses were never worn in the mornings, to go shopping or in the evening