"Flying trapeze The flying trapeze is a specific form of the trapeze in which a performer jumps from a platform with the trapeze so that gravity makes the trapeze swing. The performance was invented in 1859 by a Frenchman named Jules Léotard, who connected a bar to some ventilator cords above the swimming pool in his father's gymnasium in Toulouse, France. After practicing tricks above the pool, Leotard performed his act in the Cirque Napoleon (now known as the Cirque d'hiver). The traditional flier's costume, the leotard, is named after him. In a traditional flying trapeze act, flyers mount a"
"popular song, ""The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze"". According to notes from the Victoria and Albert Museum, Jules Léotard died in 1870 from an infectious disease (possibly smallpox). They list his year of birth as 1838. Jules Léotard Jules Léotard (; March 1, 1838August 17, 1870) was a French acrobatic performer and aerialist who developed the art of trapeze. He also popularized the one-piece gym wear that now bears his name and inspired the 1867 song ""The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze"" sung by George Leybourne. Léotard was born in Toulouse, France, the son of a"
"Jules Léotard Jules Léotard (; March 1, 1838August 17, 1870) was a French acrobatic performer and aerialist who developed the art of trapeze. He also popularized the one-piece gym wear that now bears his name and inspired the 1867 song ""The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze"" sung by George Leybourne. Léotard was born in Toulouse, France, the son of a gymnastics instructor who ran a swimming pool in Toulouse. Léotard would practice his routines over the pool. He went on to study Law. After he passed his law exams, he seemed destined to join the legal profession. But"
"Trapeze A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support. It can also be known as a aerial hoop, swinging rope, or a long silk-like fabric known as an aerial silk. It is an aerial apparatus commonly found in circus performances. Trapeze acts may be static, spinning (rigged from a single point), swinging or flying, and may be performed solo, double, triple or as a group act. The art of trapeze performance was developed by Jules Léotard, a young French acrobat and aerialist, in Toulouse in the mid-1800s. He invented the flying trapeze,"
"Trigère's papers are held by Brandeis University Archives & Special Collections. Pauline Trigère Pauline Trigère (November 4, 1908 – February 13, 2002) was a Franco-American couturière. Her award-winning styles reached their height of popularity in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. Recognized early in her career as an innovator of cut and construction, Trigère brought to women of all ages all over the world such novelties as the jumpsuit, the sleeveless coat, the reversible cape and the embroidered sheer bodice. She reinvented ready-to-wear fashion, matching form to function with bold prints and architectural silhouettes to create a distinctly"
"Jules Brateau Jules Brateau (also known as Jules Paul Brateau) was a French sculptor, goldsmith, jeweller and pewter-worker. He was born on 2 November 1844 in Bourges and died on 23 October 1923 in Fécamp. Brateau was part of a revival in the use of pewter in decorative objects, and won a gold medal at the 1889 Universal Exposition. After training as a woodcarver under Honorè Bourdoncle,from 1874 he worked as an engraver for jewellery companies such as Vever and Boucheron. In 1878 he began to work in pewter. He was made a member of Légion d'honneur in 1894, and"
"Charmion Laverie Vallee ""née"" Cooper (July 18, 1875 – February 6, 1949), best known by her stage name Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman whose well-publicized suggestive performance was captured on film in 1901 by Thomas Edison. A native of Sacramento, Charmion built her act around a memorable routine which opened with her on-stage entrance dressed in full Victorian street attire. She subsequently mounted the trapeze and disrobed down to her acrobat leotards in the midst of the trapeze's swinging motion. She appears to have begun performing while in her late teens, and this was part of"
"The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze ""The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze"", originally published under the title ""The Flying Trapeze"" and also known as ""The Man on the Flying Trapeze"", is a 19th-century popular song about a flying trapeze circus performer, Jules Léotard. The refrain states: The song was first published in 1867, with words written by the British lyricist and singer George Leybourne, music by Gaston Lyle, and arrangement by Alfred Lee. The lyrics were based on the phenomenal success of trapeze artist Jules Léotard, for whom the one-piece dancer's garment was named. The following"
