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...Now in the V&A museum, but once housed in a Hertfordshire coaching inn, it measures more than 3m wide – nearly twice the size of the typical Elizabethan bed....
...The platinum and diamond Comète brooch is one of two known surviving pieces from the 1932 Bijoux de Diamants collection, featuring motifs including celestial bodies, bows and feathers, that the London Diamond...
...According to Phillip V Snyder’s 1977 bauble bible, The Christmas Tree Book, the first glass ornaments from Germany arrived in the US in the 1860s....
...Natan ostrich-feather brooch (worn on head), €195. Sandals and tights, model’s own....
...Vasconcelos, in a big pink jumper festooned with a pink butterfly brooch, nicely complements Lord R, smart in a pale blue shirt and aquamarine V-neck, when they convene in Waddesdon’s Dairy....
...Holland and Sons, Whytock and Reid, Hampton and Sons and Cornelius V Smith are also good names to type into your search browser....
...This passion goes back to shooting’s zenith 100 years ago, when success was measured by the size of a hunt’s bag: a party led by George V holds the record for killing 3,937 pheasants in one day....
...If you have a shorter neck, choose an open-neck or V-neck style, and wear your hair up. Don’t fancy a tulle skirt?...
...“The classic” style works for most necks but choose a V-neck or scoop if your bust is full (£65, sunspel.com). Now you can layer on top with a cardigan from Allude (£355, net-a-porter.com)....
...In the foreground, Mutu’s red soil, wood-entwined figure “Sentinel V” presides like a grotesque goddess — part Earth mother, part vengeful spirit....
...On loan from the V&A, it’s an intricate, flashy conundrum that mixes eras, ideas and techniques with breathtaking audacity....
...The landscape of Morocco, where she filmed The Four Feathers alongside Heath Ledger in 2002, inspired the colours used in a silk scarf....
...Moth larvae feed on keratin — a protein found in natural fibres, especially wool, cashmere and feathers....
...Nicholas II of Russia, Edward VII and George V of Great Britain, Chulalongkorn of Siam and the Duc d’Orléans were among its early patrons....
...She responded by designing the “Uncomfortable Art Tours” which take place at the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, the V&A, Tate Britain and The Queen’s House (National...
...The other box is given over to temporary exhibitions and contains Ocean Liners: Speed and Style, the show seen at the V&A in London earlier this year: it looks, I think, better here....
...But just think of what followed their chosen span: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, wedding cake lawsuits, Brokeback Mountain, Ellen DeGeneres, Michael Sam and Obergefell v Hodges....
...There are several dresses made of several million feathers, one of only two direct references to fashion in Sontag’s notes, displayed up high on a second tier of vitrines....
...Alexander McQueen also has a soft ruffled knit dress with tiered skirt and a V-shaped neckline (£4,195, alexandermcqueen.com). Want an edgier look?...
...Neither do we need to ponder the meaning of Father Dougal McGuire’s penchant for wearing a V-neck tank top over his clerical robes in Father Ted....
...And a floor-length kaftan with a deep V-neck in silk viscose. And a camel-coloured trenchcoat in vicuña — again. Absolute heaven, at astronomic prices....
...A top might have a cut-out detail, and there were deep V-necklines and some short skirts, but most of the women’s looks were sleeved, midi-length and long....
...He has even embraced the most modern of fashion trends, the logo – which this season stars as 1970s-style hardware on thick leather belts (£630) and smart bags (V-Ring, £2,100)....
...This particular journey had been sparked by a visit to London’s V&A, to look at a Valentino dress....
...A top might have a cut-out detail, and there were deep V necklines and some short skirts, but most of the women’s looks were sleeved, midi-length and long....
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