User:Mabalu
I am a quirky Brit with a strong eccentric streak. I hate talking about myself, so I'll just say the following things:
My interests are very wide-ranging, but foremost is an interest in fashion history and related subjects, particularly British fashion design, though I'm well-versed with other designers as well. I also know quite a bit about social history, and am fascinated by the lives of people and personal histories, and often surprise myself with the random things I know about random things.
I never use a greengrocer's apostrophe[1], and I know how to use words. In fact, I learned the written word very early on (pre-school) as one might a mother tongue. While I'm not terribly good at parsing sentences or explaining language in technical terms, I instinctively and intuitively know how words should be. I do tend to repeat words and phrases in close proximity to each other within a paragraph or even sentence, and cringe when I realise I've done so. While my spelling is generally good, I often confuse "tion" and "ton" endings and have a tendency to malaprop place-names and celebrities. This causes much amusement amongst my friends.
I have a deep-dyed dislike for the misuse of there/their/they're and similar, although I never actually learned the rules of grammar. I just picked them up as I went along, and I know what's right and, dare I say it - what ain't.
Wonderful resources for editing
- WP:Twinkle
- Earwig (copyvio checking)
- Reflinks (fills in bare URLs)
Articles I have worked on
- Italics denote an article that I have heavily edited or significantly worked on, rather than created.
- A name marked with an asterisk was created from a redirect or completely rewritten from scratch.
- My Did You Know? articles can be viewed here
Fashion & jewellery designers and companies
- Created - A-M
- Adri
- Adolfo
- Anello & Davide
- Bill Atkinson
- Babani
- Jeffrey Banks
- Anna Ben-Yusuf
- Susan Bennis/Warren Edwards
- David Bond
- Tom Brigance
- Marie-Louise Bruyere
- Kiki Byrne
- Cadoro
- Giuliana Camerino
- Jeanne S. Campbell
- Marie-Louise Carven
- Robert Cary-Williams
- John Cavanagh (designer)
- John Cavanagh (hatter)
- Gordon Luke Clarke
- Jules-François Crahay
- Lydia de Crescenzo
- Vicky Davis
- Marcelle Dormoy
- Victor Edelstein
- Florence Eiseman
- Andrew Fezza
- Anne Fogarty
- Graziella Fontana
- Jessie Franklin Turner
- Ghost
- Bill Gibb
- Goldworm
- Sandra Gray*
- Craig Green
- Olga di Grésy
- Jacques Griffe
- Elizabeth Handley-Seymour
- Elizabeth Hawes
- Eta Hentz
- Bobby Hillson
- Judy Hornby
- Jacob H. Horwitz
- Stephen Jones
- Louise Kennedy
- Mr. Kenneth
- Lainey Keogh
- Emmanuelle Khanh
- Omar Kiam
- Ben King
- Muriel King
- Shaun Leane
- Jack Lenor Larsen
- Dorothy Liebes
- Edward Mann
- Luba Marks
- Nancy Melcher
- Simone Mirman
- Monte-Sano & Pruzan
- Germaine Monteil
- Mark Mooring
- Leslie Morris
- Created - N-Z
- Christopher Nemeth
- Clifton Nicholson
- Obin*
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Jennifer Ouellette
- Emeric Partos
- Mr Pearl
- Laura Pearson
- Sylvia Pedlar
- Manuel Pertegaz
- Phelps Associates
- Mary Ping
- Anna Potok
- Clare Potter
- Catherine Rayner
- Nell Donnelly Reed
- Ben Reig
- Eva Rosencrans
- Nettie Rosenstein
- Michèle Rosier
- Clovis Ruffin
- Marty Ruza
- Jean-Louis Scherrer
- Celia Sebiri
- Christopher Shannon
- Bill Smith
- Mary Lou Spiess
- Charles Suppon
- Ruth Tarvydas
