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Big Foot Mama

Big Foot Mama is a rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is one of the most popular Slovenian pop rock bands of the 1990s.

The group started their career in 1990. After their third album, Tretja dimenzija (The Third Dimension), they were already considered as the Slovenian pop rock band of the decade, breaking sales records in rock category and selling out some of the biggest venues in the Slovenian capital Ljubljana like Križanke and Hala Tivoli, which were previously considered as unconquerable for Slovenian rock bands.

Current lineup

 * Grega Skočir - vocals
 * Daniel Gregorič - guitars
 * Alen Steržaj - bass
 * Jože Habula - drums
 * Zoran Čalić - guitars

Discography

 * Nova pravila (New Rules) - 1995
 * Kaj se dogaja? (What Is Going On?) - 1997
 * Tretja dimenzija (Third Dimension) - 1999
 * Doba norih (Age of the Mad) - 2001
 * Big Foot Mama [best of] - 2003
 * 5ing (Petting) - 2004
 * 15 let v živo z gosti (15 Years - Live with Guests) - 2006
 * Važn, da zadane (Important, that it Hits) - 2007
 * Izhod (Exit) - 2012
 * Plameni v raju (Flames In Paradise) - 2018

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Solid Pleasure

Solid Pleasure is the debut album from Swiss electronic trio Yello. It was first released in 1980 and was reissued in 2005 in part of Yello Remaster Series with rare bonus tracks.

Personnel

 * Yello
 * Dieter Meier – vocals
 * Boris Blank – keyboards, sampling, vocals on "Eternal Legs"
 * Carlos Perón – tape effects

with:
 * Chico Hablas – guitar
 * Felix Haug – drums
 * Walt Keiser – drums

Charts
Solid Pleasure was released in 1980, and later spent a solitary week on the Australian ARIA charts at number 146 in July 1991, with their album Baby debuting the same week.

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Welf I

Welf I or Welfo (died before 876) was a Swabian nobleman. He was a member of the Elder House of Welf.

Welf was probably a son of Conrad I of Auxerre, and seems to have taken over his father's offices in Swabia, namely: count of Alpgau, count of Linzgau, and possibly count of Argengau. However, when Conrad and his other sons changed allegiance from King Louis the German to King Charles the Bald in 859, Welf disappears from the historical record. It is assumed that he fell out of favor with King Louis and lost his offices; the Swabian branch of the Elder Welfs was not mentioned again until Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf, who died around 990 and was — according to legend — a descendant of Welf.

His son was Eticho, count of Ammergau (died after 911), who married Egila and had a son:
 * Henry, Count of the Golden Wagon; who married Atha von Hohenwart and had issue:
 * Rudolf I, Count of Altdorf, who married Siburgis and had a son:
 * Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf.

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Leyton and Wanstead (UK Parliament constituency)

Leyton and Wanstead is a constituency in Greater London created in 1997 and represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Calvin Bailey of the Labour Party.

Historic
Uniting for general elections areas from the boroughs of Redbridge and Waltham Forest in inner north-east London, the constituency covers Leyton, Wanstead & Leytonstone. The seat was created for the 1997 election succeeding the Leyton constituency, with parts of what had been the formerly safe Conservative Wanstead and Woodford constituency. It has an electorate of approximately 60,000.

1997–2017: The following electoral wards: 2017–2024: Following a review of ward boundaries which became effective in May 2017, the parts in the London Borough of Redbridge comprised the Wanstead Village ward, most of the Wanstead Park ward and part of the South Woodford ward.
 * Snaresbrook; and Wanstead in the London Borough of Redbridge:
 * Cann Hall; Cathall; Forest; Grove Green; Leyton; and Leytonstone in the London Borough of Waltham Forest

Current
Further to the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the constituency was expanded to include the whole of the Wanstead Park and South Woodford wards.

Following a local government boundary review in Waltham Forest which came into effect in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election:

 * The London Borough of Redbridge wards of: South Woodford; Wanstead Park; Wanstead Village.
 * The London Borough of Waltham Forest wards of: Cann Hall; Cathall; Forest; Grove Green; Hoe Street (small part); Leyton (most); Leytonstone.

History
The seat arose from the enacting of the recommendations of the fourth periodic review of Westminster constituencies of the Boundary Commission for England to take account of demographic population change and seek to equalise electorates whilst in preference retaining the historic connections with the local authorities of the United Kingdom. The constituency has consistently elected Labour Party MPs (Members of Parliament); the narrowest winning majority was 16%; the greatest, 49%, in 2017. Harry Cohen was MP for the Leyton area from 1983 and this seat from 1997. Cohen retired before the 2010 election, after which the seat was retained by John Cryer. At the time of the 2015 result, the seat was the 46th safest of Labour's 232 seats by percentage of majority.
 * Political history

Constituency profile
This seat combines deprived and economic-cycle vulnerable areas around Leyton with the more affluent, resilient Wanstead area. It is an ethnically diverse area, with the biggest minority groups being Pakistani British and Caribbean British, although it has fewer ethnic minority constituents than in the London Borough of Newham.


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Happy Planet

Happy Planet is a private company in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, known for making organic juices and smoothies. The company was started in 1994 by Randal Ius and Gregor Robertson. They originally started out with one farm producing carrot juice. At first, the company supplied primarily natural food stores and small restaurants and cafes. Now their products can be found Canada-wide as well as in parts of the Pacific Northwest United States. At present, the company ships several thousand bottles of juice per week.

Products
The company draws a large percentage of its raw products from local farms. Happy Planet produces three products lines: juices, cooler (a mix of juice and tea), and smoothies. Most of the company's products are certified organic by the Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia and certified Kosher by BC Kosher. In May 2008, they also began a line of prepackaged organic soups. In early 2017, the company began selling organic cow's milk and butter under the banner name Happy Planet Creamery.

Gregor Robertson
In 2005, Gregor Robertson left the company to run for the NDP in the riding of Vancouver-Fairview in the May 19 election. He subsequently became Mayor of Vancouver in 2008.

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Frankie and Johnny (1991 film)

Frankie and Johnny is a 1991 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer in their first film together since Scarface (1983). Héctor Elizondo, Nathan Lane, and Kate Nelligan appear in supporting roles. The original score was composed by Marvin Hamlisch.

The screenplay for Frankie and Johnny was adapted by Terrence McNally from his own off-Broadway play Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune (1987), which featured F. Murray Abraham and Kathy Bates. The most notable alteration in the film was the addition of several supporting characters and various locations; in the original play, only the two eponymous characters appeared onstage, and the entire drama took place in one apartment.

The title is a reference to the traditional American popular song "Frankie and Johnny", first published in 1904, which tells the story of a woman who finds her man making love to another woman and shoots him dead. The film received generally favorable reviews and grossed $67 million with a $29 million budget.

Plot
An emotionally scarred waitress named Frankie attends her godson's baptism in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, a middle-aged man named Johnny is released from prison. Frankie returns home to New York City to her job waitressing at the Apollo Cafe. The owner, Nick, sends her co-worker Helen home early after she complains of dizziness. Johnny arrives looking for work and Nick hires him as a short-order cook despite his criminal record. After work, Frankie returns home to her apartment to find a stranger, Bobby, installing shelves, but he is revealed to be the boyfriend of her friend and neighbor, Tim. That night, Johnny solicits a prostitute, but merely asks her to lie clothed in bed with him.

The next day, Nick announces to his staff that Helen has been hospitalized. Frankie and her co-worker Cora visit an unconscious Helen and share their fears of dying alone like her. The next day, after helping a man who had an epileptic seizure, Johnny asks Frankie out on a date, but she refuses. Helen dies and Frankie, Cora, and fellow waitress Nedda are surprised to see Johnny at her funeral. Back at work, Johnny asks Frankie out again. After she refuses again, he has a one-night stand with Cora, which she shares the details of with Frankie and Nedda.

Weeks pass, and Johnny asks Frankie to be his date at a co-worker's going-away party, but she again refuses. He shows up at her apartment anyway, where Bobby and Tim help Frankie decide what to wear. At the party, Johnny attempts to convince Frankie that they are a good match. After the party, he buys her a flower and persuades her to take him back to her apartment, where they spend an intimate night together.

Now convinced that they are meant to be together, Johnny shows up at her bowling night and professes his love to her. Frankie argues that he cannot love her after such a short period of time, and reveals that she cannot have children after Johnny mentions starting a family. Afterwards, Frankie avoids Johnny, not answering his phone calls and switching her shifts. However, Johnny switches his shifts too and they talk to each other. Johnny confesses that he is divorced and has two children whom he has not seen since he got out of prison for check fraud. Frankie encourages him to see them, and she confesses that her last boyfriend cheated on her with her best friend.

