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...I also have the Orthodox cross, a red bracelet of thorns and the initials of people I love in Russian. I started late but it means I’ve had a long time to decide what to get....
...It’s too self-consciously excessive, precious, girlishly indulgent, and frankly, camp – much like Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film Marie Antoinette, which was a touchstone for Liang’s collection....
...Problems in the Nordic business seem to have become a painful thorn in Currys side, rather than a short-term hiccup....
...A partnership between The Row and Mon Vintage, the luxury vintage sourcing service founded by Vestiaire Collective’s former head of vintage, Marie Blanchet, the 14-piece collection features one-of-a-kind...
...When I made a show garden with Ann-Marie Powell back in 2010 we had two people on leaf-polishing duty who would have passed out if they’d seen the state of some of Massey’s leaves....
...Ashley Gallant, BADA’s managing director, says that in the wake of the reiterated pledge at the COP27 summit in November 2022 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5C, BADA is committed to “leading by example...
...British jeweller Shaun Leane has dipped into 1990s nostalgia to create a black-and-white campaign for its Rose Thorn collection, using models in denim and monochrome cotton basics....
...The fantastical aesthetic, inspired in part by the outfits of Sofia Coppola’s 2006 film Marie Antoinette, amps up the Regency look in favour of rainbow-hued, heavily embellished gowns and glittering hair...
...The offering ranges from occasionwear pieces such as a Marie-Chantal salmon-pink tulle dress and a lace-trimmed organza silk dress in sky blue (from £7 per day), to more casual offerings like a bee-embroidered...
...They had “run barefoot through the thorns of the desert”, he growled at the former Afghan president....
...For Marie-Ange, the rookie, it’s her very first fire, and she can’t hide her excitement....
...(In fact, after being bought by Gordon Brothers, Laura Ashley has relaunched this year with new interiors collections.)...
...Cohen — a life-long lover of Laura Ashley — couldn’t find bridesmaid dresses she liked for her own wedding....
...Marie Ashley, chair of the Rosedale Hewens Academy Trust, said: “Trustees are completely satisfied that no ‘off-rolling’ practice takes place within the Trust.”...
...Rambert, whose husband Ashley Dukes served in France....
...A rose print motif was encircled by thorns....
...Mr Webb, a one-time investment banker and a long-time thorn in the side of Hong Kong’s market officials, drew the network after he noticed a series of fuzzy balance sheet disclosures of “financial assets...
...Markus Werba’s enterprising, sprightly Figaro is a constant thorn in his side....
...A persistent thorn in the president’s side when he was in government, Mr Montebourg will woo anti-capitalist segments of the Socialist party and French society that abhor Mr Hollande’s embrace of pro-business...
...Anne Marie Forsyth, CCA chief executive, takes issue with the idea of a contact centre worker as low-skilled. “There is no typical call-centre worker. You get retired actors, students, doctors.”...
...She is Anne-Marie Imafidon, a child prodigy who did GCSE exams at primary school, got into Oxford at 17 and now manages both to have a job at Deutsche Bank and be an entrepreneur and all-round free spirit...
...Mr Ashley, the Sports Direct owner, has emerged as a thorn in the side of the board and Sanpower, whose deal has been approved by holders of 89 per cent of House of Fraser’s shares....
...Daveda Karanas brings resonant vocal authority to Mother Marie, and sweet-voiced Ashley Emerson couldn’t be better as the irrepressible Sister Constance....
...Marie Diron, senior economic adviser to the EY Eurozone Forecast, said it was too early to call a turning point....
...By contrast, at The Row, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen took their Zen-luxe and gave it a twist by setting urban against Eden, often literally in the same garment: a crinkled three-quarter length georgette dress...
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