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...Earlier this year, L’Oréal snapped up minimalist soap maker Aesop in a $2.5bn deal....
...“Exactly,” McQueen says. “You’re kept on your toes. So, yes, time is cheap, and this is an expensive bit of time. But it’s worth it, to quote L’Oréal.”...
...L’Oréal recently reported how an AI-powered app delivered a 63 percentage point uplift in the conversion rate of inquiries into sales compared with traditional counter selling methods....
...This is another painted room, with trompe l’oeil decoration by Fernand Renard....
...L’Ami Louis, Paris This place is no secret, and had in fact been on my list of Paris restaurants to try for a long time. Finally, one freezing night at the beginning of December, I got to visit....
...L’Appartement is the home of Florence Cools and her husband when they’re in Paris – and the showcase of her Antwerp brand, La Collection....
...At FT Globetrotter, we are particularly excited about the Pompidou Centre’s big Brâncuși show in March, the opening of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson’s Paris bolt-hole, Villa Windsor, in the summer and,...
...fails majority / From Kai L Chan, Abu Dhabi, UAE Ivy League credentials of those ruling on education / From Harold J Smith, White Plains, NY, US...
...In a new paper, former White House climate adviser Paul Bledsoe and former trade official Edward Gresser suggest a neat solution: Europe could be cut in on some of the Inflation Reduction Act’s subsidies...
...You can see it in the lace and exaggerated puffed sleeves at Simone Rocha, the Genet-like Marseille sailors at SS Daley and the flamboyant tailoring at McQueen and Peter Do....
...Anyway, here are some Morgan Stanley charts: Venture activity has undergone its “[l]argest peak to trough swing in history”, writes analyst Edward Stanley....
...In an updated prospectus, Birkenstock said that it would sell stock at between $44 and $49 per share, which would raise up to $1.6bn for the company and its private equity owner L Catterton....
...The Hotel Georgia quickly became popular with the well-heeled and famous, including Hollywood stars and royalty, from Laurence Olivier and John Wayne to future British king Edward, Prince of Wales, and his...
...She previously worked at L’Oréal and Chanel. It will focus on developing products for Kering brands including Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Pomellato and Qeelin....
...There are embossed and gilded friezes, trompe l’oeil painted doors, William Morris wallpapers and ceramics arranged on a plate rail in the dining room....
...At Alexander McQueen the mood manifested in a bewitching headmistress feel, with sharply shouldered black and chalk stripe tailoring pieces worn with white shirts and black ties, academic-style gowns and...
...It was probably only a matter of time before Touriste – the independent collection of Paris hotels that has already worked with Chloé Nègre, Dorothée Meilichzon and FT Weekend contributor Luke Edward Hall...
...Edward East played a part in disrupting the advertising industry when he co-founded the influencer marketing agency Billion Dollar Boy in 2014....
...Artwork: Mesh Installation, 2022, by Márton Nemes Alexander McQueen viscose Ottoman-knit and raffia-fringed dress, POA....
...Savile Row tailor Edward Sexton has used red tailoring throughout his career, including a double-breasted cord suit for Twiggy in the 1970s....
...Since graduating, Gordon has painted marbled doors in the home of designer and FT columnist Luke Edward Hall, and has just completed a master bathroom, based on Dutch Golden Age interiors, in the home of...
...Michael L Stoltz Fort Worth, TX, US...
...Additional reporting by Cheng Leng in Hong Kong and Joe Leahy in Beijing Letter in response to this article: A generous offer of Covid drugs can reset China ties / From Michael L Stoltz, Fort Worth, TX...
...Georgian papier-mâché wine bottle coasters I noticed in the window of Baggott Antiques in Stow-on-the-Wold the other week: finished in black lacquer with a broad gilt border decorated with a bold trompe-l’...
...German shoemaker Birkenstock’s IPO, meanwhile, could be valued above $8bn — unlocking a big return for its owner L Catterton, the private equity firm backed by French luxury fashion house LVMH....
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