After work, Johnny walks Frankie to her apartment, where they discuss their lives and listen to "Clair de lune". However, the intimacy makes Frankie uncomfortable and they argue. She asks him to leave, but before he does, he calls the radio station and asks them to play an encore of "Clair de lune". Frankie confesses that a previous boyfriend had physically abused her, at one point causing her to have a miscarriage which made her unable to have children. Frankie invites Johnny to stay and they watch the sunrise together.

Production
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was filming in a nearby studio, and Garry Marshall arranged for the actors William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock) and DeForest Kelley (Leonard Mccoy) to appear fully costumed, out of camera shot, behind a door in one scene in order to elicit genuine surprise from Al Pacino when he opened it.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, Frankie and Johnny the film holds an approval rating of 69% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10.

Peter Travers in Rolling Stone wrote: "there hasn't been a sharper, sassier, more touching romantic comedy this year... there's no denying Marshall's expert timing. This is the director's best work yet... In its celebration of cautious optimism, Frankie and Johnny becomes the perfect love story for these troubled times." Janet Maslin in The New York Times wrote: "in the skillfully manipulative hands of Garry Marshall, who has directed from a screenplay by Mr. McNally that amounts to a complete revision, Frankie and Johnny has been reshaped into foolproof schmaltz. 'Foolproof' is the operative word... But somehow Mr. Marshall, Mr. McNally and their superb leading actors are able to retain the intimacy of their material. They also retain the story's fundamental wariness about romance, even when everything about Ms. Pfeiffer and Mr. Pacino has the audience wondering why they don't simply fall into each other's arms." Rita Kempley in The Washington Post wrote: "In its odyssey from stage to screen, Frankie & Johnny has undergone a sunny metamorphosis from ugly ducklings' romance to candy-coated, blue-collar valentine." Time Out summed it up thus: "Pacino wears a vest and bandanna and moons through the part. Pfeiffer plays dowdy. Marshall directs as if Marty had never happened."

Much attention was paid to the controversial casting choices of Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer, two actors perceived as "beautiful movie stars" with Hollywood glamour, cast to play "lonely little people struggling to find love," originated by supposed "ordinary" actors Kenneth Welsh and Kathy Bates. Stephen Farber in Movieline wrote: "Michelle Pfeiffer gives a very adept and winning performance in Frankie & Johnny, but she's simply wrong for the part of a plain, world-weary waitress. While Pfeiffer has protested to interviewers that physical beauty cannot guarantee happiness, the fact remains that anyone as gorgeous as she is has a lot more options than someone who looks like Kathy Bates (who originated the role on stage). The star casting robs the material of some of its poignancy." The Washington Post wrote that "casting Michelle Pfeiffer in a role written for Kathy Bates is going to have a definite effect on the story's dramatic weight. That's not to say that Pfeiffer isn't pfantastic or that this isn't the pfeel-good movie of the season. It's just ... well, imagine Kevin Costner as Marty." Variety asserted that no one would "believe that Pfeiffer hasn't had a date since Ronald Reagan was president, and no matter how hard she tries to look plain, there is no disguising that she just gets more beautiful all the time."

However, some critics commended Pfeiffer for her performance, notably Rolling Stone, who called it "a triumph. She is among that rarefied group of actresses (Anjelica Huston, Meryl Streep) whose work keeps taking us by surprise. Her powerfully subtle acting can tickle the funny bone or pierce the heart with equally uncanny skill." The New York Times wrote that "Ms. Pfeiffer's extraordinary beauty makes her fine-tuned, deeply persuasive performance as the tough and fearful Frankie that much more surprising."

Pacino also received critical praise. Rolling Stone wrote: "Pacino, whose recent work has been lugubrious (The Godfather Part III) or broad (Dick Tracy), shows a real flair for comic delicacy." The New York Times wrote that "Mr. Pacino has not been this uncomplicatedly appealing since his Dog Day Afternoon days, and he makes Johnny's endless enterprise in wooing Frankie a delight. His scenes alone with Ms. Pfeiffer have a precision and honesty that keep the film's maudlin aspects at bay." Variety, however, described him as "a warm, slobbering dog who can't leave people alone, Pacino's Johnny comes on real strong, and his pronounced neediness is too much at times."

Kate Nelligan was singled out for her supporting turn; The New York Times wrote that "Kate Nelligan, nearly unrecognizable, is outstandingly enjoyable as the gum-chewing, man-crazy one." Rolling Stone thought that "seeing this Royal Shakespeare Company actress cut loose with this bold and brassy performance is one of the film's zippiest treats."

The film opened on 1,150 screens but only grossed $4.8 million for the weekend, failing to dislodge The Fisher King from the number one position and finishing third for the weekend. It went on to gross $22.8 million in the United States and Canada and $44.2 million overseas for a worldwide gross of $67 million.

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Arsiyah

Arsiyah (other forms of the word include - Lariçiyeh, al-Larisiya) was the name used for a group of Muslim mercenaries in the service of the Khazar Khaganate. Whether the Arsiyah were a single tribe or composed of Muslims from a number of different tribes is unclear. Also unclear is their origin; many historians regard them as deriving from Khwarazm, but some scholars point to the fact that "As" is the Turkic term for Alans and believe that the Arsiyah were Alanic in origin. Other scholars derive the name from Iranian Auruša (white).

According to Arabic text with French translation "Les Prairies d'or" translated by Charles Barbier de Meynard and Abel Pavet de Courteille. This word reads correctly from Arabic as - lariçiyeh. Which, according to the "Book of the Huns" by Alexandre Vincent, is translated from the Khazar language - guards.

From to Muslim sources, the lariçiyeh formed the core of the Khazar army and were extremely influential in Khazar politics, but these assertions may be designed to exaggerate the importance of the Muslim community in Khazaria. The lariçiyeh did often act independently of their government. Part of the treaty binding them to Khazar service guaranteed that they would not be used to fight other Muslims. In 913, the lariçiyeh ambushed a Varangian fleet that had been granted passage to the Caspian Sea by the Khazar government, wiping out thousands of Rus warriors.

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Khvalisy

The Khvalisy were a tribe mentioned in old Russian chronicles by Nestor.

Polish historian August Bielowski conjectured that Khvalisy referred to the same people called "Khalyzians" by the Byzantine chroniclers.

Other scholars believe that "Khvalisy" refers to Khazaran, the twin city of Atil, (the capital of the Khazar Khaganate) and that the term derives from the Khwarazmians who formed a part of the Khazar army (see Arsiyah).

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King Joseph

King Joseph may refer to:
 * Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples between 1806 and 1808, and subsequently King of Spain till 1813 and titular Emperor of the French in the Bonapartist line
 * Joseph (Khazar), King of the Khazars in the 950s and 960s
 * Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal between 1750 and 1777
 * Joseph Gregorio II, King of Mangareva between 1857 and 1868
 * Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor, also King of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia between 1705 and 1711
 * Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, also King of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia between 1780 and 1790
 * Franz Joseph I of Austria, also King of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia between 1848 and 1916

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May 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

May 20 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - May 22

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on June 3 by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar.

For May 21st, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on May 8.

Saints

 * Holy Equals-to-the-Apostles Emperor Constantine (337), and Empress Helena, his mother (327)
 * Martyrs Polyeuctus, Victorinus, and Donatus, at Caesarea in Cappadocia.
 * Hieromartyr Secundus and those with him, in Alexandria (356)
 * Saint Adelphios, Bishop of Onouphis, in Byzantine Egypt (c. 362, or c. 431)

 * Saint Boros, monk.
 * Saint Christopher I, Patriarch of Antioch (967)

Pre-Schism Western saints

 * Hieromartyrs Timothy, Polius and Eutychius, deacons, in Mauretania Caesariensis (Morocco).
 * Hieromartyr Valens and Companions, Bishop who was martyred in Auxerre in France along with three children.
 * Martyr Secundinus, in Cordoba in Spain under Diocletian (c. 306)
 * Saint Hospitius the Hermit of Nice, Wonderworker (581)
 * Saint Barrfoin (Bairrfhionn, Barrindus) of Killbarron (6th century)
 * Saint Gollen (Collen, Colan) of Denbighshire, a saint who has given his name to Llangollen in Wales (7th century)
 * Saint Isberga (Itisberga) of Aire, reputed sister of Charlemagne, nun at Aire (Aria) in the Artois, of which she is the patroness (c. 800)
 * Saint Ageranus (Ayran, Ayrman) of Beze, a monk at Bèze in France, martyred by the Vikings (888)
 * Saint Theobald (Thibaud), Archbishop of Vienne (970-1001)

Post-Schism Orthodox saints

 * Blessed Constantine (Yaroslav), prince, and his children Michael and Theodore, Wonderworkers of Murom (1129)
 * Saint Cyril II (Kirill), Bishop of Rostov (1262)
 * Saint Basil of Ryazan, Bishop (1295)
 * Saint Helen of Decani, Serbia, Princess (c. 1350)
 * Venerable Cassian the Greek, monk of Uglich, Wonderworker (1504)
 * Saint Agapitus of Markushev (Vologda) the Hieromartyr, Abbot (1584)
 * Saint Constantine the Fool-for-Christ, of Novotorzanin, Russia (c. 16th century)
 * New Martyrs King Constantine Brancoveanu of Wallachia and his four sons Constantine, Stephen, Radu, and Matthew, and his counsellor Ianache (1714)
 * Martyr Pachomios of Patmos (1730)

New martyrs and confessors

 * Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Karelia.
 * Synaxis of Hieromartyrs of Ufa.

