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...The final position of the Walter Browne game is shown on the statue of Keres in his home city of Narva....
...On TikTok, #grandpacore — a trend describing clobber synonymous with seniors, such as V-neck novelty knits, pleat-front trousers and tweed blazers — has had almost 16mn views....
...She also notes a set of colourful men’s silk waistcoats from the 18th century pulled from the V&A collection....
...It has since proved a knit with staying power, with Gucci, Erdem, The Elder Statesman, Marni, Thom Browne and Wales Bonner all carrying styles this season....
...Commissioned for him by his wife Mary Browne, daughter of the English ambassador in Paris, it is made of engraved ebony, its interior inlaid with exotic veneers and ivory....
...London Crossword 16,278: Peter Bromwich, Birmingham; James Reid, Fife, Scotland; EASherratt, Staffordshire, England Polymath 1,040: Patricia Blakemore, West Midlands, England Crossword 16,272: Martha F Browne...
...“My uniform is dark denim, an Eton dress shirt with a cutaway collar, and a Uniqlo merino sweater with either a crewneck or V-neck,” Sacks says, noting that he hasn’t purchased an expensive sweater in years...
...(Lord Browne was a non-exec at Intel between 1997 and 2006): Internet kiosks -- offered free of charge -- will allow motorists to get directions, weather and view headlines, though full Internet surfing...
...Suits v Sports: call a truce Too often, menswear is seen as a pitched battle between the threatened establishment and the clothing of the rabble....
...(FT) HK v SH The fight to attract IPOs used to play out between Hong Kong and Singapore but now the focus has moved northward....
...A 2009 Supreme Court case involving prescription drug labels, Wyeth v Levine, greenlighted state laws that are stricter than federal laws....
...“Embroidery is special because it’s freehand, almost like painting with a needle,” says Clare Browne, co-curator of the V&A exhibition....
...His first curatorial role at the V&A was in the East Asia department, where he began to introduce examples of fashion into the collection....
...BoJo v Cameron: art attack The art market has taken a view on the Conservative party’s leadership. And it’s putting its money on mayor of London Boris Johnson....
...They are one of only two families to have three generations of work represented in the Smithsonian (the other is the Wyeth family of painters)....
...Thom Browne splattered his typically over-the-top silhouettes with blood-red lace on virginal white while Marios Schwab evoked gothic’s medieval side with understated velvet gowns in midnight blue (£1,305...
...the Analysts, Martoma claimed to have “black edge” —illicit, nonpublic information… The Analysts exchanged a number of emails and instant messages with Cohen about whether Martoma’s advice on Elan and Wyeth...
...Clare Browne, the V&A’s curator of European textiles, says: “It can be difficult to appreciate how opulent the palace interiors would have appeared because the fragments that survive are mostly worn and...
...Meanwhile here’s the DOJ’s sealed criminal complaint in USA v Martoma....
...“Velvet was only used by those who could afford its expense – and loved by them for being so exclusive to their status,” says Clare Browne, the V&A’s curator of European textiles 1500-1800....
...Burgundy, maroon, tartan green and navy continue to be the label’s bestsellers along with a boyfriend V-neck sweater with elbow patches made from Swarovski crystal.”...
...The book contains woodcuts from July 1530 of Charles V’s entry into Bologna to meet the Pope. “This was a poster given to a few people and as a result it was ephemeral and disappeared....
...POP Ziggyology , by Simon Goddard, Ebury Press, £20, 352 pages After the comeback and the V&A retrospective comes Bowie fatigue. Do we need more adulation?...
...“Hague v Mitchell? No contest,” says my FCO informant....
...I stroll through and have romantic brushes with Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins....
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