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...‘CBK: Carolyn Bessette Kennedy A Life in Fashion’, by Sunita Kumar Nair (Abrams) is out now Follow FTWeekend on Instagram and X, and subscribe to our podcast Life and Art wherever you listen...
...Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley by Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans (Torva/Henry Holt) Tony Hsieh turned Zappos, the Amazon-owned footwear etailer, into a case...
...In this cautionary tale, reporters Au-Yeung and Jeans unsparingly shed light on what went wrong....
...Among those on show are Dali’s lobster telephone and a blue-glass beaded eye and faux-pearl teardrop brooch, originally designed in 1937 by Jean Cocteau for Elsa Schiaparelli and remade by him in 1952....
...Poland’s agreement with South Korea comes after Warsaw announced earlier this month the purchase of 116 used Abrams tanks from the US, to compensate for its own donation of T-72 Russian tanks to Ukraine....
...Jean-Marc Mansvelt, Chaumet’s chief executive, says their customers have been spending 25 to 30 per cent more on engagement and wedding rings since the pandemic started....
...However, Panerai’s chief executive, Jean-Marc Pontroué, believes his brand’s business with Israelis living or travelling abroad is much bigger than the business done inside the country....
...Sqirl Away: Modern Jamming, Preserving, and Canning by Jessica Koslow is published on 21 July by Abrams, £25....
...Asia Asian millennials will buy more diverse and casual watches to wear in ever more informal workplaces, predicts Panerai’s chief executive, Jean-Marc Pontroué. New markets are also emerging....
...Kennedy is perhaps closer to the French fabulist Jean de La Fontaine, who used fable as a satirical tool to critique the society of his day....
...Point of View , by Tonne Goodman, Abrams, £55 While former US Vogue fashion director Tonne Goodman may not be as well known as some of her more iconoclastic colleagues, she arguably had the most influence...
...(FT) Levi Strauss releases earnings figures The 166-year-old jeans maker releases second earnings after the market closes....
...Ms Abrams refused to concede in a close race, arguing that the tight vote mandated a recount....
...: Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima...
...“He appeals to the younger 20- to 25-year-olds, as well as the Australian market, which is our third-biggest market after the US and Japan,” says Jean-Claude Biver, chief executive....
...For Jean-Christophe Babin, Bulgari’s chief executive, Baku’s growing middle class offers vast potential....
...Cartier opts for an 11-strong creation committee from Stanislas de Quercize, the chief executive, to the workshop manager, whereas Bulgari’s 50:50 business and creative team includes Jean-Christophe Babin...
...johnvarvatos.com … Jeans by Mossimo If I’m dressing casually and I won’t be on air, I’ll opt for a pair of jeans with a tailored suit jacket....
...Natalia Barbieri, co-founder of footwear brand Bionda Castana, says the look should be kept simple: she wears her dark silver vintage leather jacket to board meetings with jeans and a T-shirt, or to parties...
...Feathers certainly make a statement: the Jean Paul Gaultier sailor-striped gown with ostrich-feather trim, originally worn by Princess Caroline at Monaco’s annual Rose Ball in 2000, is now a highlight of...
...Melanie Abrams...
...Joining Choupette in the publishers’ catalogues this autumn are Parisian Cats (Flammarion), Cat Lady Chic (Abrams Image), both out now, andHollywood Cats (Antique Collectors Club), published on October 29...
...Unsurprisingly, the trend is seeping on to the high street: Topshop Unique has a grey herringbone cube coat for £200, and white-all-over square print jeans by JW Anderson for Topshop (£30); H&M has a black...
...Think of a “Roaring Twenties, coming-off-a-yacht-from- Sardinia-aesthetic,” Ambrose says: items such as silk scarves, sports jackets and cotton twill jeans, loafers worn with no socks, soft colours, tortoise-shell...
...Rebecca Abrams’ latest novel is ‘Touching Distance’ (Picador)...
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