Other commemorations

 * Uncovering of the relics (1998) of St. Andrew Ogorodnikov, fool-for-Christ of Simbirsk (1841)
 * Repose of Elena Pavlova of Chepel, Kharkiv (1885)
 * Repose of Elder Isaac of Dionysiou Monastery of Mount Athos (1932)
 * The Anastenaria fire-walking ritual is performed from May 21–23 in some villages in Northern Greece and Southern Bulgaria, coinciding with the feast of Constantine and Helen.
 * Synaxis of all saints of Karelia,

Icons

 * Synaxis of the "Vladimir" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos (1521)
 * Synaxis of the "Virgin of Tenderness" Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos from Pskov-Pechersk (1524)

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Imperial Japanese Airways

Japan Airways Co.Ltd (大日本航空株式会社) was the national airline of the Empire of Japan during World War II.

History
With the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, there was a tremendous need for air transport capability by the Japanese military, which had traditionally drawn on the resources of the civilian national flag carrier, Japan Air Transport, for its charter requirements. As Japan Air Transport's capacity was limited, conflict arose between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy over priority, and the government saw the need for the creation of a single, national monopoly. The government bought a 50 percent share of Japan Air Transport, and renamed it the Dai Nippon Kōkū in December 1938.

In the late 1930s, Dai Nippon Kōkū operated an extensive international network with a combination of foreign and domestic aircraft. The airline was linked with Manchukuo National Airways for routes in Chosen and Manchukuo, and also had routes in the Japanese occupied portions of mainland China. Internally, Dai Nippon Kōkū linked the Japanese home islands with the Kwantung Leased Territory, Korea, Taiwan, Karafuto, and Saipan and Palau in the South Seas Mandate. The airline served the west and central Pacific areas using converted military flying boats. The airline operated some longer charter flights, including flights to Iran and Italy in 1939, and had long-term plans to serve Europe through two routes, one passing through Manchuria and Central Asia and the other running from Bangkok through India and the Middle East.

After the start of the Pacific War in 1942, the airline became completely government-owned and operated as two separate units under the control of the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy respectively. By 1943, the airline flew a circular military convoy route from Taiwan through the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and southern China. Operations continued until the surrender of Japan in August 1945, despite heavy losses. Haneda Airport was seized by Allied forces in September, and the airline was formally disbanded in October. During the Allied occupation, surviving aircraft and equipment were confiscated, and domestic civil aviation in Japan was banned until the formation of Japan Air Lines in 1951. Civil aviation to and from Japan was restored in 1947 with flights operated by Northwest Orient Airlines and Pan American Airways from Haneda.

Aircraft
The airline contracted to purchase long-range Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor aircraft from Germany in 1939, but never took delivery.
 * Douglas DC-4E
 * Kawanishi H6K2-L
 * Kawanishi H6K4-L
 * Kawanishi H8K2-L Seiku
 * Kawasaki Ki-56
 * Kokusai Ki-59
 * Mitsubishi K3M3-L
 * Mitsubishi MC-20
 * Mitsubishi MC-21
 * Nakajima AT-2
 * Nakajima/Douglas DC-2
 * Nakajima Ki-6
 * Showa/Nakajima L2D2
 * Tachikawa LO
 * Tachikawa Y-59

Accidents and incidents

 * 8 December 1938: Nakajima/Douglas DC-2 (J-BBOH, Fuji) crashed in the East China Sea off the Kerama Islands due to engine failure, killing 10 of 12 on board; the two survivors were rescued by steamship Miyake Maru.
 * 17 May 1939: Lockheed 14-WG3B Super Electra (J-BCOZ, Kuma) struck a fence on takeoff from Fukuoka Airport and crashed, killing six of 11 on board.
 * 26 August 1944: J.I.A transport piloted by Toshio Kuroiwa went missing off the Malay Peninsula.

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Talk:Emil Zátopek

Height
What is the source for his height being 1.82 m? In Today we die a little it is listed as 174.3 cm. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.25.6.32 (talk) 20:56, 2 January 2020 (UTC)

Photo
Don't someone have his photo? I've searched other Wikipedias, but haven't found it. -- Obradović Goran ( t al k  03:42, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

The Zatopeks
There's a punk band called the Zatopeks named after him. They don't have an article on here themselves, so no doubt someone'd consider it not notable, and delete it, so I thought I'd put it here as information in case someone did think it was.

And they're excellent, too... 86.0.230.142 23:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

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Anna Sui

Anna Sui (born August 4, 1955) is an American fashion designer. She was named one of the "Top 5 Fashion Icons of the Decade", and in 2009 earned the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), joining the ranks of Yves Saint Laurent, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Diane von Furstenberg. Her brand categories include several fashion lines, footwear, cosmetics, fragrances, eyewear, jewelry, accessories and home goods

Early life and family origins
Sui is a second-generation Chinese-American born in Detroit, Michigan. Her father, Paul Sui and mother, Grace Sui Fang  met while studying at the Sorbonne in Paris where Sui's father was studying engineering and her mother, painting. Her paternal grandparents were Xiao Yulan, a Tahitian-Chinese businessman, and his wife Qiu Daidi. Her maternal grandparents were Fang Chih, a Chinese diplomat and his Japanese wife named Fang I-chih (born Masue Ueki).

Sui is a matrilineal descendant of the prominent Fang clan of Tongcheng, Anhui, notable for its many scholars and philosophers. She is an 18th generation descendant of Fang Bao, an influential Chinese poet who founded the Tongcheng School of literary prose popular throughout the Qing Empire. Notable ancestors also include Fang Gongcheng, tutor of the imperial palace, and Fang Guancheng, Viceroy of Zhili seated at Tianjin from 1749 to 1768 amongst other Qing era scholars. Her niece is actress and model Chase Sui Wonders.

By the time she was four years old, Sui knew she wanted to be a fashion designer. Sui's mother taught her about putting together a wardrobe, bringing a young Sui with her to shop for fabrics. Sui would spend hours watching her mother sew and would collect the fabric scraps to clothe her Barbie dolls and her brothers' army action figures. Through this process, Sui learned the basics of making clothing and soon she was putting together her own outfits. This was accomplished by buying pattern pieces for the sleeves of a dress, and swapping them to match other dresses, to create her own look for the garments.

As a teen, she read an article in Life magazine about the achievements of Mia Fonssagrives-Solow and Vicky Tiel who graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York City and then moved to Paris, where Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton opened a boutique with the girls. Sui credits reading this article as a pivotal moment in her youth, which gave her clear direction on her goals for her future.

Early career
Sui moved to New York and attended Parsons, but after finishing her second year, Sui was hired in 1975 by Erica Elias' juniors clothing label Charlie's Girls, where she learned by designing for sportswear labels and doing styling on the photography shoots of friend and former Parsons' classmate Steven Meisel. Sui's work as a stylist for Meisel's shoots featured in the Italian magazine Lei specifically were very well received. After the closing of Charlie's Girls, Sui worked for several other sportswear designers including Bobbie Brooks and Simultanee.

During this time, she began designing and making clothes out of her apartment. Sui stated that she was inspired to branch out on her own by a desire to dress rock stars and people who attended their concerts. Indeed, during this period, the majority of her personal business was focused on targeting sales to music stores. While working for the sportswear company Glenora, she brought her collection of five pieces to a New York trade show, and caught the attention of New York department stores Bloomingdale's and Macy's.

A few weeks later, in August 1979, those clothes were featured in a full-page Macy's ad in the Sunday edition of The New York Times. The manager at Glenora, where Sui was still on the payroll, was furious when he saw the advertisement in the Times and fired her on the spot. Left without a job, Sui took her $300 in savings and started a business out of a little corner of the living room in her apartment. For several years Sui ran the company out of her apartment, doing odd-jobs for spare income and reinvesting every penny of earnings into her business.

Anna Sui line
The 1980s was the height of "power-dressing", with companies such as Chanel, Lacroix and Versace setting the standard. Sui struggled to stand up next to the big-name fashion houses. Sui was one of the few designers of the period who distanced herself from the traditional fashion houses and explored the grunge fashion scene together with designers such as Marc Jacobs, Daryl K and Todd Oldham. Around 1987, Sui got the opportunity to move her line into Annette B, a showroom curated by Annette Breindel. Breindel, who had a history of nurturing young designers, was a major influence for Sui and helped the designer emerge onto the fashion scene. During this period, Sui finally was able to move her operation out of her apartment and into the garment district. By the late 1980s, Sui had gained a global cult-like following, getting the attention of Japanese fashion powerhouses such as Onward Kashiyama. Sui would go on to majorly expand Japanese operations in the mid 90s.

