Feel like a Roman for a day (or at least like an Ottoman) !

Kate Moss in Cağaloğlu Hamamı / İstanbul 

 

Kate Moss in Cağaloğlu Hamamı / İstanbul 

Kate Moss in Hammam Photo Gallery

Last weekend was my fist visit to a Turkish hammam! It was very exciting :) and a very relaxing experience. Bursa is famous for its thermal springs and has many ''thermal'' hotels and hammams. 

The one I went to was at the Marigold Otel Bursa. It's a 5 star hotel with its own Pithia Thermal and Spa. Not only you can you their wonderful private hammam suites but they also have thermal spa, contrast showers, spa, massage and lots more. Unfortunately I couldn't post any photos of Pithia Spa but you can find out more on their website - http://marigold.com.tr/icerik/Pithia-Thermal--Spa.html#

Next time I want to try one of the Roman baths in Bursa!

Electric lamp sells for £445,000 after it is revealed to be a 2,000-year-old relic

I wish I could find something like that at home....

t was bought by a European dealer and could conceivably be returned to Rome. The 19in urn was acquired in the 1950s by Sir Sydney Barratt, a distinguished scientist who helped create the World War II Dambusters’ celebrated ‘bouncing bombs’. 

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1349259/Electric-lamp-sells-445k-revealed-2k-year-old-relic.html#ixzz1BmahiEsb

Byzantium and Chanel

After Alexander Mcqueen's fall/winter 2007-2008 Cleopatra-inspired collection other designers seem to be looking back at history for inspiration. This time it's Uncle Karl for his pre-fall 2011 show. Actually eventhough he's borrowing from the past this seems to be one of the best and most beautiful sets of clothes he has designed recently. The fabrics, the colors and especially the jewellery are gorgeous and makes me want to be a fly on the wall back in Byzantium in the time of Emperor Justinian. Where do I start?

And here is his muse - Empress Theodora (c. 547 AD) on the famous San Vitale fresco in Ravenna, Italy