An Englishman opens a fashion house in Paris. The fashion house carves out a niche known as haute culture, ‘high sewing’, or exclusive high quality custom-fitting apparel. He then “unionizes” the industry by gathering other fashion houses together to avoid their designs being copied without approval. Today, that group of houses still exists and is…

The Byzantine empire is how historians have labeled Constantine’s continuation of the eastern Roman Empire, carrying the mantle forward as the western Roman Empire had fallen. The name seems fitting as Byzantium was the name of the city at the time, now modern day, hair transplant capital, Istanbul But if you were to ask someone…

What are the contents of your character? As I uncover the chest and blow off the dust, what will I find? I find a respect for others. I find a connection to others. I find a consideration for how others feel. I find a genuine desire for what is good. I find a willingness to…

Whirling element reflecting fragmented information. Bespoke to three opinions, three souls. Striving as they seek to find, the picture that makes a whole.

Standout sentences from what I’ve been reading this week, courtesy of Brandon Sanderson’s The Way Of Kings. “But alliances could be shallow things indeed This one wouldn’t last the hour.” “For if you were going to assassinate a man, he was entitled to see you coming.”