"Boudreaux showed the world that an American woman could establish and run a company, and she also caused a revolution in the underwear industry. In 1913, a New York socialite named Mary Phelps Jacob created the first modern brassiere by tying two handkerchiefs together with ribbon. Jacob's original intention was to cover the whalebone sticking out of her corset, which was visible through her sheer dress. Jacob began making brassieres for her family and friends, and news of the garment soon spread by word of mouth. By 1914, Jacob had a patent for her design and was marketing it throughout"
"the crotch, but not the legs or arms. The garment was named after French acrobatic performer Jules Léotard (1838–1870), many years after his death, who wore the garment in his acrobatic act. In the early 20th century, use of leotards was mainly confined to circus and acrobatic shows, but were also worn by professional dancers, such as the showgirls of Broadway. Leotards on the stage were typically worn with stockings or tights. In the 1950s, traditionally-styled leotards continued to be worn mainly by stage performers and circus actors, but leotards began to be used as simple and functional exercise garments,"
"Patou served as a captain in the Zouaves. Reopening his couture house in 1919, he became known for eradicating the flapper look by lengthening the skirt and designing sportswear for women and is considered the inventor of the knitted swimwear and the tennis skirt. He, notably, designed the then-daring sleeveless and knee-length cut tennis wear for Suzanne Lenglen. He also was the first designer to popularize the cardigan and moved fashion towards the ""natural and comfortable"". Jean Patou is credited with inventing the ""designer tie"" in the 1920s when men's ties, made in the same fabric as the women's dress"
"Jean-Baptiste de La Chapelle Jean-Baptiste de La Chapelle (c.1710–1792, Paris) was a French priest, mathematician and inventor. He contributed 270 articles to the Encyclopédie in the subjects of arithmetic and geometry. In June, 1747 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. He was the inventor of a primitive diving suit in 1775, which he called a ""scaphandre"" from the Greek words ""skaphe"" (boat) and ""andros"" (man) in his book ""Traité de la construction théorique et pratique du scaphandre ou du bateau de l'homme"" (Treatise on the theoretical and practical construction of the ""Scaphandre"" or human boat)."
"Maurice Fernez Maurice Fernez (30 August 1885 - 31 January 1952, Alfortville, Paris, France) was a French inventor and pioneer in the field of underwater breathing apparatus, respirators and gas masks. He was pivotal in the transition of diving from the tethered diving helmet and suit of the nineteenth century to the free diving with self-contained equipment of the twentieth century. All Fernez invented apparatus were surface-supplied but his inventions, especially his mouthpiece equipped with a one-way valve, inspired the scuba diving pioneer Yves le Prieur. He was also a talented businessman who created a company to manufacture and sell"
"rope 1895 Acetylene domestic lighting 1895 Universal AC/DC electric motor 1895 Improved pedal bicycle 1895 Manual/electric hybrid massaging machine 1897 Device for automatic bottling of acetylene 1897 Device for hermetically sealing containers of acetylene 1897 Windmill toy for hats and canes 1898 Multi-task manual-electric industrial gyratory pump 1899 Carburetor for internal combustion engines 1900 Battery electric inflatable wearable lifejacket 1901 Phototherapy instruments 1902 Spring-loaded harpoon gun toy 1902 Propulsion of model boat or submarine by acetylene Gustave Trouvé Gustave Pierre Trouvé (2 January 1839 – 27 July 1902) was a French electrical engineer and inventor in the 19th century. Trouvé"
"Jean-Baptiste d'Huez Jean-Baptiste Cyprien d'Huez (1728 – 27 October 1793) was a French sculptor. Jean-Baptiste Cyprien d'Huez was born in Arras in 1728. His younger brother was Charles-Alexandre d'Huez, who became an architect. Huez studied under Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne. He won the second prize for sculpture in 1751, and shared the second prize in 1752. He won the first prize in 1753. Huez exhibited in the Salons of Paris from 1761 to 1773. Huez exhibited four bas-reliefs at the Salon of 1761 representing eight Virtues carrying garlands. Denis Diderot admired them for their antique style and for their character and draperies."
