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...Patti Waldmeir asks voters what they think about Biden’s age. Read, watch, listen and enjoy innovative digital journalism with the FT app. Download it here....
...She would go on to define a post-punk way of dressing, becoming close friends with Patti Smith — her default muse — as ultimate validation....
...The best are the archive clips — a young Patti LuPone in “Anything Goes”, Jeff Harnar singing “It’s De-Lovely” with all the extra verses, and Porter standards sung by Marlene Dietrich and Frank Sinatra....
...Patti Smith wears hers in tailored black wool with a flowing white shirt underneath. Bob Dylan wasn’t seen without one during his Rolling Thunder Revue-era....
...Shopping: predatory prints Topshop Unique Ponyskin boots, £195, topshop.com Stella McCartney Jacquard sweater, £640, matchesfashion.com Victoria Beckham Calf-hair tote, £1,650, net-a-porter.com Dries...
...In a signal of the legal peril, GSK recently hired Kathleen Harris, a former SFO lawyer who is now a partner at US-headquartered firm Arnold & Porter, to bolster its defence....
...Other celebrated guests included Patti Smith, Bob Dylan and Arthur Miller, who stayed for six years. The hotel saw no shortage of drama....
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...Jeremy Langmead, editor in chief at online retailer Mr Porter, says: “A lot of the more foppish looks can be eminently wearable....
...There is a move away from the rather vulgar super-high, platform-heavy silhouette to one of more relaxed elegance – think Hepburn, Dietrich and Patti Smith.”...
...and the sophomoric overtones of the years before the first world war, when Porter was writing still-popular ditties at Yale....
...“I have done it in prêt-à-porter and couture, out of Swarovski crystals or Ostrich feathers and I think that I’m not finished with it …there is still a lot to do.”...
...I’m also reading Henry Porter’s The Bell Ringers....
...Opening on Wednesday with a children’s concert by Sliding Hammers, the festival boasts Mary J Blige, Patti Smith and Van Morrison among its guests....
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