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...Fiorucci on East 59th Street in the 1970s or Reminiscence on MacDougal Street in the 1980s has a fast-fashion retail brand made such a splash in Manhattan. On Thursday morning the model Kate Moss will join Arcadia Group chairman Sir Philip Green to cut the ribbon on British retail chain Topshop's long-awaited U.S. debut, at Broadway and Broome Street in SoHo. Originally scheduled to hit the Big Apple last fall, the delayed flagship opening comes at a time when other relatively inexpensive fashion brands like H&M and Zara are reporting declining sales figures...
...will be housed in the basement level of the Manhattan store, while the latest women's trends will be featured on the ground floor along with a DJ booth. The second floor is reserved for Moss's line and Topshop's denim brand, MOTO, as well as collaborations with British designers like Jonathan Saunders, Marios Schwab and Preen. In late April, Topshop will introduce another collaboration with Biba owner and '60s fashion icon Barbara Hulanicki. The third floor will house shoes, accessories and lingerie...
...There's little doubt that if the British had had Cobra helicopters in 1842 it would not have lost its army in Afghanistan. But this shouldn't be cause to throw the history books on the bonfire. After three wars the British never managed to pacify Afghanistan - largely because the Pashtun wouldn't allow them...
...Russian counterpart a "reset" button intended to symbolize the U.S. desire to "reset our relationship." Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov looked at the gift and smiled. "You got it wrong," he said in perfect English. On the button was "peregruzka," which means overcharge or overload. Oops. Just days earlier, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had visited the White House bearing rarefied gifts: a first-edition biography of Winston Churchill and a penholder carved from the timbers of the H.M.S. Gannet. Obama responded by giving Brown a set of Hollywood-movie DVDs, sparking outrage in the British press, which took...
...times is a coincidence, but three times makes a trend, so Obama will have to be careful about his gift-giving in Europe. On Saturday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs declined a British reporter's request to disclose the gift the President will give to Queen Elizabeth II. "We don't want to give away all of our good news," said Gibbs, raising the stakes even higher. Indeed gifts are not the only petty detail that can soil an international relationship. The British press has also harped on the fact that Obama once referred to the "special partnership" between Britain...