At Paris Fashion Week in 1991, Sui received one of the first major breakthroughs of her career. Sui was driving with her friend Steven Meisel to see the Jean Paul Gaultier show. On the way to the show, they stopped to pick up Madonna, a friend of Meisel's. Madonna surprised Sui by wearing her clothing to the event. Madonna would later wear the same outfit again for Meisel's photoshoot for Vogue. Sui's first runway show took place later that year upon her return to New York City.

In 1991, Meisel, Paul Cavaco and Sui's supermodel friends, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista, got together and encouraged her to try a runway show. Sui rented a small space in the Meatpacking District and paid the models by giving them the clothes. The successful show was the biggest breakthrough of Sui's career, with The New York Times commenting in reference to Sui's celebrity runway models: "That those beauties [Campbell and Evangelista] were then at the height of their fame helped stoke the reception Sui got from buyers and the news media."

From her first show, Sui was known for her light-hearted, whimsical, homemade and entertaining approach to showcasing her collections. The influences came from contemporary shows by designers such as Thierry Mugler and Jean Paul Gaultier where one of the goals was to charm the audience with the atmosphere created. The atmosphere often had a distinct party vibe and the antics of guests and participants were described as a distinct cultural scene of the period. Starting in 1995, Sui's designs were showcased regularly in Vogue Patterns. Her debut with the style magazine featured dresses from her Spring/Summer 1995 collection inspired by period pulp comics and the puffed sleeve, square shouldered, floral dress fashion popular during the war rationing years of 1940s era fashion.

Retail presence
The designer opened her first retail location in 1992 at 113 Greene Street in New York City's Soho District. The flagship store was known for its red floors, antique black furniture, signature dolly head mannequins and its purple walls which Sui painted herself.

In 1993, the Anna Sui Corporation opened a store in Hollywood at La Brea Avenue expanding coverage and controlling North American distribution. The same year, Sui introduced menswear into her runway collections with Mick Jagger later appearing on Saturday Night Live in one of the designer's suits. Later, in June 2015, Sui relocated her Soho flagship store to 424 Broome Street from its previous 23 year long location on Greene Street. The store moved out of the Broome Street space in late 2020.

Global expansion

1997 marked one of the pivotal years in the emergence of Sui onto the world stage. The first freestanding Anna Sui boutiques opened in 1997 in Tokyo and Osaka through a distribution and sales license with Isetan. Sui also partnered with Italian shoemaker Ballin to create a shoe line. For the Spring/Summer 1997 fashion collection, Sui drew considerable media attention when Dave Navarro of the Red Hot Chili Peppers appeared on the runway for her show in underwear only. The same year, mannequin designer Ralph Pucci made full sized mannequins using her dolly heads. The mannequins were based on the measurements of model Michele Hicks and would later form the inspiration for Sui's first diffusion brand, Dolly Girl. The Fall/Winter collection, which took place at the Church of Divine Paternity, a gothic style church in Manhattan, was noted at the time for its infusion of whimsy and lightheartedness and its repudiation of the conspicuously dark undertones traditionally associated with gothic fashion.

In 1999, Anna Sui launched her fragrance, Anna Sui Classic, with Wella AG and cosmetics line with Albion.

In 2000, Sui launched a skincare line, also with Albion. The same year, her collections were featured as a part of the Fashion in Motion exhibition at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.

In 2003, the designer launched her Dolly Girl fragrance together with several limited edition sets in the Dolly Girl series. The same year, Wella AG was acquired by Procter & Gamble who continued the partnership. In 2003, Sui launched a long-term collaboration collection with Peruvian designer Ali Rapp called Ali Rapp for Anna Sui. The collaboration consists of ready to wear, handbags, fashion accessories, T-shirts and cloth dolls. Items have been featured in Sui's shows in 2008 and 2013.

Specialized collaborations
In April 2004, the designer entered a collaboration with Dark Horse Comics and William Tucci designing the wardrobe for several of the main characters in Tucci's Shi: Ju-Nen, a miniseries in the hit comic Shi. Sui took the wardrobes from her Fall 2004 fashion collection, with items including yukata kimono minidresses and purple hose and high-heels. In October, Sui partnered with Gonzo K.K. Studios to design costumes for the characters in their 2004 television series Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, a series loosely based on The Count of Monte Cristo by French author Alexandre Dumas.

In 2005, Sui was contracted by Samsung Electronics Co. in partnership with Vogue to design a Samsung SGH-E315 cell phone. The limited edition handset which was available through T-Mobile sold out in the first month with products occasionally coming for sale on eBay. Sui also partnered with Anthropologie to launch a fashion collection called Anna Sui for Anthropologie. The same year, Sui also entered into a 2-year deal with Victoria's Secret designing a lingerie line for the company.

In 2006, Anna Sui launched a limited edition Anna Sui Boho Barbie doll in partnership with Mattel. She later launched a limited edition collection with Victoria's Secret called Anna Sui for Victoria's Secret.

For the Hello Kitty 30th Anniversary in 2007, Sui partnered with the Japanese company to create a limited edition collection in tribute to the milestone. The stuffed animals from this collection sell for over US$100.00 on eBay. In November 2007, Sui followed up on the success of her US cell phone collaboration with the launch of the Dolly Girl by Anna Sui model fanfun. 815T cell phone in collaboration with Softbank Mobile which was distributed online in Japan.

In 2008, Sui launched the Dolly Girl clothing collection in Japan to follow-up on her previous fragrance lines. Later in 2008, Sui partnered with Nissan to design a customized car, the Nissan 350z Anna Sui Limited Edition which was featured at various roadshows.

In 2011, Sui collaborated with Google to create a themed Google Chrome web browser extension.

In November 2012, Sui and Albion partnered with UK online seller ASOS to launch a Fall/Winter 2013 Anna Sui Cosmetics line in Europe. The series featured a collaboration with Disney.

In April 2014, Sui returned to her native Detroit to partner with the Ford Motor Company in creating the Mustang Unleashed Collection celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the Ford Mustang. Later in April, Sui and Hong Kong based I.T. Apparels Ltd partnered with Lab Made, a Hong Kong ice cream vendor famous for pioneering the obscure market of liquid nitrogen ice cream to create an Anna Sui × Lab Made pop-up store which was featured at the company's Tsimshatsui branch throughout April 2014. The collaboration also featured Sui's own flavor of purple ice cream and the opening was announced by Hong Kong celebrity Alfred Hui, a contract artist for Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts Limited. In July, Sui launched a lingerie line in Korea with Alvin Korea Co. Ltd. which was launched with a full scale lingerie fashion show at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Seoul. In October, Sui partnered with the CFDA to launch a collaboration with Best Buy called Anna Sui × Best Buy as a part of their designer's series.

In March 2015, Sui and Isetan partnered with Sailor Moon to launch the Sailor Moon × Anna Sui collection which was featured at the Isetan store in Shinjuku. Sui also partnered with French dessert maker Ladurée to create a collaboration called Anna Sui × Ladurée as a part of the Les Merveilleuses Ladurée collection.

In November 2015, the Starbucks × Anna Sui collection was announced, a holiday collaboration between the coffeehouse chain and the fashion designer.

In August 2016, the 20th anniversary of Sui's entry into the Japanese market, Anna Sui Japan launched Anna Sui Mag, an online Japanese language magazine and lifestyle blog. For Singapore's Golden Jubilee, Sui partnered with Uniform and Shentonista to create a commemorative SG50 tote featured in a blog series by Shentonista.

In January 2017, Sui collaborated with Kenner/Takara to launch Blythe Adores Anna doll collection. The collection released in Japan with a further 500 dolls being further released via international lottery. In 2019, as part of Barbie's 60th anniversary, 4 limited sets of dolls with outfits from Sui's Spring 2019 collection were released.

Retail collaborations

In 2009, Sui partnered with Target to produce a Gossip Girl inspired line combining Upper East Side style with a "downtown" edge called Anna Sui for Target. The limited edition collection, with affordable reworkings of pieces from her previous runway collections, was launched in September and sold in more than 800 stores and online.

In 2011, she partnered with Hush Puppies to create a limited edition shoe collection which debuted in the Fall 2011 fashion show. She went on to also partner with Tumi to create a line of suitcases and travel items.

In 2012, Sui collaborated with Coach and created a handbag line called Anna Sui for Coach.

