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...Karimova used safety deposit boxes at Lombard Odier to store diamonds and other gemstones worth millions of francs....
...The Debauve & Gallais stores resemble 19th-century apothecaries....
...After her easy-to-dress toddler years came an obsession with Disney princess gowns, which she would wear with pride to the playground....
...All the kids go to bed right after midnight Mass, and they’re pretty exhausted. Then they wake up early in the morning, and there’s a big Santa moment. Our nativity scene is on another level....
...“Then for the party in the evening I wore a double-breasted midnight-blue raw silk jacket, off-white silk shirt and black wide-leg trousers.”...
...the stars were happy to join the fray: a pregnant Barbra Streisand, refusing a private changing room, is just one famous face that Hulanicki recalls, along with Twiggy, Mick Jagger, Brigitte Bardot and Princess...
...Many of the pieces are available to buy at the venue or Loewe’s nearby Montenapoleone store....
...It stores away neatly, is easily whisked out in moments of mild catastrophe, and does the kind of pro job you’d pay someone to do for you. Bissell Spotclean Hydrosteam, £299.99 @rhodri...
...Today, the ratio has switched; 80 per cent of stock in store is her own-brand gloves....
...Her designs have been worn by David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Princess Diana....
...Earnings across all stores grew 36 per cent in 2023, said the company....
...His son, Dodi, then the companion of Diana, Princess of Wales, died alongside her in a car crash in Paris on August 31 1997. Al Fayed blamed the royal family for the crash....
...As he finds his footing, Samson gathers intelligence from industrious tailors, a nosy yard-sweeper, a tough-minded “surgeon-princess,” and his love interest, the hardy and sensible Nadezhda, who is employed...
...Al Fayed subsequently accused the Royal Family of conspiring to murder the princess....
...M2 Capital, which says it submitted an offer of “more than $100mn” for the whole group minutes before midnight on Friday, wrote to the chair of PwC, Bob Moritz, on Tuesday to complain about the bidding process...
...Rings and necklaces studded with rubies, emeralds and sapphires are rising in value, helped by endorsements from social media influencers and celebrities such as Halle Berry and Kate Middleton, the Princess...
...All the major brands have stores along Queen’s Road Central, but there’s nothing to try on as they sell out so quickly, which is why we opened....
...There’s a bar I go to near my apartment called Soko that’s like something out of Midnight In Paris....
...Machin spends Christmas Eve visiting stores until around 7pm, and sometimes attends midnight mass, which he sees as an opportunity to reflect and give thanks....
...Now, with plans under way to grow the number of international stockists for his designs, he may have to burn even more midnight oil....
...from around 1615 to 1868) inspires handpainted designs that transport to a land of arching willow trees on gilded grounds, morning glory vines trailing on bamboo fences, and harvest moons glowing against midnight...
...The reason people wear cerulean sweaters bought at cheap stores is because I decide. I am in charge. I have power....
...Take UK chain New Look, which in 2015 opened standalone menswear stores, only to close them four years later. It now sells men’s clothing online....
...The “Princess of Soho”, granddaughter of Paul Raymond and heir to a £329mn fortune has invited us to see the property she has been renovating for the past six years....
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