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CONCEIVED AND DESIGNED BY Maximillien de Lafayette

FANCY LIVING  MAGAZINE. OCTOBER 2005 ISSUE

 

FANCY LIVING OCTOBER 2005 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

3.GOSSIPS OF THE YEAR:  Affleck avoids ‘f' word in reference to J-Lo...   Necklace owned by Eva Peron auctioned for $466,700...Naomi Watts...Lennon compilation... Elton John...Tom Cruise...Schwarzenegger...and much more. By Lydia Steinberg, Melanie Cooper, Lucie Harrison, Bob Stewart, Maggie Ashckar. Elizabeth Rothingham, Colins Marshall, Francesca Roukdin, Graham Reed, Olivier Duff.

8.HIGH SOCIETY: ETIQUETTE. By Maximillien de Lafayette. AMERICAN NOUVELLE SOCIAL ELITE VERSUS THE INTERNATIONAL ELITE. Brief Analogy: Differences and Similarities.

12. GLANCE AT THE SUMMER 2006 LINGERIES FASHION. By Valerie Constand. Popeline and dentelle are the signature of the 2006 lingeries fashion. Bright exotic colors and esprit libre will dominate the allure of lingeries for the coming year. The style is comfortable, colorful and vibrant. A very pin-up style with a lot of imprime for all ages and sizes. The black dentelle is very chic.

 

20. BIZARRE OR ULTRA-CHIC? By Fabiola Rossi. 2006 SPRING-SUMMER FASHION DESIGNERS PICS OF THE MONTH.

22.2006 SPRING-SUMMER FASHION DESIGNERS PICS OF THE MONTH. By Fabiola Rossi.

 

 

23.WORLD CLASS WOMEN ARTISTS. By Maximillien de Lafayette. GERTI Bierenbroodspot: Europe's Most Powerful, Successful and Adventuresome Woman Artist! Gerti Bierenbroodspot is a living legend in Holland and a “divine enigma” to art historians, archaeologists and art lovers. She has visited half of the world. Especially the old world, ancient civilizations which are her source of inspiration. She is fond of ancient cultures and civilizations, in particular Greece, the Island of Crete, Pompeii, Al Batra, Jordan, the old Near East, etc.

43.ESTHER LIXENBERG AND YAFIT GOLDFARB. By Maximillien de Lafayette.  TWO ISRAELI "EXOTIC GENIUSES" TAKE NEW YORK CITY BY STORM! AND THEIR "SEASONAL WHISPERS" BOUTIQUE BECOMES THE DESTINATION OF WORLD CLASS JEWELRY DESIGN AND LOVERS' WHISPERS. They are not opera divas. They are not motion pictures superstars. But, believe me, they glitter and shine one million times more and brighter than any movie star on the face of the earth. They are in the business of "making things glitter". They are the two queens of glitters of New York City! They are The jewelry designers and proprietors of the legendary Seasonal Whispers, where diamonds, gold, copper and jewelry whisper, hide and tell stories. Two outstanding New York artists Esther Lixenberg and Yafit Goldfarb (mother and daughter) are...

45.SUCCESSFUL NEW YORK JEWISH WOMEN.  JUDITH S. LEDERMAN: THE WIZARD WHO MAKES THINGS HAPPEN. She has her style and persona. Also she has many strategic secrets. Meet Judy S. Lederman; one of America's brightest marketing figures.  She is witty, unconventional, sharp, persistent (if you don't mind), very observant, inquisitive, and Lord! She is SO FAST! She makes money. She shows people how to make money but, also, she cares about children, families who are  going  through tough time...

 

49.Rochelle Krich. By Maximillien de Lafayette. In a little over ten years, Rochelle Krich has established herself as a key player in the field of crime fiction.  In 1990 Krich made her writing debut with Where’s Mommy Now? which won an Anthony Award and was adapted as the TV movie Perfect Alibi.  Since then, Krich has published twelve other critically acclaimed novels, including the national best seller Shadows of Sin, and Dead Air (RT Reviewers Choice Award Winner for Best Suspense Novel).  Krich’s award-nominated mystery short stories include “A Golden Opportunity,” “Widow’s Peak,” and “Bitter Waters,” nominated for an Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity.  Her works have been published in Britain, France, Germany, Holland, Iceland, Israel, Japan, and Spain...

