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...In Milan, Etro introduced it on a fringed mini dress, while some of London’s brightest rising stars wove it into their own offerings — Charlotte Knowles sent out dresses and leggings in damask-print jersey...
...She has been working with Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, a jewellery historian, to catalogue her collection. She has not added a lot to it lately — she feels she has “too much”....
...“We’ll be cheaper than Uber, Addison Lee — any of the incumbents”, says Pedal Me’s co-founder and chief executive Ben Knowles....
...It was a different story by 1529, if we are to trust a report filed to London by Sir Nicholas Carew and Richard Sampson, two English envoys who travelled to Bologna for Charles V’s coronation as Holy Roman...
...(FT) Xi v Deng A series of hasty revamps to an exhibition in celebration of China’s “reform and opening up” has sparked a contest of narratives over who was responsible for the pivotal reforms started 40...
...are sprinkled with yellow Swarovski crystals, bringing both decoration and practicality to the table. artedona.com Antique sterling silver nutcracker by Collins & Co, £1,145 A pair of antique George V...
...Thanks to a series of court rulings since the mid-2000s, such as eBay v MercExchange in 2007, Mayo Collaborative Services v Prometheus Laboratories in 2012 and Alice Corp v CLS Bank in 2014, and the subsequent...
...Why The house was built in 1715 for King João V of Portugal, known as the Portuguese “Sun King”, and the royal coat of arms decorates the façade of the main building....
...Past guests have included Edward VII and George V. A family living in the house in the 1970s claimed there was a ghost named “Charlie” living in the attic....
...An October 2013 paper by economists V. Joseph Hotz and Juan Pantano, found stricter parenting leads to higher academic standards for older children....
...The V&A will portray the invention of the cultured pearl and its industrial scale production, which finally made pearls affordable for many....
...Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, the jewellery historian who is curator of the V&A’s new William and Judy Bollinger Jewellery Gallery, cites acute interest from the Middle East as critical to the recent revival...
...A lovely triptych by Jonathan Knowles is one of the highlights of the sale....
...“I think people have got to realise that there has been a paradigm shift,” says Sir Nigel Knowles, chief executive of DLA Piper, the world’s largest law firm....
...Distinguished Designs and Postwar Silver, Bonhams, London, December 2 Antique and Modern Silver, Bonhams Knowle, December 8 www.bonhams.com Hiroshi Suzuki’s ‘Silver Waves’, The Goldsmiths’ Hall, London...
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, consultant curator to the V&A’s new jewellery gallery, is also the curator of one of Europe’s most unusual jewellery collections: the Alice and Louis Koch Collection, consisting...
...Melissa Knowles David Cameron: Climate change is one of the three greatest challenges facing mankind at present....
...“Don’t blame China if your business venture flops.” (13) 1 China Brand Association 2 China News, May 24, 2005 3 Bain 2005 luxury goods research 4 ‘The Marketing of Luxury Brands’, A.V....
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