Word: collectors
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...leathers "breathe" more easily, they are as comfortable on a summer evening as in winter. Calvin Klein, the leading evangelist of leather in the U.S., has increased the use of suede and leather for the past five years. "A beautiful something in suede," he says, "is more like a collector's item than a piece of clothing." Ralph Lauren and Anne Klein both use suede and leather extensively for knickers and culottes, skirts both mini and long, T shirts and strapless tops...
Botany, Britain's public and private passion, is rooted in the late 18th century. In that formal, opulent era, imperial collectors sent a steady stream of exotic flora from the newly acquired lands of Africa and America, and the first plantings were made in what was to become the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In those heady years, Robert Thornton, a physician and amateur botanist, spent his passion and his fortune commissioning paintings and engravings that he hoped would become a national treasure. The Temple of Flora (New York Graphic Society; Ill pages; $35) is an exquisite review...
...British collector, Islay Lyons, who calls Yas "the greatest living sculptor in Thailand" and has commissioned several originals from him, deplores the fact that his "energy goes into making fakes...
Founded four years ago, Partners is a nonprofit coalition of about 300 groups, ranging from the American Council for the Arts to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It is at once a collector and disseminator of information about the cityscape, a goader, cheerleader and teacher. With headquarters in a recycled town house in Washington, D.C., Partners publishes books, pamphlets and newsletters about urban planning, fields 1,500 queries a year from officials and citizens intent on sprucing up their cityscape, and sponsors workshops and conferences. Its current budget is $1.3 million. Roughly 30% of it comes from the National...
...have been the motto which determined his entire course of action. It is hardly surprising that his alma mater, the Met, should decide not to display this disciple of Machiavelli's book in its shop. Persistence and ruthlessness marked him from the beginning as the epitome of the successful collector and curator. Despite the excitement and acventure of the contest for the cross, the value of King of the Confessors lies in the questions it raises about the acquisition process. Hoving has written a more provocative book than he intended...