Asunta Hernández was the true creator of more refined look that Eva wore after his European tour. The image consultant was also the first lady of the house first official Henriette, la maison that brought toiles de France and later became famous for wedding dresses. Its function required travel to France and Italy twice a year to choose dresses Ch Dior, Jacques Fath and Rochas, as well as shoes of Perugia, with which the First Lady attended the gala del Teatro Colón. Asunta Hernandez spent the night of July 26, 1952 funeral clothes becoming a Fath dress that Eva was not new in life.
The thimble has its origins in the beginnings of civilization. Carved in stone, bronze, bone or ivory thimble primitive men helped push needles through animal skins to make clothing. Since then, the thimbles were created for all materials imaginable. Already in the tombs of the pharaohs found small leather thimbles used by the Egyptian queens, very skilled in the art of sewing and embroidery.
In China, the ladies of high society used thimbles great value, sometimes made of pearls, especially worked and decorated with carved gold. During the Middle Ages, ladies embroidering awaited the return of the missing men who participated in the Crusades.
The invention of the sewing needles found the invention of the thimbles. Nuremberg and had foxgloves in 1380, sold throughout Bavaria.
Legend has it that the thimble, as currently known, was the work of an Amsterdam jeweler, Nicholas Van Beuschooten, who in 1648 built and gave to Mrs. Van Reusselar on the occasion of his birthday a letter with the present, the jeweler she begged the lady to accept this honor for protection their fingers, despite his renowned ability to handle the needles. In Nuremberg, as well as Amsterdam and Cologne, thimbles were made by hand, but in the year 1696 he invented a machine for mass production and relatively low prices.
From the late sixteenth century thimbles were considered as art objects. They are given as a token of love during the Victorian era in a society that discouraged personal gifts for men and women.
The term "call with the thimble" was used by the ladies of the night on their rounds, hitting the glass to attract the attention of men who passed by.
In 1800, a thimble was used as a measure of whiskey or glass of alcohol, coining the phrase: "Only a thimble."
During World War thimbles became a currency. In England, around £ 400,000 in thimbles were donated and melted in order to purchase necessary equipment for hospitals. After the war, the thimbles became a popular souvenir and advertising medium.
The thimble for men (Taylor) has the shape of a small hollow truncated cone open at both ends, while the women's Thimble (seamstress) is covered at its narrowest point, is smooth inside and outside have small drawings it is there which supports the bottom of the needle when sewing, thus avoiding the risk of injury from the repeated contact
