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...It’s not just an expression of joy and a special way of marking that day, she says: “For the individual, it’s important because it puts them at the centre of attention....
...There were branded hotel bathrobes and fluffy slippers at Balenciaga too, while Belgian newcomer (and Balenciaga alum) Marie Adam-Leenaerdt proposed a black maxi terry robe with a bright pink towel for a...
...One of the great joys of Tamara and Natasha Surguladze’s childhood in Georgia would be the arrival of unexpected guests for dinner....
...This includes the blockbuster exhibition Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers; Jeremy Deller’s “The Triumph of Art”, a commission with communities nationwide, gathering “countless instances of joy and art in activism...
...The decluttering guru Marie Kondo advised gathering everything in a particular category of stuff into one place, then item by item asking, “Does it spark joy?”...
...I refuse to reposition myself as a gourmet, but most of all I’m determined to wring maximum joy out of this world and to share it with others....
...One of the joys of this book is its rootedness in mainland Europe, especially in French and German history. I guarantee many readers will be exposed to something new....
...This is an artist who works hard at joy. Early on, she chose the bed as her medium of choice, not in the sense that Madame de Pompadour did, but more in the manner of Rauschenberg’s 1955 “Bed”....
...Like Marie Kondo, she offers a step-by-step protocol, but where things get interesting (as with Kondo’s quasi mystical “does it spark joy” question) is the “How” pile — the pieces we love but need to be...
...At Rhodora, you do not need to be a natural wine aficionado — Aponte loves introducing guests to its joys....
...After the full-blooded Verdi of Antonio Pappano it comes as a surprise to encounter the lighter style of conductor Bertrand de Billy....
...Everybody will agree that it’s very enjoyable for Jemima Kelly to be able to pick her own elderflowers — no doubt as enjoyable as farming Le Petit Trianon was for Marie Antoinette (“We must stop worshipping...
...see above), for spring it is presenting Agon, another Balanchine, which is also set to a score by Stravinsky; Following the Subtle Current Upstream by Alonzo King, a recent piece about “how to return to joy...
...Coote brought a compelling throaty quality to her vocal characterisation, and Barton was forceful as the officious Marie....
...I have gathered them here because they are people to whom joy comes easily. They find joy in flesh and words, in their own intellect, the intellect of others, and the very fact of being alive....
...Find out more about why he’s doing a Marie Kondo in our exclusive interview by India Ross, and have a browse through some of his most iconic looks....
...But thanks to Liberty Ross and other entrepreneurs, a new generation of skaters are rediscovering the joy of the roller disco....
...Marie Kondo’s shop sells stackable bamboo drawer organisers for $34.99. Plus, many run ads....
...Through millennia, art has evoked our joy in the touch, taste, smell, as well as sight, of things....
...In May, caught in the adrenaline rush of a lockdown clear-out, I followed Marie Kondo’s step-by-step decluttering process, thanking and saying goodbye to almost a third of my wardrobe....
...They have had a second, even third, flowering, which has been a joy after the heat of the dry summer....
...“One of the joys is transforming the lives of people . . . [employees’] salaries and their lives are going to be really different.”...
...Marie Méon, founder of Manger Manger Marie Méon knows luxury aesthetics better than most: she spent almost a decade designing store interiors for Chanel and Dior....
...Both are concerned with the human body, and they spark off each other: sculpture, still, solid and durable, takes animation from memorialising the dynamic, ephemeral joys of dance....
...Joy Lo Dico’s engaging exploration of this idea stuck with me....
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