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...There was a backlash against an early designer version by Off-White (£70), but British designers such as Christopher Kane showed grace under pressure: he offered to send out free patterns and fabric so people...
...And Christopher Kane is particularly fond of injecting a hint of kinkiness into almost anything he creates....
...In the 1980s those in the know wore the work of John Moore, the avant-garde shoemaker who graduated from Cordwainers in 1984....
...Both Christopher Kane and Balenciaga have featured the not so glamorous clog on their runways....
...In July, Burberry said Marco Gobbetti, head of French luxury brand Céline, would become chief executive at the start of next year, replacing Christopher Bailey from the role he held since May 2014....
...“International brands such as Ayame and Etiquette Clothiers have performed well for us,” says menswear site Oki-ni head buyer Christopher Fisher....
...The company plays its stagings of David Nixon’s Madame Butterfly and Christopher Hampson’s Perpetuum Mobile at evening performances....
...There are shoemakers, shirtmakers . . . You can still find owner-run businesses. It’s nice to meet the owner. That is quite a special thing.”...
...Christophe Melard, the chief executive of the Italian luxury shoe maker Sergio Rossi, tells the FT’s Vanessa Friedman that despite troubles in Europe the shoemaker expects strong growth in 2012....
...Arguably, by Christopher Hitchens, Atlantic, RRP£30 This collection of the great contrarian’s essays, reviews and columns, written largely over the past decade, offers a brilliant introduction to Hitchens...
...“This isn’t seen as a fashionable wine, at least in the UK,” admitted Christopher Brooke. The winemakers clearly hope that working with Basso & Brooke will change all that....
...Reporting by Alan Beattie in London, Ralph Atkins in Frankfurt, Tony Barber in Rome, Christopher Brown-Humes in Stockholm and Dan Roberts in New York...
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