- Thea Tewi
- Ouigi Theodore
- Tiktiner*
- Dominic Toubeix
- Kosuke Tsumura
- Maurice Tumarkin
- Up Tied
- Rose Valois
- Joan Vass
- Giancarlo Venturini*
- Voris
- Sophia Webster
- Chester Weinberg
- Emily Wilkens
- Sydney Wragge
- Betty Yokova
- Zoran
- Suzie Zuzek
- Significantly contributed to
- Maureen Baker
- Armand Basi
- John Bates
- Sara Berman
- Judy Blame
- George Brooks
- Beatriz Canedo Patiño
- Salvatore J. Cesarani
- Louise Chéruit
- Countess Mara
- Yiannis Evangelides
- Douglas Ferguson
- Foale and Tuffin
- Andrew Groves
- Irregular Choice
- Ottavio Missoni
- Bianca Mosca
- Jean Muir
- Marie-Paule Nolin
- Jeanne Paquin
- Robert Piguet
- Alice Pollock
- Mary Quant
- Redfern
- Boris Bidjan Saberi
- Elsa Schiaparelli
- Scottevest
- Sock Shop
- Auguste Soesastro
- Maria Tash
- Philip Treacy
- Diana Vincent
- Sherry Wolf
- Ben Zuckerman
Fashion terminology
- Animal hat
- Bergère hat
- Boudoir cap
- Buster Brown suit
- Challis (fabric)
- Coatdress
- Crinoline
- Crêpe (textile)
- Delphos gown
- Dolly Varden (costume)
- Fascinator
- Ferronnière
- Fontange
- Go-go boot
- Hair tattoo
- Harem pants
- Herigaut
- Hotpants
- House dress
- It Bag
- Kandys
- Kidskin
- Kiss curl
- Mantle (clothing)
- Mantua (clothing)
- Marabou (fashion)
- Metal corset
- Metal lace
- Ombré
- Pamela hat
- Paper clothing
- Peascod belly
- Polonaise (clothing)
- Princess line
- Pussy bow
- Rainy daisy
- Red carpet fashion
- Sack-back gown
- Sailor dress
- Sailor hat
- See-through clothing
- Shorts
- Slip dress
- Sportswear (fashion)
- Strapless dress
- Textile sample
- Vegetable flannel
- Visite
- Wamus
- Warp printing
- Willy warmer
- Witzchoura
- Yak lace
- Yoke (clothing)
- Zamarra (coat)
Other people in fashion
- Lisa Armstrong (writer)
- Tamsin Blanchard
- Sandra Boler
- Marie-Louise Bousquet
- Ernestine Carter
- Meredith Etherington-Smith
- Susannah Frankel
- Ailsa Garland
- Sarajane Hoare
- Jennifer Hocking
- Min Hogg
- Ib Kamara
- Moira Keenan
- Doris Langley Moore
- Susanna Lau
- James Laver
- Vanessa de Lisle
- Pablo Manzoni
- Richard Martin (curator)
- Helena Matheopoulos
- Kate Phelan
- Marian Pritchard
- Charlie Porter (journalist)
- Mary Jane Russell
- Ben Sommers
Awards and organisations in fashion
- Coty Award
- Dress of the Year
- Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers
- Neiman Marcus Fashion Award
Artists
Miscellaneous
- Baron de Bush
- Brooklyn Bicycle Co.
- Eunice Black
- Chintzware
- Clothes-Line
- Fair Charlotte
- Frozen Charlotte (doll)
- Rory Cowan
- Pauline Joran
- List of fashion designers
- List of jewellery designers
- Living Dead Dolls
- Marghab Linens
- Micheline Patton
- Herbert Charles Pollitt
- Provençal quilts
- Red carpet fashion in 2000
- Red carpet fashion in 2001
- Red carpet fashion in 2002
- Red carpet fashion in 2007
- Red carpet fashion in 2008
- Red carpet fashion in 2009
- The Dance Lesson
- Tristan Quilt
Good articles
I have contributed significantly towards the following Good Articles:
Infoboxes
H | This user had access to HighBeam through The Wikipedia Library. |
NEWS | This user has access to Newspapers.com through The Wikipedia Library. |
Disclaimer
Footnotes
- ^ Although every now and again one accidentally slips out. Obviously I accidentally deleted the word "career" after the offending apostrophe and didn't notice. Thank goodness THAT was in an edit summary. Alas, you can't edit edit summaries...