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...The first collection was based on her own wardrobe of shirts, jeans and men’s jackets that she’d altered to fit. “I’ve always been a bit of a tomboy....
...In a collection inspired by the progressive artists of Berlin in the 1930s, Erdem offered a more modest take on the trend, with a series of embroidered V-neck slip dresses paired with long, sequin neck scarves...
...“When I reached car 5 I noticed a brown leather/suede ‘longchamp’ laptop bag. On the floor by the single leaf door,” he wrote....
...About 10 people, mainly trained museum specialists, work on the preservation and the documentation of the collection.”...
...the collection this year....
...There’s an upright wooden post on the river Clyde that marks the end of the launch slipway of John Brown’s shipyard....
...Worn with stone or beige chino shorts, a beautiful pair of mid-brown leather sandals is a fail-safe summer option,” says Sanderson, who believes sandals work as well with jeans....
...Kim Wilkie, who designed the V&A’s renowned John Madejski Garden, will discuss his life and work at the V&A on Monday June 18, 7pm-8.45pm £15 (including reception and book signing), tel: +44 (0)20 7942 2277...
...Leading exponents include Daniel Brown, whose animated floral wallpaper – a light projection activated by self-generative computer software to evolve “organically” – is in the V&A show Decode: Digital Design...
...www.ragoarts.com v Rocking chair Austrian The Viennese firm J&J Kohn made this child’s rocker around the turn of the 20th century....
...To this end, decorative fountains were increasingly installed in adjacent closets or even incorporated into elaborate, multi-tiered buffets....
...“The V&A was keen to purchase, but it did not have enough staff to look after the pieces or enough space to house them, because it had just bought the Vivienne Westwood collection.”...
...Nor is “brown” furniture currently in vogue....
...Elsewhere the tone is contemporary-retro; Mr Chow's monochrome 1974 decor is hip again, along with the Eames-inspired brown-and-orange scheme in the Grafton Hotel's restaurant, Balboa....
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