In February, 2014, Lee Min-ho announced the Anna Sui for Fila collection in Asia on behalf of Anta Sports Products and Fila China which launched in 2015. In April 2015, Sui partnered with O'Neill to launch the collaborative collection titled Anna Sui for O'Neill, a collection inspired by the California beach scene. In August, Sui partnered with American boot-maker The Frye Company to launch a limited edition collection titled Anna Sui × Frye, which expanded a previous collaboration between the two houses to develop boots for Sui's Fall/Winter 2015 fashion show. The collection was inspired by Nordic culture and History Channel's show Vikings.

In February 2016, Sui partnered with Opening Ceremony to collaborate on the label's "Year of China" Spring Summer 2016 collection which also featured brands like Renli Su, Ms Min and Vivienne Tam amongst others. For the collaboration, Sui and Opening Ceremony reissued pieces from Sui's 1993 and 1994 collections.

In July 2017, Sui teamed up with Macy's, the retailer that gave her her first big break more than 35 years earlier. The collection, Anna Sui X International Concepts, included both new versions of runway pieces, jewelry and shoes, as well as "Anna Sui Loves" approved items by Macy's own design team. In August, PBTeen launched Sui's collection, inspired by Art Nouveau and her own adolescent bedroom, with bedding, accessories such as rugs and lamps, and furniture.

In August 2018, Sui collaborated with online retailer Modcloth on an 8-dress capsule collection in extended sizes. The dresses used adapted silhouettes and prints from previous collections in new colorways.

Recognition
In 1992, Sui won the CFDA Perry Ellis award for new talent.

In 2009, Sui was presented with the Classic Icon of Fashion Design award at the China Fashion Awards in Beijing and with the CFDA's Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award in her native New York City.

In 2010, Sui collaborated with Andrew Bolton to publish a book chronicling her 20-year career. Later in the year, she launched her Forbidden Affair fragrance.

In April, Sui attended the Identities 2011 fashion show at Harvard College where she spoke to the students and was honored with the program's Leadership of the Arts Award.

From May to November 2013, clothing from Sui's 1999 and 2000 collections were featured at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology as a part of their RetroSpective: Fashion & Textile History Gallery exhibition.

In June 2016, a historical retrospective of Sui's designs displayed at the Beijing SKP department store. The collection featured Anna Sui designed items and outfits dating from Sui's first show in 1991 through her 2016 collections.

In May 2017, London's Fashion and Textile Museum debuted an Anna Sui exhibition titled The World of Anna Sui. The exhibition marks the first ever museum retrospective in the United Kingdom featuring an American fashion designer and the first time Sui has been the sole subject of a museum exposition. The exhibition announcement coincided with the announcement of a new book on Sui's career by The Business of Fashion's Editor-at-Large, Tim Blanks. The Anna Sui X INC International Concepts collection for Macy's was announced for September 2017 featuring model Karen Elson.

In 2018, Sui received the Women's Entrepreneurship Day Pioneer Award at the United Nations in recognition for her achievements in fashion.

Reception

For her innovative work, Sui has been called a designer who "never panders" by The New York Times, and earned the distinction of being named to Time magazine's list of the decade's top five fashion icons. Sui's work has been extensively covered both by the journalist industry as a whole and by the fashion press in particular. Her seasonal shows are regularly covered by Vogue, Style.com, Women's Wear Daily and many other news and editorial platforms. In general, the ambiance created in the designer's shows is particularly well received with the media commenting on details such as the anticipation surrounding the soundtracks to the playful and lighthearted environment. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week called Sui's career "a classic American success story," quoting Sui's determined attitude: "You have to focus on your dreams, even if they go beyond common sense. How could this young girl from the suburbs of Detroit become a success in New York? It was always that dream." Reviews generally refer to the thoroughness of the designer's research and her tying together of various trends and topics both historical and current.

Charity and community involvement

In 1996, Sui partnered with General Motors Corporation as a part of the GM/CFDA Concept: Cure collaboration between General Motors and various fashion industry companies, raising awareness about and raising research funds for breast cancer. As a part of the program, Sui designed a GMC Yukon which was sold at silent auction to raise funds.

Following the September 11th attacks in 2001 on New York City's World Trade Center, Sui worked with actor Ellen Barkin designing an outfit to raise funds to benefit the Leary Firefighters Foundation and the firefighters who perished in the response.

Sui designs and manufactures her signature collection in her New York City headquarters on Fashion Avenue and has been an advocate of her Made in USA approach. In addition to her work as a designer, Sui has ardently fought to keep the industry alive and has spearheaded a campaign to "Save the Garment Center," which was highlighted during Fashion Week in September 2008.

Following the 2008 Mumbai attacks, Sui put several of her designs up for auction on eBay, donating the proceeds to Citizens for Justice and Peace, a Mumbai-based civil-rights organization.

In 2010, Sui partnered with Isetan and Bearbrick in a charity event benefitting the World Wildlife Foundation and Malaysia's Forest Restoration and Orang-utan Monitoring Project, with proceeds from a limited edition collection going to the cause.

In March 2011, following the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan, Sui designed and sold shirts in lavender and black printed with the words Japan, We're All in This Together. All proceeds were turned over to the Japan Disaster Relief Fund.

In 2012, Sui worked with musician and friend Jack White to design uniforms for employees at White's Third Man Records retail store which opened in Nashville in November 2012. A second location also opened in Detroit's Cass Corridor in November 2015 also featuring Sui's uniform dresses.

In September 2014, in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, Warner Bros. and the Tonner Doll Company organized the creation of a collection of commemorative dolls designed by several famous American designers including Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Charlotte Ronson, Trina Turk and Sui. The collection of dolls was exhibited at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Bloomingdale's between September and October 2014 before being auctioned on eBay Giving Works with proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity's There's No Place Like Home campaign.

In June 2015, Sui partnered with New York restaurant Serendipity 3 in a charity fundraiser to celebrate the restaurant's 60 year anniversary benefiting the Bowery Mission, a rescue mission and shelter in the Bowery area of Manhattan.

Sui regularly gives lectures to students and around the United States to inspire future generations to pursue their dreams. In October 2015, Sui spoke to local students about her experiences at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor as a part of the University of Michigan's Penny Stamps Speaker Series hosted by the Stamps School of Art and Design. Sui emphasized the need to not be intimidated by the industry which is sometimes described as cutthroat, even recounting her experiences from when she had been fired from a position at a sportswear company early in her career. Following the lecture, some of Sui's designs went on display as part of the Detroit Historical Museum's Booth-Wilkinson Gallery exhibition Fashion D.Fined: The Past, Present and Future of Detroit Fashion.

In January 2017, Sui showcased a pair of Vans shoes she designed to benefit the Vans Custom Culture competition, an annual campaign by Vans raising funds and awareness for high school art programs.

Lines
Anna Sui Shoes, manufactured in Venice, Italy, premiered on the runway for the fall collection in 1994. Later, Sui began production of a diffusion fashion line called "Sui by Anna Sui" and a jeans line called "Anna Sui Jeans" with Italian fashion house Gilmar S.p.A. The same year, Sui and Marc Jacobs also began consulting for Gilmar's Cento x Cento and Iceberg brand lines respectively.

Accessories
In 1997, Sui entered into a partnership with Isetan to create a fashion accessories line. The line is distributed by Mammina in Japan and present in the United States, Korea, Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.

Cosmetics
The Anna Sui Cosmetics line launched in 1999 with Albion Cosmetics, a Japanese cosmetic brand and production company, following a distribution sales agreement with ISETAN. Ltd. An Anna Sui Skincare line, similarly with Albion followed this up in 2000. The cosmetics line releases two seasonal collections per year based on the fashion cycle. The cosmetics line covers various categories including base and makeup, eyes, lips, nails, skincare, hair and body, and cosmetics accessories.

In 2010, Anna Sui Cosmetics announced Park Min Young as the brand's key opinion leader in South Korea.

In October 2016, Anna Sui Cosmetics and Nylon Japan launched a Halloween collaboration called Anna Sui × Nylon: Halloween Makeup Room at MODI in Shibuya. In August the same year, Sui released her Autumn 2016 collection called Mysterious Fairy Tale.

In July, 2017, Sui collaborated with the store that gave her her first big break, Macy's with Anna Sui X Inc International Concepts. The collection featured reeditions of recent collection items at prices of about a quarter of her collection pieces, plus jewelry and shoes.

The following is an incomplete list of Anna Sui's Cosmetics collections:

Fashion
Sui has done 2 seasonal Fashion Week runway shows every year since 1991 with the exception of the Spring/Summer 2002 show, which was held in her Garment District studio due to the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers. Design and production takes place in New York City's Garment Center. The designer also has produced two seasonal Japanese collections since 1997 based on the global collections and a Resort collection since 2007. In addition to the seasonal shows, Sui also has partnered with a variety of brands and companies such as Hush Puppies, Target Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Tumi, Isetan, Fila, O'Neill, Samsung, Mattel, Coach, T-Mobile, Victoria's Secret, Pottery Barn and Vogue to produce limited edition collections.

