Hints and tips:
...Production, Rita Bao at OOO Paris...
...Rita Vas-Barna, balneologist and head of treatments at Héviz, tells me that the waters’ power is held in the combination of their heat, chemicals and hydrostatic pressure....
...Or pull the white cotton-voile curtains to, and relish the quiet and privacy – which happen to be two of the medina’s scarcest luxuries. l-hotelmarrakech.com, from €560 Hong Kong’s view of views Hong Kong...
...Each woman in the family would be given a strip to embroider – usually in silk, onto a cotton foundation – then the panels would be joined together.”...
...table by Temper Studio £1,200 Handcrafted from English sycamore, this side table has a sculptural surface influenced by a clipper race across the Pacific Ocean. temperstudio.com Belles Rives tray by Rita...
...“I agree,” says interior designer Rita Konig, who adds: “I like sheets to feel as though you are sliding between paper when you get into bed.”...
...Anthony is a wonderful designer and has the most interesting cotton fabrics and cuts. From $68; atmcollection.com....
...Rosenberg’s cotton plants, ripe for harvest when Harvey rolled in, have been wrecked....
...He refused to make a dress for Rita Hayworth — reminding me of a later artist who made splendidly simple clothes, Jean Muir, who refused to design for Margaret Thatcher....
...This season the brand has collaborated with Croatian-born designer Damir Doma, who references the work of artist Sterling Ruby for his Rita and Vivien shades for women....
...In the nine- teenth century, Mumbai (then called Bombay) was a gateway for cotton. In the twenty-first century, Bangalore is a gateway for ideas....
...The busiest season this decade, in 2005, saw 15 hurricanes, including Rita and Katrina....
...But analysts warned that prices of cotton, US rice and frozen orange juice concentrate could rise if Gustav or another storm should hit the production areas of Florida and the Gulf....
...Refinery utilisation fell 1.6 percentage points to 82.2 per cent, sinking to its lowest level since October 2005 when hurricanes Katrina and Rita caused damage to refineries....
...Soyabeans and wheat are expected to win land from cotton and corn....
...Edward Cotton, San Francisco Rita Clifton: The best evidence is the success of ideas like Fair Trade, Green Blacks, Aveda, Ben Jerry’s – and the fact that major corporations have paid so much money to acquire...
...Ian MacMillan and my colleague at Columbia Business School, Rita McGrath, suggest asking the classic series of simple questions - ”what?” “where?” “who?” “when?” and “how?”...
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