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...Porter says that the imperative is not to cause more damage....
...This piece of Berlin stayed with me, always this realism and expressionism, when I was Sally Bowles [in Cabaret] in Paris, when I was Velma Kelly [in Chicago] in London or on Broadway.”...
...A loyal base of wealthy local collectors has long supported this fair and, says its director Kelly Cornell, the next generation is gradually continuing their passion....
...While the Cocoon website doesn’t show any Hermès Birkin or Kelly, it has a large selection from high-luxury brands such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior and Gucci....
...When Ann Philbin moved from the Drawing Center in New York to head the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 1999, she thought she would just stay a few years — five max — and then move back to New York....
...“The aesthetic is about clean lines, beautiful fabrics and a muted colour palette showing that in today’s climate, fashion is about buying pieces that will last,” says Net-a-Porter market director Libby...
...I do attribute it to the flexible working arrangements,” says Kelly Ann Doherty, the group’s chief administrative officer....
...particularly enjoyed Owen Walker and Stephen Morris’s brilliant account of the birth, life and death of Credit Suisse, Simon Kuper’s weekend essay on whether it is time for a sixth French Republic, and Jemima Kelly...
...“Pieter has brilliantly protected the Alaïa house codes while moving the collection forward,” agrees Alison Loehnis, president of Net-a-Porter, Mr Porter and The Outnet, and interim CEO of Yoox Net-a-Porter...
...Kelly had faced a minimum of 10 years in prison. Government prosecutors asked US District Judge Ann Donnelly to impose a jail sentence of more than 25 years....
...Though hailed “the Italian Dior”, a decade later, with the rise of prêt-à-porter, he quit couture to pursue interior design....
...Drummer Jim White of Dirty Three, guitarist Matt Kinsey, bassist Emmett Kelly and pianist Sarah Ann Phillips provide highly expressive musicianship....
...Sidney Nolan’s “First-class marksman” (1946), for example, part of his Ned Kelly series, is now flanked by fragments from a 1906 Kelly Gang movie and Tom Roberts’s bushranger (bandit) scene “Bailed up”....
...“I knew enough to choose to go to an in-network emergency room when my appendix burst,” said Porter....
...This suede shape from Manolo is very sexy (£1,075, net-a-porter.com) and has the added benefit of keeping your legs warm....
...For Kelly Bencheghib and her brothers Gary and Sam, often found knee-deep in garbage-clogged rivers, a typical day on Bali looks a lot different to what most visitors see through their Eat, Pray, Love-tinted...
...At Prada, black and pink versions were given strong shoulders; Ann Demeulemeester sent biker jackets to the floor; and Jonathan Anderson deconstructed a classic shearling at Loewe....
...Libby Page, senior market editor at Net-a-Porter, sees the emergence of illustrated and painted pieces as part of the growing appetite for craft-led fashion that connects the wearer with the designer....
...“We needed to put a price out there,” said Marc Porter, chair of Christie’s in the Americas. “That was the price, what we were driving toward....
...When Richemont fully acquired Yoox Net-a-Porter in 2018, the luxury ecommerce group clashed conspicuously with the Swiss luxury giant’s collection of Cartier, Montblanc pens and Purdey shotguns — products...
...Thorpe has been stunned by the response to the pieces, which launched on Net-a-Porter and are now in The Conran Shop and Liberty....
...Pool Studio Contrepoids side table, POA Bottega Veneta leather boots, £1,045, net-a-porter.com...
...And although she manages the house in which pret-a-porter was invented, she’s been careful to check the inventory hasn’t been overwhelmed by streetwear trends....
...“It was a sellout success,” says Chris Hall, senior watch editor at the Richemont-owned online style portal Mr Porter....
...The couple’s brand is now stocked in more than 50 luxury retailers, including Browns and Net-a-Porter....
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