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...She wears creations from the latest high-jewellery collection, showcasing rare gemstones – emeralds, rubies, yellow and white diamonds. It’s otherworldly....
...Having seen sales of vintage Christian Dior rise on the back of a V&A exhibition in 2019, Caplan expects the upcoming show to affect the “very robust” market for vintage Chanel costume jewellery....
...The pendant, which she bought from another dealer about 45 years ago, features sapphires, emeralds and diamonds mounted on gold, with a snake wrapped around one of the rubies....
...David Bowie’s vast collection of personal items — including flamboyant Ziggy Stardust costumes, handwritten lyrics and the Stylophone used in “Space Oddity” — has been donated to the UK’s Victoria and Albert...
...The V&A show aims to reclaim the word by focusing on the power of star performances, where image is often key....
...’s Rubies....
...He keeps topping up the sportsman’s glass with ruby-red Rooh Afza and offering him the biggest, juiciest pieces of meat....
...Once you accept you’ll begrudge your guests, just a little, you’ll be free to enjoy their company too. We began to draw up plans....
...The now defunct label’s black Lycra Amorphous disco dress is in the V&A museum’s collection....
...It “is cast out like garbage” from the country’s ruby mines, Doshi Shah says, but it is “a really beautiful stone”....
...He designed costumes for Jane Fonda in Barbarella and for Audrey Hepburn in Two for the Road....
...Now the company reverts to the standard Italian translation....
...For a cash-strapped theatre company they can represent a vital revenue stream....
...In this collection, colours were soft and muted, hemlines long, with opulent jacquards supplanted by straightforward cotton, silk and tartan wool inspired by folkloric costumes....
...A golden censer swings back and forth, but colours (including those of Brigitte Reiffenstuel’s traditional costumes) are predominantly black and white, blunting the opera’s scenic variety....
...A word of warning to anyone visiting Reykjavik — do not walk around the Icelandic capital in the company of artist Ragnar Kjartansson....
...Dias sourced much of Hope’s clothing from Old Town, a British made-to-order company, focusing on fabrics with a tougher feel, such as cotton drill and denim....
...On sealing the deal, Gilbertson placed the Fabergé family back at the helm of the company. (He also later installed his own son, Sean.)...
...More loans were allegedly given by Cox & Kings to V Hotels, a struggling beachfront property bought by Peter and Urrshila’s father, Ajit, in 2001....
...Fashion houses have also been able to offer more affordable costume jewellery alongside fine jewellery without damaging their brand....
...WHERE TO SEEThe Jewellery Gallery at the V&A, London....
...It was subject to an export ban in 2004, which is how it ended up in the V&A, and that is testament to the craftsmanship of the London workshops.” She continues with barely a breath....
...And the only company besides my theatre company, besides my own, The Gift that would employ me as an actor, was Steppenwolf....
...The industry provides livelihoods to more than half a million people — from the companies that lay on extravagant gatherings to the entrepreneurs who supply the props: fancy dress costumes, flowers, drinks...
...“A couple of years ago, neon was seen as fast fashion, more linked to costume jewellery or the high street, but now we are definitely seeing more neon mixed with precious stones,” she says....
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