Hints and tips:
...The food does all the talking here: top-of-the-range handrolls, made to order, from sushi master Taku, the former chef of the Michelin-starred restaurant Jin....
...Mode laser-cut silk-mix multi-circle skirt, £750 Saint Laurent leather and jute sandals, £675, matchesfashion.com Longchamp leather and cotton mesh Le Pliage Filet bag, £110 Jimmy Choo mesh and leather...
...“When I reached car 5 I noticed a brown leather/suede ‘longchamp’ laptop bag. On the floor by the single leaf door,” he wrote....
...Martin Laguerre, the head of private equity at Canadian pension Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, is leaving his post after three years and will be replaced by Martin Longchamps....
...She favours Longchamp’s classic Le Pliage bags, which fold up much smaller to make the ideal overflow bag, and are now available in recycled polyester....
...Next year promises to bring an exceptional opportunity to see what one auctioneer has described as among the top five watch collections in the world....
...When dining solo, I sit at the brass-top bar and often end up in conversation with a fellow patron....
...The samurai shoulder floated like a hoop at the top of the arm. Tops were furnished with huge bell sleeves, like a highwayman dandy. There were slick tuxedos with angular lapels....
...A couple of streets back, a window cleaner is busy polishing the already sparkling vitrines of Longchamp and Hermès, while the sales assistant looks out patiently....
...At the top end, Hyman says, “it’s about an experience, about a buzz – it’s about engaging the customer and selling an idea”. At the other end, it is all about price....
...The apartments were designed for understated elegance, with imported top-of-the-line appliances, Brazilian hardwood floors and impeccable finishings....
...Only the fibres and the way the [LED] light is controlled and changed at the top of the tapestry is high-tech.” Krogh’s work is more than just decorative....
...The top cities “tend to be mid-sized, in wealthier countries with a relatively low population density”, it notes....
...Why The apartment is a five-minute drive, via the Bois de Boulogne, from Longchamps Racecourse....
...Sir John Thomas takes up the top job....
...Luxury folks call “Powerhouse” (ie Chanel, Vuitton, Hermes, or brands where “Entry price for a medium-sized leather tote is higher than 700 Euros and revenues greater than 500 million Euros in 2011”), the top...
...That is on top of £186bn required by the Basel global bank safety rules....
...He was also inducted into the luxury world when the venerable French leather company Longchamp agreed in 2000 to make a bag he had first devised in 1993, using 200 metres of spiralling zip....
...She will have another crack at the blue riband race for milers in November, and has already won her 13th Group One race, at Longchamp in May....
...Sitting in his breezy, uncluttered Parisian office overlooking the Longchamp racetrack, he confesses he intends to take it easy when he retires from EADS in May....
...Meanwhile, Longchamp has managed to mimic saddle leather in bags treated to display the aged, worn-in patina of said material, only without the cracks or necessity for time invested....
...Fast forward to 2011, and Dubai’s place at horseracing’s top table is firmly set....
...Sheer tops? Check. Skirts? Check. Trousers? Check. There’s nothing left to hide – though whether or not that equates to something worth buying is another matter....
...This un-clichéd approach is evident throughout Heatherwick’s work, whether it’s a handbag (Longchamp’s Zip Bag encircled by a continuously coiled zip), a perfectly symmetrical rotating chair (Spun, a circular...
...“Women are going to be able to have two-in-ones: a top handle, and a strap that can be detached. It’s about the evolution and life cycle of a bag.”...
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