«A second before the disaster …»: 30 photos

We all know the amazing model and the retro beauty queen Marilyn Monroe, but few people know that before her this world has already been conquered by an equally attractive and sexy model named Betty Brosmer. At one time, this woman did not leave indifferent any male look and was one of the highest paid models. Let's look into the past and see how Betty was so different from the rest of the models ...

Today, modern fashion shows reflect the most daring ideas of world designers and fashion designers. There was a time and we often lamented at the sight of huge men's suits and jackets on thin girls, but anyway, this trend entered without demand and still continues to be at the peak of popularity. Thus, what immediately seems wild and unimaginable, over time, was densely rubbed into fashion and became the “hit” of the season, year, and maybe even century! In this collection, we will consider the most unusual at first glance trends that fashionistas from the past millennium were like ...

In the early 2000s, the Chinese government threw all its efforts into the construction and development of large cities. For this reason, today we see many skyscrapers, large business centers and residential buildings built according to the latest technological inventions. This process does not stop to this day, and therefore if you ride around China today, you can stumble upon real ghost towns. Large, equipped with everything necessary for life, but did not know it ....

The world's first correctional prison in Philadelphia, with the full name of Eastern State Penitentiary, first received a prisoner in 1829. For more than 100 years of work, a lot of villains and criminals were there, one of which was the well-known mafia boss Al Capone. How was this place different from other prisons and what does it look like now? More on this later ...