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...Brands such as J Crew and Gap developed damaging addictions to discounting in the years after the 2008 financial crisis....
...In terms of commissions, standouts include a multifaceted gemstone design on the spinnakers of a J-Class yacht and a “brief to paint a wine bottle bursting through a sail” for a 30m schooner owned by a local...
...And then there’s Victoria Beckham’s range....
...A plaque above the organ nods to the city’s once-thriving ceramics industry, honouring local potter George Meakin, who in 1851 founded ceramics manufacturing company J & G Meakin with his brother James....
...net-a-porter.com Berluti canvas and leather Cabas tote bag, £2,400 Bang & Olufsen Ex Ferrari Edition Beoplay earbuds, £449 Anya Hindmarch leather pill box, £295 Lalique crystal-glass Wingen tumbler, £175 J...
...GP & J Baker x Kit Kemp Design Studio Designer and hotelier Kit Kemp’s first collaboration with British fabric and wallpaper house GP & J Baker transmutes her eclectic style into colour-saturated prints...
...“Luella’s really great at coming up with a concept that has huge commercial potential; I was always in awe of that,” says Hillier, the veteran fashion consultant who is now the creative director of J&M Davidson...
...The purchase of “The Three Graces”, a celebrated sculpture by Antonio Canova, in 1994 by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Galleries of Scotland followed the imposition of an export bar after...
...Victoria in Australia is following closely. But the UK is woefully far behind....
...(That said, Richard J Evans, one of the world’s foremost historians of Germany, was a notably sharp critic)....
...And I think it was because I knew about lithography and typesetting that after university I was hired by J Walter Thompson,” she recalls of the advertising agency that at the time also employed Bridget Riley...
...“You definitely have more access to money in LA,” agrees Tieghi-Walker, referencing a rich collector culture that spans billionaire oil baron J Paul Getty to art-world provocateur Stefan Simchowitz, who...
...For former J Crew creative director Jenna Lyons, however, a genetic condition that affects her lash growth meant falsies were the only way....
...I also like Skips or prawn cocktail crisps with something light and super-fresh like J-M Sélèque’s Quintette blanc de blancs.”...
...“They were inspired by my grandmother, who was Scottish and always used to wear them,” says Ventosa Martin, who also looked at old J Crew knit campaigns from the ’90s....
...Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Centuryby J Bradford DeLong, Basic Books £30 “In 1870 a major shift took place for humanity....
...His AW22 collections for Noah and J Crew are styled with sturdy soles. “People are looking to try new things,” says Babenzien....
...The renowned architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott worked alongside J Theo Halliday....
...J Junk balls Those terrible looping shots that your opponent hits and you feel that you should hit for winners?...
...Cutbacks in spending on big-ticket items such as technology and furniture at its Argos chain dented quarterly sales at UK supermarket J Sainsbury....
...But her final favourite is anything but subdued: a pair of fantastical, spot-speckled animals by Korean designer Ahryun Lee ($6,000, from J Lohmann). “I just think these are fab....
...Victoria Clarke: The economy is contracting, but the jobs market has so far been resilient....
...Victoria Hitchcock is a fashion stylist and personal image maker based in the Bay Area of San Francisco who advises Fortune 500 executives and tech founders....
...“Theaster Gates: Slight Intervention #5”, Victoria and Albert Museum, to January 9, vam.ac.uk. “Oh, The Wind Oh, The Wind”, to October 30, White Cube Mason’s Yard, whitecube.com....
...“This deferred prosecution agreement will lead to the end of the ongoing extradition proceedings in Canada, which otherwise could have continued for many months, if not years,” said Mark J Lesko, acting...
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