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...At the mid-level, a cashmere style in a muted shade from Sheep Inc, John Smedley or — my favourite — Begg x Co will quickly become a staple of your wardrobe....
...The industry’s best effort to justify these prices is to make athleisure — puffer coats, joggers, whatever — out of cashmere and vicuña....
...But then you notice the discreet pedestals at each end of the installation, created by Los Angeles based PlayLab, Inc. Each showcases four “historiated sculptures” encased in glass....
...But its cashmere-clad billionaire founder Bernard Arnault is still on the hunt and private equity firms are also circling. Some brands have managed to stave off takeovers....
...He explains: “Rich could mean travelling two months a year, a beautiful cashmere coat, picking up your kids from school every afternoon. The key here is that your ‘rich life’ is yours, nobody else’s....
...Isabel Berwick) Elsewhere in the world of work: Company ‘swag’ is getting more fancy: Employers are upgrading their welcome kits and bespoke gift boxes with luxury chocolate, artisan coffee and even cashmere...
...In addition to a woolly hat, cashmere gloves and an old puffer, I love a thin merino base layer. And then there’s the oldest trick in the keeping warm playbook: a flask of tea....
...At her former employer Stella McCartney, it was cashmere that had the biggest footprint, so the brand made sourcing recycled, high-quality cashmere a priority....
...Jean Pierre Mustier, the former UniCredit chief, and LVMH founder/wolf-in-cashmere Bernard Arnault, have teamed up to launch a Spac that will target European financial companies....
...With stock indices reaching record highs and fewer opportunities to spend on international travel, restaurants and spas, the wealthy snapped up luxury handbags, fine jewellery and cashmere tracksuits....
...London-based Sheep Inc is also focused on sustainability; it even touts itself as the world’s first carbon-negative knitwear brand....
...But Arnault, dubbed “the wolf in cashmere” for his silky smooth M&A tactics, ran into an obstacle that he had never encountered before in a takeover fight: US commercial law....
...(Wall Street Journal) One nation, under LVMH Billionaire Bernard Arnault has effectively staged a coup d'état within the French government, as political leaders play into his cashmere-gloved hands in his...
...electric car market (FT) Oaktree invests £100m in British broadband (FT) Musk plans IPO for SpaceX’s Starlink business (Reuters) Roger Farah, the unflashy Tiffany chair digging in against the ‘wolf in cashmere...
...DD readers will be all too familiar by now with the wolf in cashmere, LVMH chief Bernard Arnault (pictured below)....
...The maker of cashmere T-shirts and seersucker shirts made a series of design mis-steps in recent years, although its Madewell denim brand has remained popular among young female shoppers....
...The direct-to-consumer brand’s cashmere crewneck jumpers, wide-leg crops and ballet flats are the new women’s uniform on Capitol Hill....
...Smart reads Posh pre-nup Almost a decade ago, the luxury leather goods purveyor Hermès was betrothed to LVMH and its “wolf in cashmere” boss Bernard Arnault....
...(He has lower-tech tricks too, such as wearing cashmere sweaters so that microphones pick up no rustling.)...
...(Sifted) Club of connoisseurs Loro Piana ultra-luxe cashmere clothing, made from animals native to the high Andes and Inner Mongolia, will set you back thousands of dollars....
...A double-sided cashmere and wool coat was hand-stitched. A dust-pink ribbed sweater was particularly fine. This season’s sneakers were like running trainers....
...For AW17, the twins had refocused on the waist, pulling artfully generous trenches and cashmere coats together with bands of belting tied high around the waist....
...Even preloved Marks and Spencer clothes can fetch between £5 and £10, but rare items such as cashmere coats can go for £70 or more....
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...His cashmere tailoring was particularly fine, with just enough construction to give it shape, the cloth otherwise lying soft on the body. A long cashmere coat was a beauty....
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