Double Quotes: Gigi Hadid and Cleopatra

Real gems, these two.

2016 “Gigi Hadid totally nailed it. The 21-year-old supermodel added an extra touch of glam to her Met Gala ensemble Monday with a $2,000 manicure on her tips. According to KISS Nails, Hadid’s four-figured nail prep included chrome nails on the surface “with hidden crystals” underneath. As her manicurist, Mary Soul, described, she wanted to go “for an element of surprise.” — The New York Post, May 3

79 AD “There have been two pearls that were the largest in the whole of history; both were owned by Cleopatra, the last of the Queens of Egypt — they had come down to her through the hands of the Kings of the East…. In accordance with previous instructions the servants placed in front of her only a single vessel containing vinegar, the strong rough quality of which can melt pearls. She was at the moment wearing in her ears that remarkable and truly unique work of nature …. She took one earring off and dropped the pearl in the vinegar, and when it was melted swallowed it.” — Pliny the Elder, Natural History