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...Cece Jewellery gold, diamond, ruby, sapphire and champlevé enamel Lovers’ Pendulum necklace, £43,860 Frank Foster vintage French voile bespoke shirt, from £300....
...These shapes have many facets to play with, and everyone from the Lebanese L’Atelier Nawbar to William Welstead, Alice Cicolini to Gucci, has been seduced....
...Hermès, L’Oréal, Dior et al sell an idea of French high-end craftsmanship that derives almost whole cloth from the 17th-century court of Versailles....
...Grape scissors are exactly what they sound like: a special pair of scissors designed for separating a serving-sized cluster of grapes from a larger bunch, with an L-shaped blade that allows the user not...
...Or take the impressive Trésor Antique ruby and diamond chandelier earring, cascading with three large pendants: the jewel directly nods to a pair of Castellani earrings from the 1860s when the jeweller was...
...British pop icon Mick Jagger turns 80 on (Ruby) Wednesday, providing me with an excuse to share one of Lucy Kellaway’s great FT essays, explaining the enduring attraction of the Rolling Stones and how their...
...The companion portraits on either side, and the trompe-l’oeil murals of deluxe drapery, are fresh from the hand of Swiss pastel virtuoso Nicolas Party....
...Rimowa aluminium silver Original Cabin case, £1,020 Louis Vuitton cotton 3D Monogram parka hoodie, £2,620, cotton 3D Monogram Trompe L’oeil mini shorts, £970, leather Ruby flat ankle boots, £1,100, coated...
...In a debilitating attack of l’esprit de l’escalier, I have since realised there’s no reason on God’s green earth I couldn’t have had both....
...“We are proud to collaborate with such a remarkable visionary in a rare exhibition of Krishna’s works of art,” says Benoît Repellin, Phillips’s worldwide head of jewellery....
..., painterly impressions and contemporary photography, alongside essays by Vatican historian and journalist Caroline Pigozzi, and Giovanni Maria Vian, former editor of the Vatican City State’s newspaper L’...
...Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini leather sandals, £470 Givenchy cotton vest, £550, and matching cutout trompe l’oeil trousers with apron, £850....
...Phrases such as “I’ll have Jessica Chastain’s ruby ring” or “Julia Roberts’ necklace, please” may be spoken by Chopard’s VIP clients hosted at the hotel Martinez....
...A television screen presides from the top of Rauschenberg’s exuberant “Ruby re-Run (Spread)” (1978), a collage of mirrors, black and white snapshots, slashes of fabric, split tyres — the studio “spread out...
...Alex Israel contributed the enormous trompe-l’oeil mural depicting birds of paradise plants along the main stair....
...Dance, 1939 16 Arlington feather-trimmed satin Seymour shirt dress, £695, selfridges.com Doing Goods brass Stella Feather teaspoons, £19.50 for four, libertylondon.com Oumaem white-gold, diamond and ruby...
...Transparent orange-ruby. It has a hint of raisins and rancio. Real substance and punch. Ageing of “at least seven years” is promised on the label....
...I also have Benoît [her partner, photographer Benoît Peverelli] and our two children. My assistant also lives here. Sometimes it’s complicated....
...My favourite is custom-made, inspired by a vintage ring with emeralds and rubies, that my husband had made for me in Paris after the birth of our second child....
...Shaheen ValléeDirector of the Geoeconomics Programme, DGAP Philipp HeimbergerVienna Institute for International Economic Studies Dirk BezemerProfessor, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen L...
...The Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) requires channels to showcase a range of opinions and impartially dole out time to politicians, especially during campaigns....
...MAC’s Ruby Woo lipstick was the first colour I discovered, back in high school....
...However, although the house was filled with trompe l’oeil and the photos were retouched, the jewels were — are — resolutely real....
...“We thought about leaving, but we have everything we need here,” said Benoit Tricot, a 47-year-old man out with his wife and son....
...And we fear it’ll take more than a pair of ruby slippers clicking and hoping for a pact to bring us back....
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