Swan Song Week: Ballerinas who mastered the demanding role of the swan princess Odette inspired couturiers such as Pierre Balmain. This 1949 gown covered with white feathers is his ode to the ballerina-as-bird.
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In 1849 Thomas Layton donated to the British Museum fossil bones of oxen and bear, together with numerous antlers, that were found during the excavation of the cutting at Kew Bridge Station. They were later transferred to the . https://t.co/DDJsPlDo8k

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