 

52.THE WORLD OF MUSIC: THE 5 STARS CDs. By Maximillien de Lafayette. Liesl Muller: A refined lady who sings like a femme fatale chanteuse of "Les annees folles" and Paris Pigale of 1930. A warm and sinfully evocative voice which brings to life the magic, nostalgia and tender beauty of a vanished golden era of the early days of Cabaret and Kabaret of Paris and Berlin... LET MY PEOPLE GO, an extremely moving Jewish socio-political  statement  made through lyrics and music that capture  the heart and mind  with simple melodies that make the heart sing. This is an historical musical documentation of human struggles...ROBERTO ALAGNA: NESSUM DORMA. French-Italian tenor Roberto Alagna delivered a world-class album of Italian arias, including Giordano's Fedora, Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur Puccini's Nessun dorma...NATALIE DESSAY: French Arias ,Michel Plasson, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse. Splendid collection of coloratura soprano arias cleverly chosen  from French most lyrical operas by Donizetti,  Massenet,  Thomas, Offenbach and Gounod.  Natalie Dessay,  the world's top coloratura soprano...

SOFIA LAITI: NEW FRESH BREEZE FOR AMERICAN CABARET. THE HOTTEST DIVA ON THE BLOCK! BY RICHARD SAND.    Laiti's voice gives you this sensation: Sensuality, intelligence, comfort, motivation." And de Lafayette goes on to say: "Critics who reviewed her recent CD "You Don't Me" called her a jazz singer, and referred to her as a singer who is "taking jazz into a new direction." Others wrote " Ms. Laiti has a romantic, sensual voice, with softness of real jazz sound..." Fine! This is very true but, not true enough! For they have missed the "class", the "elegance", the "melodrama", the "intelligence", the " intellectual eroticism", the "aroma of a femme fatale"

 

54.Dr. Elizabeth Swados is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Ford Fellowship, a Covenant Foundation Grant, 3 Obie Awards, 5 Tony Nominations, a special Pen Citation and a Cine Award.  She has composed, written and directed over 30 theater pieces including The Trilogy, Nightclub Cantata, Broadway’s groundbreaking 1977 production Runaways (Tony nomination), Alice in Concert (starring Meryl Streep), Doonesbury and Rap Master Ronnie...

Laura Lauder is determined to make sure that the Jewish community flourish and prosper nationwide and worldwide, by using her incomparable knowledge of venture-capitalism methods. Her objectives are noble: The creation of a cadre of  well-trained educators and teachers in both, Jewish and secular education...

Stacy Madison. The Jewish Woman reported: “For Stacy Madison, getting fired from a restaurant in Honolulu "was the best thing that ever happened." After months of working more than 80 hours a week as a manager, she had asked when her bonus check would be coming—and found herself without a job. "That's when the entrepreneurial gene clicked," she says. "I was now motivated to go into my business for myself."

56. Photography. By David Prince. This Land To Me: Some Call It Palestine, Others Israel - Barbara Grove...The Forgotten Photographs: The Work of Paul Goldman from 1943 - 1961...Awakening - Tal Shochat...

 

                          Music, dance, installation. By David Prince.
An Evening of Music and Song with Danny Maseng and Inbal Megiddo...Israeli Folk Dance with Tamar and Shmulik...MULTI-MEDIA INSTALLATION Cyclops - multi-media installation by Ohad Meromi

 

 

58. Mary Phelps Jacob, Inventor of the Bra Design. In 1913, the first modern brassiere to be awarded a patented was invented by a New York Jewish socialite named Mary Phelps Jacob. Mary had just purchased a sheer evening gown for one of her social events. At that time, the accepted undergarments were corsets, stiffened with whaleback bones and steel rods. Mary found that the "whalebone-spocked" out visibly around the plunging neckline and under the sheer fabric, so with two silk hankerchiefs and some pink ribbon, the first bra was invented.