In 1997, Sui began a partnership with Isetan Mitsukoshi covering Sui's fashion label in Japan.

In April 2016, the Anna Sui Japan Spring/Summer 16 show was premiered in Tokyo to kick off the collection's launch with much fanfare in celebration of the designer's 20th Anniversary in Japan.

The following is an incomplete list of Sui's fashion shows and collections:

Footwear
In 1994, Sui launched Anna Sui Footwear through a partnership with Italian shoemaker Ballin with design taking place in New York and production in Venice, Italy. Her design style became widely available as part of a multi-designer capsule, when she customized Candie's platform heels in the 1990s.

Since 2009, Sui has collaborated with British ergonomic footwear company FitFlop to produce a shoe line called Anna Sui x FitFlop, comprising multiple collections.

In September 2016, the Anna Sui Loves FitFlop collection was launched. Product design was based on Sui's Spring/Summer 2016 fashion collection and the designer's Tahitian heritage. It is distributed globally by FitFlop to Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, US, UK and Vietnam. Sui has also collaborated with and featured footwear on her runways from such designers as John Fleuvog, Terry De Havilland, Emma Hope, Bed Stu, and Teva.

Fragrance

Sui introduced her fragrance and line in 1999 with Wella AG, to date the designer has launched a variety of cosmetic items and 30 individual fragrance products with most coming in different sizes. The designer's current fragrance license is with French company Inter Parfums and generally releases two hero fragrances per year. In 2011, She also entered into a fragrance license with InterParfums for fragrance and perfume distribution.

The following is a list of Sui's fragrance collections:

Vision
In 2009, Sui launched Anna Sui Vision with Mondottica Limited for manufacture and distribution of spectacles and sunglasses as Anna Sui Eyewear. The distribution agreement with Mondottica for eyewear distribution was under the Anna Sui Eyewear brand and launched a collaboration collection with Bliss called Anna Sui for FitFlop. In 2012, the designer worked on a collaboration between Mondottica and Fellow Earthlings to produce sunglasses for Sui's fashion shows

In 2016, Sui introduced a contact lens line under the agreement distributed in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

Anna Sui Jeans
Anna Sui Jeans was a bridge line launched in 1994 by the designer and Italian fashion company Gilmar S.P.A. The Italian company was also involved in collaborating on the designer's main Anna Sui line and Sui had been designing and consulting for several Gilmar brands including Cento X Cento together with Marc Jacobs. Around this time, Gilmar also rolled out a jeans line for Christian Lacroix. Sui collaborated on branding for the line with New York artist Michael Economy and the collaboration with Gilmar lasted until 2004.

Anna Sui Mini
"Anna Sui Mini" debuted in early 2009 in Japan in a partnership with Isetan and Narumiya International with a line for babies, toddlers and children. The line is distributed in Japan through 25 stores, at Isetan and Mitsukoshi department stores and through online sales.

Dolly Girl by Anna Sui
The dolly heads that were symbols of Sui's fashion style would later form the inspiration for what would become Dolly Girl. In 2003, Sui released a Dolly Girl perfume, later expanded to an entire fragrance collection with several variations. In 2008, the Dolly Girl by Anna Sui clothing line was formally launched in Japan in partnership with Isetan and Onward Kashiyama to further develop and produce the concept. Sui collaborated with art director Michael Economy on the line's branding elements.

The brand line is sold in over 50 standalone stores throughout Japan and focuses on fashion and fashion accessories. There are typically 3 seasonal collection releases and combined with additional smaller monthly collections.

The brand launched two Winter 2015-16 collections titled "Fantasy Folklore" and "Glitter in the Woods" featuring models Sam Laskey and Julia Belyakova respectively with both collections drawing inspiration from fairy tales and 70's style folklore.

In 2016, Dolly Girl by Anna Sui launched its Summer 2016 collection titled "Colorful Paradise" and a follow-up called "Mexican Dolls." The collections explored the colorful indigenous clothing found in Mexican states such as Chiapas and the State of Mexico and included Sui's take on traditional Mexican fashion items such as serapes, rebozos and even traditional Aztec huipils. For the celebration of the designer's 20th anniversary in Japan, Sui released a special edition collection titled "Happy Dolly Girl Land." The collection featured carnival-inspired motifs and patterns infused into the clothing design. Late in the year, the Winter 2016-17 collection was released, titled "Into the Night Forest" with inspiration taken from fairy tales and visuals featuring full-scale layered paper models.

Sui by Anna Sui
Sui by Anna Sui was the designer's second bridge line launched in close proximity with her Jeans line together with Gilmar S.P.A. in 1994. The Sui by Anna Sui line and her jeans line continued under operation after the designer left her designer job at Gilmar's Cento X Cento. The line focused on sportswear for men and women with Sui directly controlling branding and design and was distributed globally by Gilmar. Sui relaunched her diffusion line in 2019.

The Souvenir Shop Anna Sui
In March 2016, Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings and its subsidiary Mammina announced the launch of new brand partnership with Anna Sui Corp called The Souvenir Shop Anna Sui which covers travel retail items and fashion accessories. The line is sold in locations throughout Japan including airports, significant because it marks the first time Anna Sui fashion accessories were available as duty-free products and online via Isetan and Mitsukoshi. The collaboration features 70 new stores and boutiques and taps into the travel retail market. Stores launched in downtown areas and at airports marking the first time Anna Sui fashion products were available as duty free goods. Late in the year, Sui launched a new product line called Anna Sui Home & Interior for global rollout with initial distribution covering Japan.

Video/film and television appearances
During filming of Confessions of a Shopaholic in 2008, a faux Anna Sui store was mocked up inside the Hearst Tower for the movie set, which also included mock-up stores for Valentino, Catherine Malandrino and Alberta Ferretti. The stunt fooled some New Yorkers into believing an actual store had been opened.

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В этом году мы хотим выделить еще редакторов Википедии на русском языке, так что я нахожусь в процессе планирования поездки в Россию и интервью с редакторами.

Если Википедия положительно повлеяла на Вас или на кого-то из Ваших знакомых, или у Вас есть что-то интересное сказать о Википедии, я бы очень хотел услышать об этом!

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Конечно, если у Вас есть какие-либо вопросы или сомнения, пожалуйста, обращайтесь! Я отвечу, как только смогу. Извините за плохой перевод этого письма, я использую Google-перевод. Я надеюсь, что заставляет вас смеяться :)

Спасибо за Ваше время,

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Asashoryu retire
Hi, I appreciate your additions here and there to the sumo presence on wikipedia. There was a discussion on Asashoryu's talk page about the very thing you changed, and the consensus from a number of long time contributors was to do it the way we had it, so I reverted the article back. FourTildes (talk) 11:57, 17 September 2013 (UTC)

Recent sumo edits
I wanted to let you know I really appreciate your recent edits, and catching things that slipped through the cracks. There used to be a lot more of us working on sumo related articles on wiki, so stuff gets missed. FourTildes (talk) 01:11, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you!--IgorMagic (talk) 06:12, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

Osunaraashi - career records
Thank you for updating Osunaarashi's career record. But, some time ago we stopped putting in career records for each wrestler. Those records in the same format are available on many other websites, and mostly because it takes a long time to update them after every tournament. If you start putting back in wrestler scores please update them yourself.

Kotooshu
Hi, we keep having edit conflicts, because I was also changing Kotooshu over to a "retired status". I don't mind you doing it, but please don't forget to change his info box too. Highest rank, career record, update date etc. FourTildes (talk) 11:07, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Done. Is everything OK now?--IgorMagic (talk) 12:19, 20 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yep, looks good. Again, I appreciate your help. FourTildes (talk) 12:25, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

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Yello - Claro Que Si. Original UK CD cover

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Original UK release album cover - album covers are fair use. Picture scanned by me Ian Dunster from original UK CD album.

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Aberdyfi Castle

Aberdyfi Castle is a castle located near Glandyfi, Ceredigion, in Wales. All that now remains is the motte, which is referred to as Domen Las (traditionally meaning "blue mound" in Welsh).

History
Aberdyfi Castle was founded by the Lord Rhys, Rhys ap Gruffydd in 1156, shortly after he had become ruler of Deheubarth. Rhys had heard rumours that Owain Gwynedd was planning to invade Ceredigion in order to reclaim it for Gwynedd. Rhys responded by building a castle at Aberdyfi. However, the threatened invasion did not take place, and Turvey claims that Owain's intention may have been to test the resolve of the new ruler. Rhys "raised a ditch to give battle", according to Brut y Tywysogion, known as the 'Chronicles of the Princes' in English.

