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...“One of the most important early moments for us was when our chief vendeuse announced they had rented their villa to Elizabeth Taylor,” he recalls. “She was in Italy making Cleopatra [in 1961]....
...When the late Pamela Rooke, aka Jordan – Westwood and McLaren’s ’70s shop girl and star of Derek Jarman’s punk fantasia Jubilee – sold much of her archive in 2015 at Kerry Taylor Auctions, a McLaren-era...
...There’s also the unique pleasure of wandering around a department store in a disassociated meditative state to kill an hour, like Liz Taylor in The Driver’s Seat....
...On one of the afternoons I visit Sexton, he is fitting the TS Eliot Prize-winning slam poet Joelle Taylor....
...Celebrity fragrances first gained traction in the 1980s when Liz Taylor collaborated with Elizabeth Arden to create the blockbuster White Diamonds....
...Charlie Chaplin and Liz Taylor are reputed to be among those who have stayed here, but you’re unlikely to see another guest during your stay: privacy is everything....
...That means a sweeping Taylor sofa designed for Stellar Works by Yabu Pushelberg starts at £3,282, compared with the same designer’s Lombard Street couches, made to order in Germany, starting at about £14,000...
...It was worn by Elizabeth Taylor on screen as Cleopatra. It was €750 – a great deal.” Haid loves wearing her Bakelite....
...Scroll through the 1stdibs website and you can find fantastical pricing on vintage fashion — $4,125 for a 1980s knitted Bodymap dress, the kind of thing that has gone under the hammer for £500 at Kerry Taylor...
...I learnt the trade from the late Patrick Flaherty, who was probably the most famous oysterman in the country. Patrick was a real character and knew everything about shucking....
...Photographs: Mark C O’Flaherty; Getty Images...
...In addition, at least four executives will leave at the end of the year including John Roese, chief technology officer and Lauren Flaherty, chief marketing officer, as part of a reorganisation of business...
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