"days, contains anecdotes of his travels. Jules Laurens Jules Joseph Augustin Laurens, commonly known as Jules Laurens, (26 July 1825, Carpentras - 5 May 1901, Saint-Didier, Vaucluse) was a French artist in drawing, painting, and lithography who is remembered above all for his Oriental works. One of a family of five, at the age of 12 he went to live with his brother, Jean-Joseph (1801–1890) in Montpellier where he attended the city's art college while benefitting from his brother's artistic contacts. He went on to Paris, studying under Paul Delaroche at the École des Beaux-Arts, first exhibiting in 1840 and"
"of theatrical performance, involving a variety of physical skills such as acrobatics and juggling and sometimes performing animals. Usually thought of as a travelling show performed in a big top, circus was first performed in permanent venues. Philip Astley is regarded as the founder of the modern circus in the second half of the 18th century and Jules Léotard is the French performer credited with developing the art of the trapeze, considered synonymous with circuses. Astley brought together performances that were generally familiar in traditional British fairs ""at least since the beginning of the 17th century"": ""tumbling, rope-dancing, juggling, animal"
"Santa Ana, California at the age of 73. Charmion Laverie Vallee ""née"" Cooper (July 18, 1875 – February 6, 1949), best known by her stage name Charmion, was an American vaudeville trapeze artist and strongwoman whose well-publicized suggestive performance was captured on film in 1901 by Thomas Edison. A native of Sacramento, Charmion built her act around a memorable routine which opened with her on-stage entrance dressed in full Victorian street attire. She subsequently mounted the trapeze and disrobed down to her acrobat leotards in the midst of the trapeze's swinging motion. She appears to have begun performing while in"
"fastened to tape.') granted in July 1856. Alison Gernsheim suggests that the unidentified French inventor was probably R. C. Milliet of Besançon, as the July 1856 patent was filed by their British agent, C. Amet. Milliet had already patented a 'tournure de femme' in Paris on 24 April 1856 which was described as comprising 'elastic extensible circles joined together by vertical bands.' Following its introduction, the women's rights advocate Amelia Bloomer felt that her concerns about the hampering nature of multiple petticoats had been resolved, and dropped dress reform as an issue. Diana de Marly, in her biography of the"
"Leotard A leotard () is a unisex skin-tight one-piece garment that covers the body from the crotch to the shoulder. The garment was first made famous by the French acrobatic performer Jules Léotard (1838–1870). There are sleeveless, short-sleeved and long-sleeved leotards. A variation is the unitard, which also covers the legs. Leotards are worn by acrobats, gymnasts, dancers, figure skaters, athletes, actors, wrestlers, and circus performers both as practice garments and performance costumes. They are often worn together with ballet skirts on top and tights or sometimes bike shorts as underwear. As a casual garment, a leotard can be worn"
"Tricoteuse Tricoteuse () is French for a knitting woman. The term is most often used in its historical sense as a nickname for the women who sat beside the guillotine during public executions in Paris in the French Revolution, supposedly continuing to knit in between executions. Amongst the items they knitted was the famous liberty cap or Phrygian cap. One of the earliest outbreaks of insurrection in the revolutionary era was the Women's March on Versailles on October 5, 1789. Irate over high food prices and chronic shortages, working class women from the markets of Paris spontaneously marched to the"
"an actor and they appeared many times on the same stage. The stage name was taken on by Albert’s wife the actress Germaine Brasseur and her descendants : Pierre Brasseur, Claude Brasseur and Alexandre Brasseur. Jules Brasseur Jules Brasseur was a French actor and singer, born 1829 in Paris and died in the same city in 1890, who achieved considerable popular success in Paris and around France in the second half of the 19th century. Born Jules-Victor-Alexandre Dumont, his father was a wood merchant and destined his son for business; a position was secured for him as assistant glove-maker in"
"amount for the same time period in 1839. Grisi's salary was increased to make her the top earner among the dancers at the Opéra. Souvenirs were sold, pictures of Grisi as Giselle were printed, and sheet music arrangements were made for social dancing. The sculptor Emile Thomas made a statuette of Giselle in her Act II costume. A silk cloth was manufactured called ""façonné Giselle"", and Madame Lainné, a milliner, sold an artificial flower called 'Giselle'. The ballet was parodied at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in October 1841. Adolphe Adam was a popular writer of ballet and opera music in"
"Jules Wabbes Jules Wabbes (1919–1974) full name Jules Jean Sylvain Wabbes or JJ Wabbes, was a famed and accomplished Belgian furniture designer and interior architect. Born in Saint-Gille, Brussels, Wabbes began his career as an actor and after several other jobs, eventually opened an antiques and decoration shop in Brussels. At the end of his career, he was widely considered the most accomplished designer of the second half of the 20th century. A committed modernist, he started to create his own furniture and was chosen by several Belgian administrations to design and create functional furniture. All his works are based"
