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...V-over-a-tee look, à la Neil Barrett....
...Vintage cars proved winners at Bonhams and Sotheby’s during 2023 while luxury goods, including handbags and jewellery, had their best year ever at Christie’s....
...Despite all that Wall Street and Silicon Valley money moving to places such as Miami or LA or Austin, the Big Apple is still where people go to drop big bucks on things like jewellery, watches, handbags...
...It first entered the US market in 2018, initially serving locations in the south-west, such as Los Angeles and Las Vegas....
...High-end brands like Joseph Altuzarra, La Perla, and Roland Mouret have joined since....
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...Whether it be antique pocket watches, autographed Air Jordan sneakers, or Hermès handbags, people have been willing to bid sight unseen....
...Sexy was also top of mind for Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia, co-creative directors of Oscar de la Renta and their own five-year-old label, Monse....
...The LA-based company that built her, Brud media, recently closed an investment round led by Spark Capital that values it at $125m, according to TechCrunch....
...Lastly, much responsibility also lies on the shoulders of the advisers, whose role should be more like that of a coach and less a cheerleader....
...The yachts are moored in the harbour; the deck chairs are lined up at the Cinéma de la Plage. But as for this year’s film line-up, there’s one notable absence: Netflix....
...Hair, Yusuke Morioka at Coffin Inc using Bumble and Bumble. Fashion assistant, Honey Elias. Photographer’s assistant, Tirtha Lawati....
...Earlier this week, police in Nevada reopened a criminal investigation over a complaint made by a local woman that Ronaldo raped her in a Las Vegas hotel room nine years ago....
...The creator of Snapchat quoted Jon Gordon, a bestselling author and leadership coach to the likes of computer maker Dell and the LA Dodgers baseball team, twice in his recent 6,681-word memo to all his employees...
...Yes, there were touristy horse-drawn carriages and expensive pet boutiques (“la mode pour votre chien”) but there were also snotty five-year-olds in snowsuits and families bearing grocery bags....
Smartwatches are coming into their own but still have some software foibles
...value of the rumination effort itself to future firefighters, whose challenges are likely to compare to those after 2006 only in their opacity, surprise, and in requiring similar on-the-spot rather than a-la-carte...
...Snap, which reports earnings after the bell, is down in LA, while further south are Broadcom, in Orange County, and Qualcomm, dominating the city of San Diego....
...Elsewhere on Friday, — A history of prizefighting’s biggest money fights (John S Nash): While Mayweather’s bouts with Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo Alvarez set records, it was his match with Manny Pacquiao...
...Monse and Oscar de la Renta: the dynamic duo Fernando Garcia and Laura Kim are the co-creative directors behind their own label Monse and also classic American house Oscar de la Renta (where they have both...
...The gadget that probably best encapsulates this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas does not look like a gadget at all....
...Colonel Tom Parker turned Elvis Presley from a dashing young GI into a Las Vegas freak show, but made millions along the way....
...For the next few days, she will be crisscrossing the state with an array of campaign events and fundraisers everywhere from LA to San Jose....
...Peter Copping’s third collection for Oscar de la Renta was sublime, a blend of artisanal skill and artistic integrity that could never be rushed....
...At Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, the stars are out in force: Will Smith, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Russell Crowe and, by video-link, Tom Cruise and Vin Diesel....
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