15 stars for whom the burden of wealth and fame turned out to be too heavy

Ladies of the half-light of the 19th century, who received not only wealth, but also worldwide fame

Popular rumor attributed these women to incredible wealth, success and even political influence during their lifetime. Their names have remained in history, books and films are still being written about them, however, evaluating the "career" of the ladies of the half-world from the point of view of modern morality, it becomes clear that each of them was unhappy in her own way, and their stories often began with horrific facts

How and thanks to whom Dubai has turned from a small settlement in the desert to a land of luxury and wealth

Once it was only a small settlement, defeated by the advancing desert, where the inhabitants honestly and without special pretensions toiled, providing themselves with food. But that is in the past. Now Dubai focuses only on rich guests, which is understandable: without them, this richest city simply cannot survive. How not to survive for that newcomer who cannot be useful here - with his wallet or rather hard work

Dresses that turned out to be too revealing even for Parisian fashionistas

The audience, which gathered for the races at the Longchamp hippodrome in Paris in 1908, was shocked by the outfits of the three ladies present. Previously, the Parisians not only did not see this, they could not even imagine such "indecent". On the same day, newspapers accused three ladies, dressed in blue, white and brown dresses, of showing up to the races almost half-naked, and called their outfits ugly. But it was these three dresses that radically changed the fashion of the twentieth century. True, about the creator of these boards

Domestic and foreign stars, whose path to fame was too thorny

Now they have everything in their lives in order to be happy and self-sufficient. However, the childhood and adolescence of some celebrities cannot be called successful at all, and the fact that today they are rich and famous is the result of their work, perseverance and luck, but not the efforts of their parents

"Too Smart for an Artist": How Igor Kostolevsky, a screen womanizer, turned out to be in real life

People's Artist of the Russian Federation Igor Kostolevsky so often played the roles of handsome men and ladies' men in cinema that many viewers, and especially spectators, do not represent him in a different role. While both the actor himself and his relatives argue that in real life he is not at all the same as on the screen