Les uniformes des travailleurs
Un vrai bleu qui résiste aux taches !
"... Le dictionnaire de Cambridge définit l'uniforme (mot) comme suit : "le même ; ne changeant pas ou n'étant pas différent d'une manière ou d'une autre". Anciens ou modernes, militaires ou civils, les objectifs de l'uniforme (tenue) restent inchangés : identification, fonctionnalité, protection et confort. Il y a cent ans, les circonstances séparaient les...
Analysis of the Victorine's illustration
Watercolour by Hippolyte Charles Napoléon Mortier, the Duke of Trevise dating from 1865, and representing "the old lady", who was called Victorine
Context
Victorine was very old in 1866, 13 years after the French abolition of slavery.
Victorine may have arrived on the island as a child, as a slave. Young domestic slaves were in the permanent service of their masters, and apprenticed to older slaves.
When...
Worker Uniforms
True Blue that Endures Stains!
“. . . the same; not changing or different in any way,” is how the Cambridge Dictionarydefines uniform (word). Ancient or modern, military or civilian, the objectives of uniform (dress) remain unchanged - identification, functionality, protection, andcomfort. Hundred years ago, circumstances separated “white collar” interests from the “blue collar” ones. The wheel has come a full...