64.Getting married? Count to five. Couples who make it to their fifth year of marriage are less likely to break up, figures from Statistics Canada indicate. "Before the first anniversary of marriage, there was less than one divorce for every 1,000 marriages in 2002,'' the agency said Tuesday. After the first anniversary, the divorce rate was 4.3 per 1,000 marriages. That went up to 18 per 1,000 after the second anniversary, 25 after the third and peaked at 25.7 after the fourth.                                                                                         

Creativity, some scientists say, may play an important role in healthy aging. The singers' average age is 80; the youngest is 65 and the oldest 96. It's an odd medical meeting that features Rogers & Hammerstein and brilliantly coloured paintings rather than, say, X-rays. What does belting out Oklahoma or putting oil to canvas have to do with brain health? Perhaps a lot, when the singers are active 70- and 80-year-olds and the painters are in the throes of dementia. Creativity, some scientists say, may play an important role in healthy aging; conversely, the ill can shed extraordinary light on just how the brain perceives art.

Teens face multiple mental-health issues, losing sleep due to stress: study.  One in 10 teens is grappling with at least three mental-health issues, a finding that highlights the need for prevention strategies that address a wide range of problem behaviours, say the authors of a study released Monday. "The youth themselves are reporting psychological distress, feeling under stress, having worries, having trouble sleeping at night," said Dr. Joseph Beitchman of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. 

BUZZ AND EVE

66.MI5 advised spies not to use sex. Female spies using sex to obtain secrets may be a staple of espionage thrillers, but it has emerged that in reality British intelligence did not approve.

WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE? Fashion is a dog's breakfast, and don’t we know it. For madam et monsieur, le menu du jour: Cardigans (thin and cashmere), florals (a tsunami of fresh flowery frocks and sundry separates is breaking, as we speak, over Britain and Europe and will build and break again over our coming spring/summer.

Woman gave birth to a child using 21-year-old frozen sperm. A British woman gave birth to a baby boy using sperm from her husband that was frozen 21 years earlier, their doctor said Tuesday. Dr. Elizabeth Pease, a consultant in reproductive medicine at St. Mary's Hospital in Manchester where the baby was born two years ago, said she believed the age of the sperm made the case a world record. Pease said the father had five vials of his sperm "cryopreserved" at the age of 17...

SOPHISTICATED COIFFURE. A TASTE OF PARIS

69.THE WORLD OF GLAMOUR:  EXTRAVAGANT FASHION, COIFFURE , MAKEUP. By Maximillien de Lafayette. The snob neglige style is in, once again. But, you have to temper it with a flair of panache. Heavy lipstick definition is en vogue. And the colors are borrowed from the rainbow of the makeup artists and maitres du maquillage. The fond de teint is delicate. And everything blends perfectly with the light pink refreshing the face. It is fun. Colorful and young. Just have a glance at the photos and save yourself the headache of reading this article. Some coiffures are in. Others are out. It does not depend on your preference. But, this is the final esthetic decision of the maestro de la moda. You can revolt. You can protest. But, try those colors first. They might fit your personality, but not your persona.

JEWISH INTERNATIONAL DIVA

74.Raquel Bitton: The International Jewish Diva of the French Music-Hall and Cabaret.  She is Edith Piaf’s soul, tears and joy, but she remains herself “The Grande Dame Raquel Bitton” with pure individuality, distinctive style and her own Jewish persona. Raquel Bitton is the foremost and single most important international singer responsible for reviving the repertoire of the legendary Edith Piaf worldwide.

 

 

PHOTOGRAPHY: STUDY AND ANALYSIS

78.The Shadow of Intimacy. Bill Brandt came to London for good at the beginning of April 1934. He wanted to be English, and really belong to the fairy-tale island. This meant inventing a new identity for himself, as he turned 30, but also inventing an England that would satisfy his childhood fantasies.

 

 

 

 

Judaic Myths and Folklore

85.Shabbat Hamalka. By Dr. Ilil Arbel. Among the goddesses representing either the female side of Yahweh or his consorts, such as Asherah, Shekhina, Anath, and Lilith, Shabbat Hamalka has a unique personality and origin. Her myth strongly influenced Jewish thought, and contributed to the strength of home and family that had improved the odds for physical and spiritual Jewish survival. The name means Queen of the Sabbath, and the entity is the personification of the Jewish day of rest, Saturday. She still possesses a prominent position in Judaic mythology.

