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...A tank dress in putty-coloured sequins and baguette rhinestones presented a more wearable option for the Oscars, (perhaps minus the trompe l’oeil outline of boxer shorts)....
...Inès Cross Okashi is at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, from 13 April until 30 June SHOP A diamond-studded Breakfast at Tiffany’s Bound in black goatskin, studded with over 1,000 white-platinum-set diamonds...
...Dude ranches In the Rockies west of Denver, the C Lazy U ranch has been welcoming visitors for a taste of cowboy life since the 1920s....
...One is yellow gold with a black diamond, another white gold with haematite, and the third yellow gold with haematite....
...Operating performance: intu’s like-for-like net rental income declined 9.1% in 2019, in line with management’s November guidance of c. 9%....
...We estimate Whitbread's annual rates bill is c.£120m, equivalent to c.35% of FY20e PBT (Feb YE). Mitchells & Butlers' rates bill is also around c.£100m, c.50% of FY19 PBT (Sep YE)....
...Photographs: C Fabrice Dall’Anese/Chopard...
...High-end jeweller Chopard has a counter where a mother-of-pearl watch with pavé diamonds is on sale for £21,000....
...An indulgence I would never forgo is my boat, a CNM Continental 50 in black and cognac....
...The lobby is dominated not by reception desks but by the in house ski rental shop (wonderfully friendly, but then I was their first customer)....
...Chopard L. U. C Regulator Régulateur is one of watchmaking’s many obfuscating words....
...Just the odd vibration passing through the G.L.A.C.’s innards, set off by huge things, things at the scale of the city....
...At L’Apogée the staff wear sober black suits, the walls are dark wood and the flowers are uniformly white....
...Diane Lokey Farb, a powerful Texas property developer, was resplendent in a Chanel organza little black dress, with diamond camellias at her ears, throat and wrists....
...(Financial Times) “Thousands more victims of Bernard L....
...Chopard Looking sober and ready for business, the L.U.C. XP Tonneau in white gold is powered by an ultra-thin or extra-plat (hence the XP) L.U.C. Calibre 3.97....
...One of these, the L.U.C Louis-Ulysse, is truly brilliant – it is a wristwatch that converts into a pocket watch....
...Pace has a stunning group of 11 Calders in its booth, including the c.1939 “Black Disc with Flags” priced at $12m....
...and 78 white baguette-cut diamonds and black ceramic studs cover the dial and bracelet....
...Equally cool, but on the more classic-with-a-twist side, is the L.U.C “Strike One” piece, a luxuriously understated limited-edition pink gold and black face with a secret auditory addition that reflects...
...TV and film-related cars were excellent investments: “The white 1966 Oldsmobile from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. now fetches £1,200.”...
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