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...Brioni has also amped up the polo shirt’s texture, weaving polos in a thick ribbed cotton and wool blend, while Zegna’s have a slouchy, oversized fit and dramatic scooped V-necks....
...At Mr Porter, style director Olie Arnold says menswear brands have significantly grown their jewellery offer and are seeing buoyant sales beyond classic gold pieces....
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...The sudden boom in orders last autumn, in the wake of a sharp, pandemic-induced drop, resembled “a very sharp V . . . in China it was a very, very sharp V,” Busch said....
...With her iridescent snake-hair, Arnold Böcklin’s 1887 painted plaster is a showstopper rendition of the Gorgon....
...Germany’s economy will recover faster than expected from the coronavirus pandemic, with the resilience of its labour market helping achieve a sharp, V-shaped recovery, the government has said....
...“They've managed a V-shaped recovery in the Chinese economy.”...
...Peter Altmaier, economy minister, also sent an upbeat message about the German economy last week, forecasting that the resilience of the country’s labour market would help it achieve a sharp, V-shaped recovery...
...Specialists including Rollo Whately and Arnold Wiggins & Sons in London’s St James’s, as well as a number of Parisian dealers such as Maison Samson, are the go-to places for gilt antique frames – a growing...
...“It is time to acknowledge that even without a meaningful second infection wave the V-shaped rebound in retail trade will turn out to be solely the first leg of a W-shaped recovery formation,” said Ms Utermöhl...
...bullish message of Peter Altmaier, economy minister, who said on Tuesday that Germany would recover faster than expected from the pandemic, with the resilience of its labour market helping achieve a sharp, V-shaped...
...Christoph Weil, an economist at Commerzbank, said the data “confirm[ed] our assessment that there will be no V-shaped recovery in the euro area”....
...“Today’s PMI numbers provide further evidence of what initially looks like a textbook V-shaped recovery,” said Carsten Brzeski, economist at ING....
...Adam Slater, lead economist at Oxford Economics, said that across advanced economies it was too early to celebrate a V-shaped spending bounce just because there were some initial strong signs of life among...
...“I am not convinced that we are going to have a V-shaped recovery,” he said. “I think it will be more like a U. The key thing is to shorten the lower part of the U . . ....
...As economists debate the shape of the recovery — from V-shaped to L-shaped — Ms Lagarde rejected “this alphabet soup that we are hearing about” and warned that the recovery would be constrained, uncertain...
...“The fiscal spending can really help them get a V-shaped recovery.” In the longer term, there could be other benefits of central Europe’s ties with Germany....
...Martin Arnold How much more support will the Fed provide?...
...How many months before a V-shape recovery starts?”...
...In a call with reporters before Mr Powell’s statement, a Treasury official said that the most likely outcome was still “V-shaped” — a shortlived hit, contained within a quarter, followed by a sharp recovery...
...Additional reporting by Martin Arnold in Frankfurt...
...Like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cyborg assassin, nothing seems able to stop it....
...When Carney spoke six weeks ago, many policymakers were still confident of a sharp v-shaped recovery....
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