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...Alta Guajira is a smuggler’s desert of snaking paths and ancient laws. José Gerardo González, my Wayúu guide, doesn’t like these barriers....
...I wore a pearl headband, some pearl shoes from Jimmy Choo and some Sophie Bille Brahe earrings, so it was very pearly and romantic....
...As traumatised Jewish Israelis grieve those killed in the most deadly attack in the country’s history, which they have compared to 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, Palestinians are reliving their own traumas that...
...“The only thing that I can recall from history for Americans [that is comparable to this] is something between Pearl Harbor and 9/11,” said Yaakov Nagal, a former head of Israel’s National Security Council...
...Her grace is almost careless, and the show itself is like sprinkled pearls....
...“The Indians don’t advertise this . . . but it had a kind of 9/11, Pearl Harbor-style impact on the strategic thinking of their elites.”...
...Today, pearls are intrinsic to fashion designer Harris Reed’s flamboyant “fluid romanticism” and his cult jewellery collection with Missoma, while simultaneously appearing in streetwear....
...Right: Dolce & Gabbana diamond, enamel, rhodolite garnet, coloured-sapphire, emerald, peridot and Sciacca coral transformable Alta Gioielleria Hand earrings Santi Jewels diamond and emerald Chevron earrings...
...The show will also feature designs by a new generation of names such as Harris Reed and Edward Crutchley, whose sumptuous green lurex and crinoline gown from his SS22 collection echoes the hoop petticoats...
...I picked it up from a thrift store in Sherman Oaks Antique Mall in Los Angeles, which [the designer] Harris Reed recommended to me....
...Theon Cross’s tuba adds heft in the bass and multi-tracked reeds and brass deliver textural density and extra rhythmic thrust....
...Delettrez characterises alta gioielleria as “total liberty, without having to think about serial production; basically, you’re creating artworks....
...Who knew that carved coral roses, translucent gems, pearls and antique miniature Venetian watercolours, framed by pink diamonds, could coalesce in a necklace, as if they always belonged together?...
...“Listen, boys,” said Selznick to Greene and Reed, “who the hell is going to a film called The Third Man?”...
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...Ghosn, who compared the “plot and treason” behind his arrest to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, was not taking any prisoners....
...Cities around the Pearl River Delta such as Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen are reeling after being hit by one of the strongest storms on record...
...A Pearl Harbor attack on the sandwiches, Scotch eggs and strawberry trifle. By land as well as air. I would love the latest Marvel/Disney sequel to have been this....
...Made from 14-18 carat gold, it took a year to mine, design and fabricate, and the collection consists of 14 pieces, ranging from miniature pinky rings, inset with sapphires, to delicate opal and pearl earrings...
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...Even thatchers who once routinely roofed in slender straw have generally turned to thicker reed....
...All I can see is an arc of star-dusted sky and a pearl-bright moon flashing its cryptic semaphore through a lacy maze of branches....
...Moda collection with a matching crystal-and-glass pearl head dress....
...Along the top of the church’s nave, a procession of Byzantine angels in sinuous white garments — each twice the height of a human — have been restored to their original glory in glass, stone, mother of pearl...
...Now in its second year, the house’s Alta Moda jewels are a relative newcomer to the market, and the collection’s narrative themes tread a carefully crafted line between chic and kitsch....
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