1 accessory muscle of respiration. 2  Accessory muscles of respiration. 3  Accessory muscles of the scapula. 4  Accessory muscles of the scapula. 5  Accessory muscles of the scapula. 6  Accessory muscles of the scapula (cat). 7  Accessory muscles of the scapula (cat). 8  Accessory muscles of the scapula (cat).
In 1940, Christian Dior created the first pencil skirt, a shortened adaptation inspired by the provocative shape of the 1910 hobble skirt. After the shapeless gowns of the flapper era, and decades of covered legs and ankles, women immediately embraced the curvy shape of the classic pencil skirt.
French mathematician Bernard Lassimonne applied for the first patent (French patent #2444) on pencil sharpeners in 1828, but it was not until 1847 that the pencil sharpener in its recognisable modern form was invented by fellow Frenchman Thierry des Estivaux.