Although the threat had not materialised, an earthwork topped by a timber castle was built on the site. A motte was constructed at the end of a low ridge running across marshy ground, surrounded on two sides by the confluence of the Dyfi and Einion rivers. The mound is still around 20 feet high with a diameter at the top of about 30 feet and it was originally surrounded by a deep ditch.

Roger de Clare, a Norman lord, attacked and captured the castle in about 1158. However, the Lord Rhys recaptured the castle the same year. Llywelyn the Great held an assembly at Aberdyfi Castle in 1216 where he supervised the parcelling-out of land in south Wales to the minor rulers of Deheubarth in return for their homage. Hitherto Llywelyn had ruled over Gwynedd only; however, the Aberdyfi assembly is seen as a crucial point in his reign, marking the moment at which the minor rulers of Wales submitted to Llywelyn's overlordship. In 1230 he began using the style 'prince of Aberffraw, lord of Snowdon' - in essence, a confirmation of his de facto position as prince of Wales.

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Talk:Ventrilo

Xfire mention under 'usage' ?
Xfire is an unrelated service, this strikes me as an advertisement. I'm removing it 173.23.175.144 (talk) 14:12, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Why is this tagged as "Lead too short"?
Considering the WHOLE article is short (~9 paragraphs), why is the LEAD too short? Pls discuss, or add whatever you feel a newbie needs, but this topic aint quite as complex or esoteric as genetic engineering or the modern international financial system & thus doesn't need an intro to be as long, IMNSHO (also the WP:LEAD guidelines agree: short article merits only a short intro).

P.S. No, I wasn't the one who created the "too short" intro, nor edited it until today.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.188.254.2 (talk) 06:58, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Linux version
There is already a linux version available on the site, www.ventrilo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.210.223.133 (talk) 16:47, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * No, there is not a Linux version available on the Ventrilo site. It is now February 2013, and the same message dated 2005 is still in place on the Ventrilo site, saying that a Linux version is not available and no future release date is known at this time. --FeralOink (talk) 04:58, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Unneccesary Links
I've removed this twice now, stating both times why it is being removed in comments, and yet you seem to ignore it. So here it comes even clearer: There is no point linking to the one website three times (ventrilo.com), also, Wikipedia should not link to commercial websites only because they are "help pages" for the application itself, let the official website give support to its users. Xertoz (talk) 12:14, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

 * The Ventrilo website is linked to directly once, and only once. Thank you. --FeralOink (talk) 05:00, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Harrassment
Someone should probably mention the hilarious harrassment going on on ventrilo. I might write that though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.235.210.185 (talk) 17:22, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Nice advertisement for Ventrillo
This is a really nice advertisement for Ventrillo complete with links to their purchase page. Wouldn't a real article about the company discuss their company's history, or something more relevant, with a mention of the products -- and then linked to a main page on internet voice chat? Is wiki now just an advertising vehicle for companies like this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.201.151.143 (talk) 21:32, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Good observation. I tried to do what you suggested. I found a minimal amount of information about Flagship Industries, the developer of Ventrilo. I found various copyright infringement lawsuits, a location for the company, and a lot of complaining, as well as much enthusiasm for Ventrilo. It is clearly used by many people, for a long time, but there is little written about it per se. I tried to update the article as well as I could. --FeralOink (talk) 05:04, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Radio Shows
I'd like to see some citation on the radio shows, it's easy to imagine general voice chat, as, if you ask me, it's more convenient than logging into an IRC, but I'd like to see a few radio shows that use it cited, as it seems neither practical nor common. Oakpack4 (talk) 00:11, 29 September 2010 (UTC)

 * No, there are no radio shows that use it, not as far as I could find. I checked rather exhaustively. In the Best Of The Web Review, it was said that Ventrilo could be used LIKE a radio call-in show, and that was erroneously extrapolated. I removed the part about the radio shows, as I could find no evidence of that at all.

 * However, I DID find a news story about Ventrilo being used for communications on a race track. That was an interesting alternative use. The reason that I didn't mention that in the article is because I can't find any documentation of that particular use case anywhere else beside the Ventrilo press releases, which reside on the Ventrilo website, and don't link to PR Newswire or anywhere else. That could be something that someone else might want to look into though. --FeralOink (talk) 05:09, 26 February 2013 (UTC)

Flagship Industries?
According to the Illinois Secretary of State website, Flagship Industries, Inc. was dissolved on September 8, 2023. I can't link directly to the page, but this information can be found by searching for Flagship Industries here: https://apps.ilsos.gov/businessentitysearch/

The ventrilo.com website now seems to be operated by LightSpeed Gaming, LLC (see the footer). I've been unable to find any sources describing a sale/transfer of Ventrilo or an acquisition of Flagship Industries. Ventrilo.com notes that "Ventrilo is a Trademark of LightSpeed Gaming LLC", but I was also unable to find any trademark applications with the USPTO, State of Illinois, or State of Ohio (LightSpeed's state of incorporation).

I feel like some of this should be noted in the article somehow, but I'm unsure how to proceed given the limited primary sources and non-existent secondary sources. Thoughts, advice? Casiotone Nation (talk) 07:10, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

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Bảo Ninh

Hoàng Ấu Phương, also known by the pen name Bảo Ninh (born 18 October 1952), is a Vietnamese novelist, essayist and writer of short stories, best known for his first novel, published in English as The Sorrow of War.

Vietnam war
Ninh recounted that American bombing raids during the Vietnam War, beginning in 1965 when he was 12-13, destroyed ordinary people's homes and upended their lives. Ninh stated that his own school in Hanoi was relocated as a result of the bombing, which inspired him to anger rather than fear. Ninh stated that Americans entering Vietnam were viewed as no different from earlier French colonizers, and that he inherited this view himself from his parents.

During the war Ninh served in the Glorious 27th Youth Brigade, joining when he was 17 years old. He stated that the Vietnamese people who fought against the Americans were not specifically fighting for Marxism, but rather fighting to bring peace for their country. Hunger was a frequent problem for Ninh and his fellow soldiers, who often moved back and forth from their homes to the battlefields. Of the five hundred who went to war with the brigade in 1969, Ninh is one of ten who survived.

Ninh described the fear caused among Vietnamese soldiers by American airpower while in combat during the war:

"'While the bombs were falling, only a stone wouldn't be terrified. If the Americans noticed movement in the forest, they would eliminate the forest. Who knows how much money was spent? American taxpayers' money. If a cluster of napalm bombs were dropped, the jungle would turn into a sea of fire. Can you imagine a sea of fire?'"

Ninh later called the war "fratricide" fueled by American firepower. "In war, no one wins or loses. There is only destruction."

Author
In 1987, Bảo Ninh published Trại bảy chú lùn (Camp of Seven Dwarves), a collection of short stories. He has also written a second novel, Steppe, but is said to be reluctant to publish it.

A short story by Bảo Ninh, "A Marker on the Side of the Boat" (Khắc dấu mạn thuyền), translated by Linh Dinh, is included in the anthology Night, Again.

Bảo Ninh is also a successful essayist. He is interviewed in Ken Burns's series The Vietnam War.

Works

 * The Sorrow of War - 1990
 * Hanoi At No Time - 2003
 * Rambling while stuck in traffic - 2005
 * Are old stories true? - 2009
 * Selected writings - 2011
 * Short story - 2013

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Talk:Third Great Awakening

THIRD Great Awakening?
The title "Third Great Awakening" is really subjective. There is definite consensus on the first two, but consensus seems to evaporate after that. I do not mean to imply that there were not further true revivals (e.g., the Azusa Street Revival or the Jesus Movement), but the so-called third and fourth nationwide great awakenings may be more a matter of opinion and conjecture. I think this article would be improved by a caveat stating that the concept of further Great Awakenings is somewhat controversial. Subitopiano (talk) 03:06, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree. The title is thrown around often -- even today -- to describe just about any Christian movement following the Second Awakening. Also, the information in this article is sketchy, e.g. "Nazarene movements" in addition to Holiness movement (hint: They're one in the same). 209.55.81.32 (talk) 06:53, 28 December 2010 (UTC)

