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...Mark C O’Flaherty was inspired to write his new book, Narrative Thread, following a conversation with the editor and gallerist Carla Sozzani – she has a collection of couture pieces by her close friend and...
...Digital operator, Thomas Carla. Stylist’s assistants, Aylin Bayhan and Aniello Luca Migliaro. Production, Chloe Anderson at LG Studio...
...Former student Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, chose to showcase Tangye’s drawing process in a film last year – and the V&A has 56 of his artworks – but outside of the fashion world...
...Thought to have been settled as far back as the 10th millennium BC, it is the home of the Temple of Amun, which honours the god who was consulted by Greek kings (Alexander the Great was said to have followed...
...KatzSimon KornerProfessor James LadymanDr Laura MartinDr Erik MathisenProfessor Sir John Meurig ThomasProfessor David MidgleyProfessor Tariq ModoodProfessor Peter MoodyProfessor Philip MoriartyProfessor Alexander...
...No Adrian Joffe, of Dover Street Market, or Carla Sozzani, of 10 Corso Como, who invented the concept store. No Thom Browne, who changed the male silhouette. No Raf Simons. No Hedi Slimane....
...Kering, as it happens, owns three UK-based brands – Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen and (as of earlier this year) Christopher Kane – so, even leaving aside his wife’s career, it would make sense that...
...Now, granted, this is most often the case with the partners of the people in question – Samantha Cameron, for example, or the wife of Hollande’s predecessor, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy – and they are not the policy-making...
...Nor is the Carla Bruni-Sarkozy approach: hiding. Where was Dior maternity wear when the ex-French first lady (and her husband) needed it?...
...Carla Bruni, Andrea Bocelli, the Mission, opera and reggae. What will you be eating? All the good things I can. Will you be online/offline? Mostly offline....
...The ensuing 12 months have been so closely watched, Time magazine recently chose not only the Duchess, but Alexander McQueen’s creative director Sarah Burton, aka the maker of the dress, as two of the 100...
...Alexander Mishakov, her new coach, recognised a winner. “Just do your best,” he would say. “If there’s someone better, we’ll come back and practise harder.”...
...Jean Paul is a true couturier, as is Nicolas Ghesquière,and was Alexander McQueen. People like them are few and far between....
...She cites as good examples Lanvin’s long-strap versions, Alexander Wang’s Brenda mini camera bag and the Alexa by Mulberry....
...Actress and model Eva Herzigova has been working the red carpet at the Cannes film festival since her first appearance alongside the then-model Carla Bruni in 2000....
...Jane Owen, FT House & Home editor ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Fashion Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, by Andrew Bolton, with contributions by Susannah Frankel and Tim Blanks, Yale, RRP£30...
...Though this is always true to a certain extent – we use fashion to say personal things about ourselves, the way Carla Bruni uses her Dior suits to say, “I am now a proper grown-up First Lady, not a sex kitten...
...Ultimately it wasn’t until Alexander McQueen, that what was on the catwalk was absorbing enough to make everyone put down their mobiles and open their eyes....
...The trouble became obvious when Mr Polet gave his first address to analysts in December 2004: he predicted Gucci would double in size over seven years and new Gucci Group brands Stella McCartney and Alexander...
...The school’s new director, Dutch fashion designer Alexander van Slobbe, is smart, warm and charismatic (despite his unfortunate name) and there is plenty here to make me chuckle....
...A quick survey of the recent spring/summer catwalks shows plenty of exaggerated shoulders, in collections from Marc Jacobs to Wunderkind to Alexander Wang....
...Carla The Royal family knows a thing or two about broken marriages, so have no fear....
...Then there was Dior, Fendi, Chloé, Louis Vuitton, Sonia Rykiel, Alexander McQueen – the list goes on. Fashion has apparently taken the fiscal situation to heart. If in doubt, just go shopping....
...Maybe this is a subtle acknowledgement of the dawn of the age of Carla Bruni, when models both active and ex will come to the fore....
...Carla del Ponte, chief prosecutor at the tribunal, said her optimism about catching the remaining suspects “waned considerably” in her last months before stepping down this month....
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