Celebrating Niki's 20th Birthday: A Milestone for Enhypen

This week, we are diving into one of my favorite department stores of the 19th/20th century, I. Magnin! I. Magnin was a luxury department store chain founded by Dutch immigrants Mary Ann and Isaac Magnin in 1876. The company started as a small shop selling baby clothing, which Mary Ann made. The store quickly expanded to include high-end bridal wear, lingerie, and other women's fashions made from expensive European fabrics. After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed the store, th

One of the most famous authors of the 20th Century got into a duel over an accusation by a literary critic that he was gay. It turned out that Proust really was gay, but so was the literary critic. The two got into a duel over the publicized claim, although the two of them survived. The duel adds insight into life in Paris at the turn of the century, and it proves to be a colorful illustration of Proust's life. #history #duel #literature #reading #booktok