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...He uses traditional processes such as the Japanese Maki-e and Shakudō lacquer techniques, and the Shibayama art of inlay for creating designs on abalone shell and mother of pearl....
...For seasoned users, Tatcha Violet-C Brightening Serum is a colourless, fragrance-free 20 per cent vitamin C formula with Japanese beautyberry (yes, it’s really called that) for antioxidant support, and 10...
...The bergamot picks up notes of Earl Grey tea and the violet leaf is said to mimic hints of warm fluffy rice....
...Alongside the exhaustive edit of books, Powell’s boasts an own-brand range of gifts, including a unisex fragrance, Powell’s By Powell’s, which uses musky notes of violet, wood and biblichor to evoke the...
...Fiona Golfar beachwoodbakery.com Beppe e i Suoi Formaggi, Rome According to food writer Rachel Roddy, this cosy store in the Ghetto district is the city’s foremost deli....
...Dast-e-saba — the hand of the morning breeze. Dasht-e-tanhai — the wasteland of solitude. Ku-e-dilfigaran — the street of the broken-hearted....
...First, he found an 8ha site facing Ornos Bay on western Mykonos, where he has had a holiday home for 25 years, then he set about designing the new property in collaboration with Makis Kousathanas, with whom...
...And earlier this year, Soho Home, the interiors e-boutique offshoot of Soho House, commissioned ceramicist Ella Hookway to create a bespoke collection of inlaid, slab-built clay plant pots....
...Claire Ptak, baker, food writer, stylist and owner of Violet Cakes, London “I often get asked in interviews about work-life balance and that inevitable “How do you do it all?”...
...Albila was inspired by two brothers from the south-eastern town of Urfa, near Turkey’s border with Syria, who collect scorpions after nightfall using ultra-violet light....
...“It is going to be a long time before you have a domestic Chinese foundry that is going to be able to compete with either Samsung or TSMC,” said E Jan Vardaman, president of US-based consultancy TechSearch...
...They were made in the Kanazawa region using a traditional maki-e technique with silver and gold. The objects I would never part with are my watches....
...Ulta — like many other retailers — is facing the spectre of encroaching competition from e-commerce behemouth Amazon, which has reportedly agreed to partner with high-end beauty retailer Violet Grey to sell...
...We loved the casual family feel upstairs, as well as the fresh sashimi and creative maki sushi rolls....
...Kim worked on the group’s Airbnb competitor, Wimdu, and its fashion e-tailing unit, Zalora, in Singapore....
...materials, hence a little set of drawers containing carefully-wrapped packets of crushed seashells, eggshell, gold and silver powder that are integral to the intricate decoration of the sort of work, known as maki-e...
...Additional reporting by Shannon Bond Photographs: Christopher Anderson/Magnum Photos; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; William E Sauro/New York Times/Redux/Eyevine...
...Ever since then the citadel has been known as Shahr-e Gholghola, the City of Screams....
...The pace lifted further with Hole classics “Violet” and “Celebrity Skin”....
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...And while Override conceives a world completely in thrall to technology, E.V. Crowe’s Virgin considers one struggling to catch up....
...“Look, this is the ‘E’,” he murmurs, his finger tracing the contours of a calligraphic whiplash so that I can just pick out the letter’s strokes, distorted out of all recognition....
...Alongside each name (“Violet”, “Alfred”, “Solomon”, “Dick”) was the diagnosis they’d been admitted with by A&E: “Pneumonia … MI … urinary tract infection … Off-legs … Off-legs … Off-legs.”...
...Wines typically have strawberry and violet flavours, fairly low acidity but an unexpected freshness nonetheless, moderate alcohol and soft tannins....
...“Roses are red, violets are blue. It’s curtains for you and your strategic review.”...
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