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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....
...This was inspired by the performances of the experimental theatre group Taiwan Walker. “It’s all from my memories,” he says....
...In the restaurant is Justin Cogley, who won Best New Chef laurels from Food & Wine, American’s culinary bible, for his delicious work at Aubergine, the restaurant in Fink’s other hotel, L’Auberge Carmel....
...Ové’s next public artwork pays homage to the Notting Hill Carnival in eight glass-mosaic panels for the Ruby Zoe hotel (previously Damien Hirst’s Pharmacy) in the area....
...In the Fourth of July scene, the arrangement of young bodies on the riverbank soon gels into a mash-up of Manet’s “Déjeuner sur l’herbe” and Seurat’s “Île de la Grande Jatte”....
...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...
...Among his highlights for next week are Design Miami, which opens its first edition in the French capital (October 18-22, L’hôtel de Maisons)....
...This sordid affair closed a chapter on Monday, the FT’s Joseph Cotterill and Owen Walker report, after UBS settled with Mozambique....
...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 FT’s Owen Walker live tweeted the event.) CS’s shares were once nearly SFr80 each, Daniel Engler, one shareholder noted. “The price of a chateaubriand.”...
...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....
...Things I enjoyed this week Laura Noonan and Owen Walker wrote an engaging FT Magazine piece on UBS chair Colm Kelleher....
...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...
...Additional reporting by Tom Wilson, Owen Walker and Peter Campbell...
...Everywhere Grant’s style is visible — simplified forms, flat planes, bold colours — whether in two statuesque naked women holding a trompe l’oeil mirror above the fireplace or an acrobat on a door panel...
...Luke Walker, the designer and founder of fashion label LEJ, says he grew a moustache as soon as he could, although he can’t recall what prompted it....
...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....
...Meanwhile, Lasry’s compositions lure the listener with tantalising rhythms and an ingenious synthesis of musical styles infused with ’70s pop, memories of cinematic scores and echoes of Scott Walker....
...“We are busy all the time,” says manager Nathan Walker-Unwin. “The demand for this kind of place is amazing.”...
..., 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’...
...Enel seeks to slash debt with €21bn asset sale (FT) Exonerated trader sues Deutsche Bank over Libor rigging allegations (FT) Tiger Global’s now-worthless FTX bet had Bain’s due diligence (Bloomberg) L&...
...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....
...For walkers like me, it is irresistible. Hardly anyone I know has ever visited....
...We even met a “bank walker”, Adam, one of an endangered breed employed to patrol the banks looking for weak spots. In winter the canal is drained for maintenance....
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