Word: coromandel
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...ones created by Polge. Like many of Chanel's fragrances, all of the new scents, packaged in identical bottles, have names that relate uniquely to the iconography of the renowned house: 31 Rue Cambon is the address that was Mlle. Chanel's apartment, atelier and boutique, and Coromandel evokes the screens that she famously used to decorate her apartment. Polge's light, modern take on Eau de Cologne, above, is the only part of the collection to be offered in a large, 400-ml bottle. Each fragrance costs...
...lion-head buttons and jewelry) to her British paramour, the Duke of Westminster (who reportedly introduced her to tweeds). Her passion for Oriental art is less well known, but that may change with the recent unveiling of Chanel's fall make-up range. Inspired by the designer's Coromandel screens (she owned over 30 of these Chinese-made, lacquered folding screens, a collection considered the best in pre-war Europe), the range includes a gorgeous eye shadow and blush palette. Its intense colors-red ocher, gold and black-match Chanel's screens, as do its laser-cut decorative motifs. Though...
...lion-head buttons and jewelry) to her British paramour, the Duke of Westminster (who reportedly introduced her to tweeds). Her passion for Oriental art is less well known, but that may change with the recent unveiling of Chanel's fall make-up range. Inspired by the designer's Coromandel screens (she owned over 30 of these Chinese-made, lacquered folding screens, a collection considered the best in pre-war Europe), the range includes a gorgeous eye shadow and blush palette. Its intense colors - red ocher, gold and black - match Chanel's screens, as do its laser-cut decorative motifs. Though...
...Leanne Wilson doesn't care: the treaty's done nothing for her, she says. Three years ago the single mother bought a takeaway food shop in the tiny Coromandel town of Waitakaruru. "I did it all myself," she says. "I don't get anything from the iwi (tribes). The Maori Development Ministry gave me advice, but that's it. I stood on my own feet." For some New Zealanders, like Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia, the treaty is more about standing side by side. It "created the partnership between two peoples of this country - one the colonizer, the other...
Mukherjee most successfully navigates the complex historical situation in the description of the early years of the East India Company on the eastern Coromandel coast of India; little has been written, in any form, on the men who laid the foundations for the British Empire in India, who began as competitors to entrenched Portugese, French, and Dutch trade interests. Hannah has followed her husband to India where he has employed himself with the Honorable East India company...