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...It was inspired by Monte Verità, “a utopian haven of alternative intellectuals and creative souls who settled in Ascona, Switzerland, at the turn of the 20th century”, read the show notes....
...If you haven’t, it may be too late to be swayed; it’s an extremely acquired taste with a pungent odour to boot. And there are some things, it must be said, that are for very few palates....
...“Barbers, tailors, shoemakers — people engaged in trades that involved skill with hands,” Halil said. Greek Cypriots often took the same ship after seeing the same ad....
...Scheer on Bräunerstrasse is an old shoemaker that once made shoes for the emperor – they still have the original wooden model....
...Already, businesses ranging from tech company Hyland Software to shoemaker Cole Haan have refinanced their debt with new loans from private debt this year....
...“I haven’t worn a tie in two years,” he adds with a grin. Model, Prince Diamond at PRM Agency. Casting, Tiago Martins at Ben Grimes. Hair, Rimi Ura at Calliste Agency....
...It opened 12 years ago on the site of the famed but now-defunct Melbourne music label and shop Au Go Go and has become a haven for coffee lovers ever since....
...There’s also plenty of other Jermyn Street shoemakers out there in the high-hundreds bracket....
...What, after all, is the use of a bang on-trend flocked velvet jacquard tux if you haven’t got any fancy parties to wear it to? And don’t get me started on this season’s thing for sequin-clad sweaters....
...“I haven’t really acquired any more vintage watches because the prices are completely unjustifiable,” he says....
...Now they are trying to get butchers, shoemakers and ice-cream salesmen to stand up and fight.”...
...The shoemaker is housed in an old church on the south side of the Arno, and has a shop, workshop, school and tailoring space within the three floors....
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...Americans may not have elected any female presidents over the years — but they haven’t elected any short men either — not in a long, long time....
...“Sorry, I haven’t slept,” said Craig Green on Monday at 10.45am, backstage on the last day of the London AW18 men’s shows....
...I’d ended up in this small, horse-obsessed town a 90-minute drive from Seville because of a chance conversation with a friend, the London-based shoemaker, Penelope Chilvers....
...No, I haven’t been drinking. And, yes, I did spend several years of my FT career attacking managers’ “hidden” costs, in a somewhat pompous ‘Manifesto for the Reform of Fund Fees’....
...Floch was involved in the $1.2bn sale of shoemaker Jimmy Choo from European investment fund JAB to Michael Kors....
...This morning, the Michael Kors fashion brand announced it had reached an agreement to buy British shoemaker for £896m....
...As you’re officially on holiday at this point (and if not, you should be), I thought it was time for a little Fast Lane quiz, as I haven’t offered one up for a while....
...Portraits by Charlie Shoemaker Photograph: Getty...
...Stocks are rallying, damping demand for bonds and other perceived havens such as the yen....
...There are shoemakers, shirtmakers . . . You can still find owner-run businesses. It’s nice to meet the owner. That is quite a special thing.”...
...“I’d leave an engineering drawing there by accident and I’d go in the next day and there would be a gleaming machined part, like the elves and the shoemaker.”...
...Improving demand for growth-sensitive assets saw the FTSE All-World advance 0.2 per cent to 231.2, its best level since May 2011, while industrial commodities were firmer and perceived havens such as the...
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