Hints and tips:
...No “Taskrabbit” is going to splurge on one of Fendi’s denim or leather utility aprons for spring, but if they did, they’d find them fit for purpose....
...He describes the aesthetic of his first collection — shown on supermodel friends he’d called in through favours — as conjuring up “a grandiose, decadent, very English kind of lady, with bespoke and interesting...
...I’d want to be around to enjoy the glory!” Follow FTWeekend on Instagram and X, and subscribe to our podcast Life and Art wherever you listen...
...It did not have the rigid structure you’d see from European industrial producers working with large joineries. He arrived in Brazil as an immigrant war refugee; he had to pivot....
...The beauty staple I’m never without is Wet N Wild lipstick in Purty Persimmon. An orange red, not a blue red....
...“F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E” and “Sorted for E’s & Wizz” were ticked off like rites of passage from someone moving from Sheffield outsider to Britpop in-crowd....
...In 2017, a 37m-high rocket inscribed with Chanel’s double-C logo almost did, rising up like a NASA simulator at the end of its AW17 presentation....
...The latest collection from Engineered Garments – a brand synonymous with navy twill – includes the D Sum jacket that is inspired by the Japanese double-breasted samue workwear jacket....
...Chess: 2287 (a) e3 (b) h1 (c) a8 and mate by 1 Qc8 (d) g7. However White arranges his three pieces, the BK always has a flight square at g8 or h7 Chess: 2286 (a) 1 . . . Kg3! and h5-h4-h3-h2 mate....
...But G goes on leave at this point, handing the file over to H, who drafts a minute, which is signed by D and returned to C, who revises his draft accordingly and lays the new version before A.”...
...M-O-U-R-N . . . Tim Hayward Half mourning. M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G....
...I’d work with the elephants because I’d enjoy giving them a hug from time to time. I’ve recently rediscovered my collection of vinyl....
...Cf. raw material n....
...“I’d love for you to come to Aspen,” read the actor’s subsequent reply. By the late 1990s, O’Neill was taking fewer pictures....
...Sarah O’Connor: When economists talk about ageing, they often talk about it in quite gloomy terms....
...According to MMO Population tracker, it has c 18.7m subscribers and 353k daily active players which ranks number 14 of 140 tracked MMOs....
...“It’s not imminent,” O’ Shea said. “We made mistakes on this — very public mistakes — I’d rather take the time to get it right than rush back into it.”...
...Ben McKenzie, best known for playing Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C., swaps the screen for the keyboard in something of a personal crusade to reveal the true nature of crypto....
...At Kew, he has combined several, including the yellow-green stems of Cornus stolonifera Flaviramea; amber C sanguinea Anny’s Winter Orange; red C alba Sibirica; and purple-black C alba Kesselringii....
...before Kanye West’s “White Lives Matter” shirt went off like a bomb at Paris Fashion Week, Cher was photographed at dinner with Rick Owens wearing a vintage Stephen Sprouse blazer emblazoned with “God Save N.Y.C...
...They were a nuisance but they were part of the neighbourhood, as was Bond Street Kitchen on the second floor, where I’d regularly meet friends to flirt with our favourite waiter....
...Sarah O’Connor: It has been a couple of years now since the UK changed its immigration policy quite dramatically, and effectively stopped most lower-paid migrants from coming in....
...And we’d like to think that Paris Saint-Germain is part of that.”...
...We’d bet that others may follow suit....
...I’d love to hear about what traditions you value — email me at isabel.berwick@ft.com....
International Edition