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...The premiere’s showdown takes place during a spectacular Christopher John Rogers runway for his Spring 2021 collection, which, due to Covid-19, was only presented in a digital format....
...Alberta Ferretti – whose romantic, nymph-like aesthetic looks ready-made for the ballet – proposed a costume made from organza....
...St John, 26 St John Street, EC1 (020-7251 0848; www.stjohnrestaurant.com). The last music I downloaded was Jon Hopkins’ album Immunity....
...The cut is very precise but the look is easy and effortless,” says the designer, who built up his mood board with images of Yoko Ono and John Lennon....
...Shandong Heavy Industry snapped up luxury yachtmaker Ferretti in 2012....
...Since Taiwan lacks the cachet of its European competitors, such as Italy’s Ferretti, it suffers in terms of pricing power....
...Finally, Italian designer Alberta Ferretti announced that Natalie Ratabesi, a Central St Martins graduate, would be the new (and first) creative director of her Philosophy line....
...“It’s vital to keep bringing newness into a brand,” says John O’Sullivan of Tanner Krolle, a British luxury firm founded in 1856 by Frederick Krolle, a second-generation master saddler....
...These include Samsonite, the luggage maker; Endemol, the television production company behind Big Brother; Ferretti, the Italian yachtmaker; Miller Homes, the Scottish housebuilder; and Jury’s Inn, the Irish...
...At bookmaker Ladbrokes, the favourite is Vivienne Westwood with odds of 4/1, followed by John Galliano and Chanel (5/1), Dior (6/1) and Vera Wang (10/1)....
...We had been invited to join other guests – Buck Henry, Anjelica Huston, David Hockney [who painted the swimming pool] and John Gielgud”....
...For a while, during the John Galliano/Dior scandal, I was also “a Jewish person in fashion” and kept getting calls wanting to know how I felt about the whole alleged anti-Semitism thing....
...The team at Candover, which is led by John Arney, has been cut from more than 100 people to about 40 after shutting its east European and Asian offices....
...In April Candover cut the valuation of its portfolio by half, writing down seven investments to zero, including Gala Coral, the UK’s biggest bingo group; Ferretti, an ailing Italian yachtmaker; and Technogym...
...Ferretti, the Italian yachtmaker, recently restructured its debt to stave off administration, while Candover, the UK private equity group, wrote off its whole investment in the company....
...The Stella McCartney and Marni satin camisoles sold at Liberty go with everything from denim to beachwear; at Harrods, Dior’s mink-trimmed cashmere leggings, slip tops and hoodies, as well as Alberta Ferretti...
...in Ferretti, too....
...Grown-up labels such as Dolce & Gabbana, Chloé, Roberto Cavalli and Alberta Ferretti make children’s clothes that look an awful lot like their adult counterparts....
...thus transforming, say, the sleeveless belted silver sequinned black wool dress from Principles that is very-similar-but-not-the-same as the sleeveless belted silver sequinned velvet dress from Alberta Ferretti...
...Last week, for example, Alberta Ferretti showed her Cruise collection in New York at her company’s townhouse; John Galliano took Dior to Manhattan, specifically 7 World Trade Centre; and Chanel commandeered...
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