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...In the mid-20th century, Maria Callas, the Liz Taylor of the opera world, adored her French haute couture and diamonds....
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...His Lily of the Valley designs are exclusive to the V&A, as are the giclée prints of illustrations by Beatrix Potter and Edward Lear....
...Check out the top-floor penthouse, which spills over two storeys and has its own garden – a full, glorious 600sq m of planted terraces, with 360-degree views of the city. bulgarihotels.com, from €1,250...
...Nicholas II of Russia, Edward VII and George V of Great Britain, Chulalongkorn of Siam and the Duc d’Orléans were among its early patrons....
...Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri was musing on the performative nature of clothing this season....
...Antoine GodinUniversité Sorbonne Paris Nord, France Michael JacobsProfessor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield Ronan PalmerDirector Clean Economy, E3G Dirk EhntsPufendorf-Gesellschaft Berlin e.V....
...“I saw the kimono exhibition at London’s V&A before things closed down – I often go there for inspiration,” she says....
...Maria Ottensten, the head priest for north-eastern Gothenburg, says of Sweden’s strategy: “We can keep going this way. It’s boring but we can keep it going....
...“I’m an architectural ambulance chaser. I’m here to pick up the pieces.” Adam Hills is sitting in his retail showroom on one of west London’s grungier thoroughfares....
...I’m aware of it only because a couple of weeks ago I took part in a fascinating blind tasting in anticipation of the great day....
...“I don’t think he directly wants that but he is running a purposeful strategy of people v parliament. This is the result....
...Working on the Dior exhibition, newly opened at the V&A and already sold out, has proven fertile ground for the brand’s director of womenswear Maria Grazia Chiuri....
...“I think I’m very aware of myself and that I’m managing such a great company,” continues Piccioli, of the position he now finds himself in....
...This particular journey had been sparked by a visit to London’s V&A, to look at a Valentino dress....
...Messi has responded to his doubters, saying, “Nothing gets me more upset than you telling me I’m not Argentine. What do you know about my feelings?”...
...I’m with you, sister....
...Saved from Cromwell’s sale was one monumental piece: Mantegna’s flinty, sombre panels “The Triumph of Caesar”, depicting across 70 sq m a procession of soldiers, standard-bearers, musicians, exotic animals...
...The grooming staple I’m never without is Acqua di Colonia Melograno from Santa Maria Novella. Since I was 20, I have worn nothing else....
...I’m a little bit feminist because I’m a woman at Dior and so I wanted to speak about the women in a different way.”...
...The Neues Museum is Berlin’s version of the V&A....
...I’m not a policeman.” This is the same point made by Muñoz, the lawyer....
...Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Santa Maria Formosa, 5252, 30122 Castello (+39041-271 1411; www.querinistampalia.org)....
...By 2010, the club owed €452m, calculated José María Gay de Liébana, economist at the University of Barcelona. Nearly half of that was unpaid taxes....
...Softer shades are on-trend after all the praise for Maria Sharapova’s salmon pink and orange Nike outfit at the French Open....
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