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...The V&A’s new show, Tropical Modernism, revolves around this odd confluence....
...At Officine Générale, creative director Pierre Mahéo showed plunging V-neck sweaters with a whisper of a V-neck tee worn beneath them....
...“And I think the V is about a superhero.”...
...Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. I’m your host, Sonja Hutson. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz, and Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s global head of audio....
...Honestly, guys, did you guys know who Eugene V Debs was before we started taping?...
...Soft greys and browns represent the wool trade; the brighter pinks and blues were based on an 18th-century Spitalfields silk dress at the V&A....
...It is in the “golden triangle” bordered by the Champs-Élysées, avenue Montaigne and avenue Georges V; neighbours include couturiers and luxury goods stores such as Céline and Courrèges....
...The designer’s love of wood is explored through simple lines: his Ode chair references the tradition of workshop chairs with its generously rounded back and an inverted V-style base, while the archetypal...
...Twenty years later the trend is gathering pace: the V&A is building an open storage facility in east London and the Boijmans van Beuningen opened its version in Rotterdam last year....
...The Hotel George V in Paris provided the backdrop as models paraded to the disconcertingly skittish strains of composer Pierre Boulez’s surrealist work Le Marteau sans Maître....
...Roughly equidistant between the Champs Elysées and the Pont de l’Alma, the hotel occupies a prized corner of Georges V with the Rue Pierre Charron....
...When the empress Joséphine commissioned architect Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine to remodel her bedroom at the château de Fontainebleau, she wanted, naturally, to consult her husband, Napoleon....
...Yellow in art is particularly spellbinding in the hands of van Gogh, Joan Mitchell, Pierre Bonnard, Cy Twombly and Franz Erhard Walther (a yellow sculptural piece featured in Loewe’s first men’s runway show...
...Their relaxed, joyfully effeminate garb is nothing like the modernist uniform suits, often by Pierre Cardin, which they wore in the period between 1963 and 1966, from their early success to when they withdrew...
...Pierre Lagrange, a founding member of GLG, one of the oldest hedge funds in London, told the FT of his unease at a decision by the Tate to postpone a major exhibition of Philip Guston’s work, which includes...
...According to Pierre Rainero, Cartier’s director of image, style and heritage, having pieces in institutions such as the British Museum or the National Gallery of Australia gives “an emphasis to the artistic...
...“It was expensive,” said Pierre Lapomme, head of US equity capital markets at BNP Paribas in New York, referring to in-person events....
...It was subject to an export ban in 2004, which is how it ended up in the V&A, and that is testament to the craftsmanship of the London workshops.” She continues with barely a breath....
...John V Baldwin Cernobbio, Italy...
...And who better to discuss with than Spac sponsors and former chief executives of Credit Suisse and UniCredit: Tidjane Thiam and Jean Pierre Mustier, respectively....
...“I saw the kimono exhibition at London’s V&A before things closed down – I often go there for inspiration,” she says....
...Pierre Andurand, who runs one of the largest remaining specialised oil funds, also increased his returns on Monday, with his riskier fund already up 153 per cent in the first quarter....
...Chief executive Jean Pierre Mustier sees the eurozone economies rebounding by 10 per cent in 2021....
...Parrish and Pierre du Pont (1870-1954) were childhood friends and his family bought the work directly from the artist....
...Or just escape the craziness and be left alone with a glass of champagne for a few precious minutes.” 47 Rue Pierre Charron, 75008 Paris (boutiquelessuites.com; @lessuites)....
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