The City of Westminster, where Parliament and most of the government offices are located. Also Buckingham Palace, the official London residence of the Queen and the Royal family are located there too.
There are over 100 theatres in London, including 50 in the West End. London theatre accounts for 45% of all UK theatre admissions and over 70% of box-office revenues. Source: GLA Economics
London is the biggest city in Britain and in Europe.
London occupies over 620 square miles.
London has a population of 7,172,036 (2001)
About 12 per cent of Britain’s overall population live in London
The City of London, know simply as 'the City' which is the business and financial heart of the United Kingdom. It is also known as the Square Mile (2.59 sq km/1 sq mi). It was the original Roman settlement (ancient Londinium), making it the oldest part of London and already 1,000 years old when the Tower of London was built.
London was the first city in the world to have an underground railway, known as the 'Tube'.
Some of the most important people from countries all over the world visit the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
The tallest building in London is the Canary Wharf Tower.
London is the seat of central government in Britain.
London has the highest population density in Britain, with 4,699 people per square kilometre,
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of the famous fashion brand, Chanel. Her extraordinary influence on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the field to be named on Time Magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
“It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.” ― Coco Chanel
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” ― Coco Chanel
“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.” ― Coco Chanel
“Women have always been the strong ones of the world.” ― Coco Chanel
“A woman's education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat.”
― Coco Chanel
“Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.”
― Coco Chanel
“In 1919 I woke up famous. I'd never guessed it. If I'd known I was famous, I'd have stolen away and wept. I was stupid. I was supposed to be intelligent. I was sensitive and very dumb.” ― Coco Chanel
“A woman should wear perfume wherever she wants to be kissed.” ― Coco Chanel
“A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist.” ― Coco Chanel
“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
― Coco Chanel
“You make all the fashion statements just by dressing up your mind.”
― Jason Mraz
“Create your own style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.”
― Anna Wintour
“I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!”
― Marilyn Monroe
“True friends are like diamonds – bright, beautiful, valuable, and always in style.”
― Nicole Richie
“Elegance is refusal.”
― Coco Chanel
“Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always 20 times better.”
― Margaret Oliphant
“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn”
― Orson Welles
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.”
― Yves Saint-Laurent
“There's nothing interesting about looking perfect—you lose the point. You want what you're wearing to say something about you, about who you are.”
― Emma Watson
“Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.”
― Gwyneth Paltrow
“The most important thing to wear is a smile.”
― Ann Taylor
“Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.”
― Karl Lagerfeld
A little black dress is an evening or cocktail dress, cut simply and often quite short. Fashion historians ascribe the origins of the little black dress to the 1920s designs of Coco Chanel and Jean Patou intended to be long-lasting, versatile, affordable, accessible to the widest market possible and in a neutral colour. Its ubiquity is such that it is often simply referred to as the "LBD".
For some of the best peplum dresses out there for women, check out those amazing ones presented by Dorothy Perkins for 2013. The collection is versatile and integrates a lot of different fabrics, colors, and styles to find the perfect one for you and to get the color that best compliments your skin tone.
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