86.River Sambation. By Dr. Ilil Arbel.  Legends tell that when the Temple was destroyed, and the Israelites were taken to Babylon, their captors asked them to play the instruments and sing the songs of Zion. The Israelites wept before God: "We cannot sing the sacred songs in an unclean land!" Some cut their fingers off so they could not play the treasured musical instruments. As they wept, a cloud descended from heaven. It enveloped the Israelites, their cattle, their sheep, even their tents, carried them up into the sky, and traveled with them all day.

87.Lamed Vav. By Dr. Ilil Arbel. The Lamed Vav are two letters in the Hebrew alphabet. Numerically, they represent 36. Legends tell that in this world, there always live thirty-six men who are also called Tzadikim Nistarim, or the Hidden Just Men

Metatron. By Dr. Ilil Arbel. The myths of Metatron are extremely complicated, and at least two separate versions exist. The first version states he came into being when God created the world, and immediately assumed his many responsibilities. The second claims that he was first a human named Enoch, a pious, good man who had ascended to Heaven a few times, and eventually was transformed into a fiery angel.

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AROUND THE WORLD

92.THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES OUTRAGE THE WORLD!! Stars mark women's day in India. Actresses Jane Fonda and Marisa Tomei marked International Women's Day by staging a performance of The Vagina Monologues in India.

 

95.Right now, the CIA has important, exciting jobs for US citizens, especially those with foreign language skills. YAH RIGHT!! Alias actress Jennifer Garner, who stars as a CIA agent in the show, is now fronting a recruitment drive for the US spy agency. Strangely enough, our sources tell us that CIA was very reluctant to hire expert linguists for lack of funds. Even, when applicants were extremely qualified, hiring authorities at the CIA turned them down. There is a strong belief that CIA would exclusively hire those who belong to their inner circle. Politics play major role in selecting and hiring applicants. Many qualified persons in the past applied for linguists and languages experts jobs and were ignored.

HISTORY: AMERICAN-HAWAIIAN EXPERIENCE

96-108.History: HOW OUR AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND INTERESTS CONQUERED AND ILLEGALLY ANNEXED HAWAII BY FORCE!! The Hawaiian Islands were unknown in the west before 1778. As early as 1843 the United States asserted that it would not allow any European power to possess Hawaii, probably after an abortive attempt by the British to annex it. This was in accordance to the Monroe Doctrine, which established the American colonial sphere of influence over the Western Hemisphere, in order to rival the influence of the European powers. In the unabridged version of Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, the word "usurpation" is defined as: "The act of usurping; the act of seizing or occupying and enjoying the place, power, functions or property of another without right; especially the unlawful occupation of a throne." .............

GREAT WOMEN IN HISTORY

109.Hypatia of Alexandria. A martyr to feminine intellect. Hypatia of Alexandria is the earliest woman scientist whose life is well documented; she was also the last scientist of the Golden Age of Pericles, before enlightenment gave way to the Dark Ages. Her martyrdom has had more of an impact on the history than her inventions, although the hydroscope itself—the first laboratory instrument to measure the specific gravity of liquids—was a breakthrough. Born in Alexendria in A.D. 370, Hypatia came into a rarefied intellectual world. Her father, Theon, was a mathematician and astronomer at the Museum at Alexandria, and Hypatia was his prize pupil.

111.GOLDA MEIR: A Mother, a Leader and a Genius. When the word "greatness" comes to mind, Golda Meir comes immediately to the forefront. Her commitment to her land and to her people was the paragon of human dedication. Her complete involvement, tempered with love, fired by fierce devotion, caused the world to know that she was a true mover of mountains. Though born in Kiev, Russia, she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her family in 1906. In 1915, she joined the Labor Zionist Party. In 1917, she married Morris Meyerson and they moved to Tel Aviv (then Palestine) in 1921. Later they became the proud parents of Sarah and Menachem. Eighteen years ago today (March 7, 1969), Golda Meir was nominated by the Labor Party to be Prime Minister of Israel. She held this esteemed position until 1974.

UNITED STATES WOMEN OF GREATNESS

113-118 .UNITED STATES' WOMEN OF GREATNESS: JEWISH WOMEN TAKE THE LEAD