"Ted Lapidus Edmond ""Ted"" Lapidus (23 June 1929 – 29 December 2008) was a French fashion designer. He was born in Paris, the son of a Russian-Jewish émigré tailor. Lapidus was considered the creator and pioneer of the unisex fashion look and is credited with introducing a military and safari look into ""haute couture"". He is credited as the first designer to put Military style shoulder straps on both male and female clothing, and with making blue jeans part of the mainstream of fashion design.<br> After an apprenticeship with Dior, Lapidus started his own fashion label in 1951, and gained"
"Pierre Bergé Pierre Bergé (; 14 November 1930 – 8 September 2017) was a French award-winning industrialist and patron. He co-founded the fashion label Yves Saint Laurent, and was a longtime business partner (and onetime life partner) of the eponymous designer. Bergé was born in Oléron (Charente-Maritime) on 14 November 1930. His mother, Christiane, was a progressive teacher, who used the Montessori method. His father worked for the tax office. Bergé attended the Lycée Eugène Fromentin in La Rochelle, and, later, went to Paris. On the day of his arrival, as he was walking on the Champs-Élysées, French poet Jacques"
"of its designs and colors. Thanks to the renown of its ties, ""charvet"" has become a generic name for a certain type of silk fabric used for ties. Its exceptionally long history is associated with many famous customers, some of them infatuated with the brand. Also, writers have often expressed their characters' identity through references to Charvet. The store was founded in 1836 or in 1838 by Joseph-Christophe Charvet, known as Christofle Charvet (1809–1870). His father Jean-Pierre, native of Strasbourg, had been ""curator of the wardrobe"" for Napoleon Bonaparte, a position created at the beginning of the Empire. The curator"
"ball bearings, which were patented by Jules Suriray, a Parisian bicycle mechanic, in 1869. The bicycle, draped with the Union Jack, disappeared from outside a cafe in the ""rue Notre Dame des Victoires"" during the post-race celebrations. ""Le Vélocipède Illustré"" continued publication until 1872, when the impact of the Franco-Prussian War depressed sales at the end of the cycling boom. It reappeared in 1890 under the aegis of its founder, Richard Lesclide, who was 67 years old, with his wife Juana as editor. She wrote under the 'nom de plume' ""Jean de Champeaux"", and continued until her husband's death in"
"nude women. In 1926, Josephine Baker, an African-American expatriate singer, dancer and entertainer, caused a sensation at the Folies Bergère by dancing in a costume consisting of a skirt made of a string of artificial bananas and little else. The institution is still in business, and is still a strong symbol of French and Parisian life. Located at 32 rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement, the Folies Bergère was built as an opera house by the architect Plumeret. The métro stations are Cadet and Grands Boulevards. It opened on 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trévise, with light entertainment including"
"a film production company, ""Love streams productions agnès b"". Agnès b. agnès b. (born Agnès Andrée Marguerite Troublé, 1941 in Versailles) is a French fashion designer. She is known for her self-named brand, which includes fashion and film interests. Agnès had mixed twins at 19 and she separated from their father Christian Bourgois at 20. She graduated from École du Louvre in Paris. A career soon followed when her personal style caught the eyes of ""Elle"" magazine staffers at a Paris flea market. Her style of dress at the time, which included selections from France's Monoprix discount chain, was inspired"
"night and not from cholera as often indicated. Jules Seveste Jules Seveste, full name Désiré Henri Jules Seveste, (Paris, 1803 – Meudon, 30 June 1854 ) was a French playwright and theatre manager of the first half of the 19th century. In 1822 his father Pierre Seveste (1773–1825) appointed Jules and his brother Edmond to his theatre agency (founded c. 1810) which in 1817 had been granted a privilege to open suburban theaters. Pierre had opened the Théâtre Montparnasse in 1819, and he and his sons opened the Théâtre de Montmartre in 1822. After Pierre's death, his widow and sons"
"Lucile at 24 Burlington Street, whose clients included aristocracy, royalty, and theatre celebrities. Maison Lucile was founded by Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, who is credited as training the first professional models (""mannequins"" as they were then called) and for inventing the catwalk. Duff-Gordon expanded her business to Paris, New York and Chicago. Ippy and Gertie spent some time in Paris as well. Gertie got engaged to a French count while in Paris, but he was killed at the beginning of the war. The twins returned to Amsterdam and during the period 1916-1918 rose to ascendancy in the Amsterdam modelling world. It"
"Madame Grès Madame Grès (1903–1993) born Germaine Émilie Krebs, also known as Alix Barton and Alix, was a leading French couturier of her generation and costume designer. She founded the former haute couture fashion house ""Grès"" as well as the associated perfume house ""Parfums Grès"" which still exists today in Switzerland. Remembered as the ""Sphinx of Fashion"", Grès was notoriously secretive about her personal life and was seen as a workaholic with a furious attention to detail, therefore she preferred to let her work do the talking. Called the ""master of the wrapped and draped dress"" and ""queen of drapery"","