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...It’s part of a backlash against that rip-it-out-and-start-again approach which has dominated design for too long,” says Maria Speake, co-founder of Retrouvius, a London-based architectural salvage and design...
...At Schiaparelli, designer Daniel Roseberry went down the route of arresting creations for the extroverted dresser, and J Lo attended in a bespoke dress made from more than 7,000 rose petals....
...Founded in 1993 by Adam Hills and Maria Speake, the company is driven by the belief that good materials and well made things are precious....
...been the “acceptably masculine face of pattern” because of its military connection, he believes the “language of technology” and its association with intricate details will entice even the most restrained dresser...
...Maria visits as its new owners complete a €30m renovation – and is suitably awestruck....
...“It’s a serious cause, but we need to translate it in a way that is relatable and happy,” says Maria Srivastava, chief brand officer. “We have a hopeful attitude about what can be done.”...
...hated – “My father used to drive me in an old Peugeot and everyone else had Mercedes or Rolls-Royces” – and some more congenial years at Galliano then Valentino, where she has fond memories of working with Maria...
...I am a fan of a good dresser, and I enjoy the look of plates on walls and pans hanging from ceilings. A glass-fronted dresser or cabinet may serve you well in the city....
...I was wracking my mind to come up with a suitable rejoinder to your remarks about “Pilates buffed” female power dressers and the like....
...Ms Dresser is in a minority....
...“I saw an advert in the China Daily newspaper and wasn’t sure if it was real so I called up right away to check,” says Mr Santo, a smart dresser with a well-trimmed beard....
...I bore all this in mind when I returned to Céu de Maria on a bitterly cold Friday night....
...Take Zero + Maria Cornejo’s spring/summer collection, which is full of electric- bright, draped abstract prints that began life as candid images shot by Maria Cornejo in the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris...
...She used “underdog” designers that the establishment had overlooked, such as Isabel Toledo, Maria Pinto and Zero by Maria Cornejo; she sported affordable brands such as J....
...As told to Maria Crawford...
...Expo, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No 2 – with Yefim Bronfman on piano – and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2; Tuesday’s and Thursday’s consists of Haydn’s Symphony No 49 (“La Passione”), John Adams’ The Wound-Dresser...
...In many ways, my mother was typical of her generation, which included Julio Lobo’s younger daughter María Luisa – one of her closest friends....
...A hanging wall by Maria Grazia Rosin is comprised of blown glass globes that rattle when bumped into....
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