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In another vein, G. E. M. Anscombe was one of only a few noted women who occasionally wore a monocle. [8] Abstract expressionist painter Barnett Newman wore a monocle mainly for getting a closer look at artworks. [9] Richard Tauber wore a monocle to mask a squint in one eye. The Irish poet William Butler Yeats wore them at times too.
Surely there should be a mention of this most famous wearer of monocles? 70.16.18.49 02:38, 21 March 2007 (UTC) Teddy Roosevelt wore pince nez spectacles, not a monocle. Edgewise 22:26, 22 March 2007 (UTC) I know that Eric von Stroheim wore a monocle when playing as an actor a German officer in some movies. But otherwise?
Anton Chekhov with pince-nez, 1903. Pince-nez (/ ˈ p ɑː n s n eɪ / or / ˈ p ɪ n s n eɪ /, plural form same as singular; [1] French pronunciation:) is a style of glasses, popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that are supported without earpieces, by pinching the bridge of the nose.
Monroe wore the famous white dress in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder.The scene was filmed early in the morning on Sept. 15, 1954, on the corner of Lexington Avenue and ...
Corazon Aquino. Corazon Aquino was President of the Philippines from 1986-1992 under some extraordinary circumstances.She was a Senator's wife and became a political leader in the People Power ...
Image credits: culturaltutor Frederic Edwin Church's magnificent painting El Khasné, Petra (1874) depicts the temple in the historical city of Petra, Jordan.Church was an American landscape ...
c. 1910 top hat by Alfred Bertiel European royalty c. 1859 Austin Lane Crothers, 46th Governor of Maryland (1908–1912), wearing a top hat A top hat (also called a high hat, or, informally, a topper) is a tall, flat-crowned hat traditionally associated with formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning white tie, morning dress, or frock coat.
Of the more than 16,000 outfits Mackie crafted during his tenure, multiple stand out, among them, Burnett’s curtain dress, which she famously wore to portray Scarlett O’Hara in the sketch Went ...