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...R+D.Lab Vintage Lacquer collection of Bilancia ceramics, from €25...
...British designer Stella McCartney has ushered mycelium leather handbags, plant-based faux furs and bioengineered “MicroSilk” dresses down the runway, and is now deepening ties with start-ups behind those...
...The tech giant’s intent to buy the James R Thompson Center building, designed by Germany-born architect Helmut Jahn, from the state of Illinois came as the Chicago business community takes on a momentous...
...Della Valle is confident, however, that Connecticut-based L Catterton will boost Tod’s desirability and allow it to focus on investments in marketing and R&D, he told the Financial Times....
...But I’m not sure the “we’re removing the leather seats from all our private jets” works at all levels. Best, R. Find me on Strava . . ....
...The phenomenon was exemplified by the burgeoning brunch culture in which it was fashionable to go and sit on enormous leather sofas, drink Bloody Marys and flop supplements between one’s peers....
...Van Rompaey is at Viva Lous and the Yakuza The trailblazing Belgian-Congolese singer and rapper Lous and the Yakuza – whose sound blends silky R&B with trap and Afrobeats – describes working with Ghesquière...
...The album opens with the brief, sparse and melodic “Lament for Lo”, a moving tribute to late drummer Lawrence “Lo” Leathers, conjured by unaccompanied mallets....
...Vintage leather cowboy boots, stylist’s own. Elfie wears Alaïa denim top body, £930, and matching denim trousers, £720. Ariat leather Heritage R Toe Western boots (just seen), £160....
...The only way to have a “larger share of the pie”, says Kenneth Kaitin, a professor at the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development, “is by having novel drugs that treat diseases where there are few...
...To accompany an aperitif of R de Ruinart Brut champagne, guests for the new tasting menu at Rosewood London’s Mirror Room are being offered some rather curious nibbles....
...There have been games that tackle obesity; robot avatars to help in disaster zones; virtual reality to reduce the pain of childbirth; high-value sustainable yarn from recycled fibres; a leather substitute...
...I’ve also been listening to old R&B and some obscure 1970s rock music – I like people going off on a huge riff for 10 minutes with a triangle, then coming back. It’s an odyssey....
...The last thing I bought and loved was a pair of black St Agni leather sandals that I’m kind of obsessed with. Summer is here in Maryland – and it’s hot....
...Thanks to Monet, the British art historian Kenneth Clark said, “every day we pause with joy before some effect of light which we should otherwise have passed without notice”....
...Ariat leather and recycled rubber boots (just seen), £230. Hermès vintage silk scarf, £198, resee.com....
...“Vintage T-shirts tap into nostalgia,” says 34-year-old Deeps Samra, who collects rare hip-hop and R&B T-shirts....
...La fin du début (opening 8 April) – Young Picasso in Paris will be hosted by the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York, opening 12 May....
...As a nod to the maker’s eco-conscience, Lucid offers animal-free PurLuxe interior trim as an alternative to the full leather that’s also on offer, while its launch Dream Edition R has its doors and dash...
...by R Can & Sonic Noise. I heard it at a party; it’s a kind of techno dancehall track. It’s so good, so spontaneous....
...The Frederick R Weisman Art Foundation is open by appointment Monday-Friday, weismanfoundation.org...
...belt, £49.50 George Nakashima Grass chair, POA Louis Vuitton Geometric blanket, £1,150 Kenneth Ize rayon and cotton woven top, £2,028, net-a-porter.com Eres swimsuit, $731, farfetch.com Ulla Johnson...
...Kenneth Griffin, the founder of Citadel Securities, said he would be “quite fine” if payment for order flow was banned as the controversial practice comes under increasing scrutiny from securities regulators...
...Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY fibre-mix suit jacket, £930, matchesfashion.com Bottega Veneta leather belt, £370, matchesfashion.com Orlebar Brown swim shorts, £225 Geta Bratescu: Game of Forms, with introduction...
...The very first edition of the 3.5-litre Sports Tourer to come off the production line in 1933 (gloss black with a sky-blue leather interior) will be up for sale in Bonham’s Amelia Island Auction in Florida...
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