Cullinan Diamond
The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem-quality rough diamond ever found.
Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider was an Austrian actress.
Riva Aquariva Super
Riva Aquariva Super has been the ultimate symbol of glamour and style since it launched more than half a century ago.
Gia Carangi
Gia Carangi was an American fashion model during the late 1970s and early 1980s. After she became addicted to heroin, Carangi's modeling career rapidly declined. She later became infected with HIV and died at the age of 26. Her death was not widely publicized and few people in the fashion industry knew of it.
21 Club
21 Club is a New York City restaurant and former prohibition-era speakeasy. The walls and ceiling of the Bar Room are covered with antique toys and sports memorabilia donated by famous patrons.
Margaret Cavendish
Margaret Cavendish was an English aristocrat and a prolific writer. In her memoir, Cavendish expresses that she enjoyed inventing herself through fashion. She states that she aimed for uniqueness in her dress, thoughts and behaviour, and remarks that she disliked wearing the same fashions as other women. She also expresses her desire to achieve fame. Several passages of her memoir remark upon her virtuous character, and she states that while she acknowledges the goodness in others, she thinks it acceptable that she should hope to be better than they are.
Kronenhalle
Kronenhalle is a legendary restaurant in Zurich. Thomas Mann liked the red room - it reminded him of a German luxury ship. Braque and Miro sat around the tables, and they hang on the walls; Picasso, too. But the most devoted habitue, the one whose regular seat everyone asks to see, if not sit in, was James Joyce. ''Joyce lived here for eight years,'' says Gustav Zumsteg, Hulda's son and the Kronenhalle's owner. ''He came here every day. And he left this place to die.''
West Wycombe Caves
West Wycombe Caves are a network of man-made chalk and flint caverns which extend one quarter of a mile underground, situated above the village of West Wycombe, England. They were excavated between 1748 and 1752 for the infamous Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer, founder of the Dilettanti Society and co-founder of the notorious Hell Fire Club, whose meetings were held within the caves. These clubs were rumoured to be the meeting places of persons of quality who wished to take part in immoral acts, and the members were often very involved in politics. Neither the activities nor membership of the club are easy to ascertain.
Area
Area was a legendary nightclub that operated from 1983 to 1987 at 157 Hudson Street in New York City.
Carré Otis
Carré Otis is an American model and actress. Otis started dating Mickey Rourke not long after the release of Wild Orchid. The couple married in 1992, and had one of the most celebrated and stormy celebrity marriages of the 1990s.