Hints and tips:
...2023 has seen the launch of many dozens of celebrity drinks, from Jean-Claude Van Damme’s Irish whiskey to Cameron Diaz’s Pinot Noir and Lenny Kravitz’s sotol....
...Anna Wintour chose him to shoot her first American Vogue cover in 1988; featuring a model in a Christian Lacroix jacket and jeans, it was considered a revolutionary shift away from the strictures of glamour...
...I have two on rotation — starting with the Gary from Sweaty Betty, which are slim but not tight and last for years (£90, sweatybetty.com)....
...Mezzo-soprano Jean Holmes, my first singing teacher, taught me how to work hard and listen for quality. My teacher when I was about 18 was Veronica Dunne, the legendary Irish soprano....
...And each is documented (with links to retail outlets) on the website filmandfurniture.com, co-founded by Paula Benson....
...First out of the gate in September was One Sloane, the maiden UK foray from Parisian hotelier Jean-Louis Costes and François-Joseph Graf, the maître of sumptuous interiors (and one of the most revered talents...
...He has Benson’s syndrome, a variant of Alzheimer’s that claims the sight....
...Think The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie meets The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and you’ll have a sense of where things are heading....
...But in a more relaxed music industry offsite I might wear a stylish hoodie, casual blazer and jeans.”...
...I use it for most purchases – a Jean Paul Gaultier corset, foxglove plants, olive oil! There’s almost nothing I wouldn’t try to find on eBay first. I love it....
...On view in London at a presale exhibition from 22 February before March 2 auction; sothebys.com Treasures from François and Betty Catroux’s French Riviera residence François Catroux and his wife Betty...
...The screenplay was written as New Wave project for François Truffaut, who handed it over to Jean-Luc Godard....
...Where better to showcase what we have achieved, acquired or inherited than in our houses – be it a pair of candlesticks passed down from a grandmother that have a family story attached, a long-desired Jean...
...The “Betty” boot (above) with its square toe, chunky heel and ankle zip, could easily be mistaken for a leather ankle boot — making it suitable rain or shine....
...First up is “Betty”, named after Betty Davis, the unbiddable funk auteur who preferred to retire from music in 1979 than conform to industry expectations of how she should sound....
...The most reliably successful entrepreneurs were those selling picks and shovels and food, such as jeans inventor Levi Strauss....
...SocGen expanded its British private banking operation by almost 50 per cent when it acquired Kleinwort Benson shortly before last year’s Brexit vote, integrating it with its existing Hambros unit to combine...
...Workplaces have become more casual and consumers want more comfortable alternatives to jeans and suits....
...For AW19 it went neon: on heads as balaclavas, over denim jeans and on to stretchy booties, too. Her brand is so all-consuming you can wear it head to toe....
...He was convinced, he says, that his friend Betty Autier’s blog — with 400,000 views a month when Mr Billon started his business — “could be of great interest for brands”....
...For now, however, the leak of a testy Downing Street dinner with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker is helping peg the pound below the $1.30 — a level it last touched in September....
...Jean-Francois Mazaud, head of Société Générale private banking, said in a statement: “This acquisition will bring together two of the most recognised names in private banking, with shared values and a shared...
...Jean-Francois Mazaud, head of Société Générale Private Banking, said: This acquisition will bring together two of the most recognised names in private banking, with shared values and a shared heritage in...
...At fintech and payments conferences, the jeans of Silicon Valley have given way to the suits of Wall Street....
...Cocktail rings, championed by English jewellers such as Garrard and JW Benson, shimmered with touches of 1960s jet-set glamour....
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