 * I too agree. Religion in America by Corrigan, The Religious History of America by Gaustad, The Story of Christianity by Gonzalez all studiously avoid the term. The closest mention of it is in A History of Christianity in the United States and Canada by Noll pp. 287-288 - who terms the 1857-1858 revival the "businessman's awakening." Timothy Paul Jones in his Christian History Made Easy devotes half a page to what he calls "a Third Great Awakening." BBeagle (talk) 00:11, 31 March 2019 (UTC)
 * 21st century scholars and popular historians (like Paul Hohnson) use the term frequently. (1) Great awakenings: Popular religion and popular culture (2013) by F Hoffmann, M Fishwick, BB Ramirez: "The third Great Awakening made urban revivalism a part of popular culture."  (2) Hampel, Walter. "Prayer revivals and the third great awakening." Evangelical Review of Theology 31.1 (2007);  (3) Rice, Cynthia A. "The First American Great Awakening" International Congregational Journal 9.2 (2010). states: " The Third Great Awakening, also referred to as the Missionary Awakening, was a period in American history from the last decades of the 19th century through the early decades of the 20th century...."  (4) Johnson, Paul. "The almost-chosen people." First Things 164 (2006): 17. "The third Great Awakening (1875 to 1914) produced that great, unsuccessful, and tragic experiment in social engineering Prohibition.... "  (5) Marmot, Michael. "Ganges, Cambridge, Chicago, Edinburgh, Cambridge... Values and public health." European journal of epidemiology 20.10 (2005): 809-812. " The third great awakening shifted from a concern with opportunity to argue for equality of social and economic conditions....As a result there was remarkable progress in reducing social differences in health." (6) Rowe, David L. "From Colporteurs to Cooperative Program: A Century of Southern Baptist Stewardship and the Rise of the Southern Baptist Convention." Baptist History and Heritage 41.2 (2006):. states: "the Third Great Awakening, lifted spirits following the end of reconstruction in the South and filled once-empty pews....   (7) Klein, Daniel B., and Ryan Daza. "Robert W. Fogel: Ideological Profiles of the Economics Laureates." Econ Journal Watch 10.3 (2013): 316-325.  states: " In the third great awakening... emphasis shifted from personal to social sin, accompanied by a shift to a more secular interpretation of the Bible." (8) Mostert, Johan. "The Social Justice Debates in Psychology and Theology" Journal of Psychology & Christianity 33.2 (2014). states: "Third Great Awakening ushered in a new era of Evangelicalism that maintained the emphasis on personal transformation...."  Rjensen (talk) 03:41, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

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especially the battles against child labor, compulsory elementary education and the protection of women from exploitation in factories.

That sentence may need revision, unless they were against both child labor and education.

And please don't let anyone put any claims about what Darwin said on his deathbed, unless they're extremely well-sourced. There's a popular urban legend claiming he repented on his deathbed, but it's pretty well debunked. 75.36.0.25 22:09, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I dont understand this awakening because it seems to have produced stronger christians and also stronger non-believers such as athiests and communists. How this came to be doesnt make any sense to me but I guess you would just have had to have been living in that time to get it. I myself am a Christian and i must put in that darwin wished he had never published his work on his deathbed- i wonder what would have happend if people knew that. Certainly the 3rd Great Awakening is mostly on his head and maybe it was his guilt that made him say that. [Unsigned.]

 * There seems to be some confusion between this Third Great Awakening and the Social Gospel movement (which see) although this is mentioned in the article. BBeagle (talk) 00:09, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

cleanup
This article spends a great deal of time talking about social change during this period of American history, but fails to really address the third great awakening itself more than a stub would. Thus, it needs a great deal of work. --Zantastik 08:01, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Currently, except for the opening paragraph and the Strauss & Howe stuff at the end, the article is heavy on high-level description and light on specific historical facts. What are some distinctive events of the Third Great Awakening (things that happened on a specific day), specifically what artistic changes happened, specifically what conflicting ideas were debated and by whom, specifically what writers wrote what, specifically what economic events and trends occurred and when? The article doesn't have to be a dry list of facts, but it can be a lot more in focus than it is now. --Ben Kovitz 16:16, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I have hardly ever heard of a third great awakening. It was certainly not a time of revival as we see in the first and second great awakenings in America. It is most importantly the rise of Secularism, Darwinism, and Dispensationalism. Along with these things is the rise of the temperance/prohibition movement lead largely by Baptists. Social activism grew in this period for sure but could this be attributed to other changes that quickened the pace of society. Telegraphs, railroads, and industrialization in general. Rather than a religious revival/awakening?. Could some of this be seen as a social reaction to the late victorian period with older puritan values trying to reassert themselves in a changing world. This is far different than something religiously awakened. [Unsigned.]

 * People who are unaware of the 3rd Great Awakening should read Ahlstrom Religious History of the United States (1972) pp 731-872. All the Protestant churches grew rapidly at this time, and the pietistic ones used tent revivals extensively. Rjensen 06:17, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

 * But Ahlstrom never uses the term "Third Great Awakening." BBeagle (talk) 00:09, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

 * If rejecting the third awakening, the first one has to be recjeted the same. And they should be rejected but they are the truth. Certainly the article should point that connection and meaning out more clear. See above the comment regarding Darwin that comes also to play here. [E.] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.0.85.116 (talk) 10:17, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

New religions section
Hello, my username is FirsthandPOV-CCS, and I’m an employee of The First Church of Christ, Scientist. I noticed this sentence doesn’t reflect the source cited. The source says 1879 was the year that Eddy founded the Church of Christ, Scientist (the inception of Christian Science took place about 13 years earlier). Is it possible to identify a verb that fits better with the founding or establishing of a church than “invented”? FirsthandPOV-CCS (talk) 22:18, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

 * Done. Random person no 362478479 (talk) 22:16, 10 April 2023 (UTC)

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1701 in music

The year 1701 in music involved some significant musical events and new works.

Events

 * Georg Philipp Telemann matriculates in law at the University of Leipzig. In the same year, he meets George Frideric Handel for the first time.
 * Founding of the Slovenian Philharmonic Society (orchestra)
 * In a competition held in Dorset Gardens, London, for the best musical setting of the masque 'The Judgement of Paris' by William Congreve, John Weldon emerges victorious, with John Eccles second and Daniel Purcell third.
 * The semi-opera Acis and Galatea, with music by John Eccles and text by Peter Anthony Motteux, is staged in London.
 * Domenico Scarlatti is appointed organist and composer of the vice-regal court in Naples

Published popular music

 * "Captain Kidd"

Classical music

 * Giovanni Henrico Albicastro – XII Suonate a tre, due violini et violoncello col basso per l'organo
 * Tomaso Albinoni – 12 Balletti de Camera, Op. 3
 * Carlo Ambrogio Lonati – 12 Violin Sonatas
 * Giovanni Bononcini
 * La conversione di Maddalena
 * Duetti da camera, Op.8
 * Michel Richard Delalande – Venite exultemus Domino, S.58
 * Charles Dieupart – 6 Suittes
 * Gottfried Finger – 10 Recorder Sonatas, Op.3
 * Johann Joseph Fux – Concentus Musico-Instrumentalis, Op.1
 * Louis Heudelinne – 3 Suites, Livre 1
 * Giuseppe Maria Jacchini – Concerti per camera a 3. e 4. strumenti, Op.4
 * Marin Marais
 * Domine salvum fac regem (lost)
 * Pièces de viole, Livre II
 * Carlo Antonio Marino – 12 Sonatas, Op.6
 * Georg Muffat
 * "Auserlesene Instrumentalmusik" (Selected Instrumental Music)
 * Exquisitioris harmoniae instrumentalis gravi-jucundae
 * Sybrandus van Noordt – Sonate per il cimbalo appropriate al flauto & violino
 * Johann Christoph Pez – 12 Sonatas 'Duplex Genius', Op.1
 * Michelangelo Rossi – Toccata No.14 in C major
 * Alessandro Scarlatti – Tu sei quella che al nome, H.743
 * Domenico Scarlatti – Antra, valles, divo plaudant montes colles
 * Johann Schenck – Scherzi musicali, Op.6
 * George Philipp Telemann – Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht, TWV 7:3
 * Tomaso Antonio Vitali – Concerto di sonate a violino, violoncello e cembalo, Op.4

Opera

 * Antonio Caldara
 * Costanza in amor vince l'inganno (Includes arias "Selve Amiche" and "Sebben, Crudele")
 * La Partenope
 * Andre Campra – Hésione (final revised version)
 * Theobaldo di Gatti – Scylla
 * Reinhard Keiser – Störtebecker und Jödge Michaels
 * Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco – La púrpura de la rosa

Theoretical writings

 * Johan Georg Ahlens musikalisches Winter-Gespräche by Johann Georg Ahle, on intervals and modes. This is the fourth and final part of Ahle's Musikalische Gespräche series of treatises in form of dialogues.
 * Dictionnaire de musique by Sébastien de Brossard.
 * Principes d'acoustique et de musique by Joseph Sauveur

Births

 * January 10 – Johann Caspar Simon, organist and composer (died 1776)
 * February 1 – Johan Agrell, German composer and violinist (died 1765)
 * June 19 – François Rebel, French composer (died 1775)
 * September 22 – Anna Magdalena Bach, second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach, to whom he dedicated several of his works (died 1760)

Deaths

 * February 15 – Adam Drese, composer and bass viol player (b. c.1620)
 * March 10 – Johann Schelle, composer (b. 1648
 * October 13 – Andreas Anton Schmelzer, composer (b. 1653)
 * probable
 * Carolus Hacquart, composer (b. c.1640)
 * Servaes de Koninck, composer (b. c.1654)

title: 1701 in music