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...Mauritius. The trick is to seek out the best deals and sales - and negotiate hard if you buy more than one item. The island's real clothing hot spot is the twice-weekly market in Quatre Bornes. Held every Thursday and Sunday, the market offers real steals on designer-label garments with often imperceptible flaws. While Mauritius hardly rivals shopping magnets such as Hong Kong or Dubai, it's growing. The island's government recently announced that it wants to turn Mauritius into a duty-free destination by dropping tax on clothes sold locally. The scheme, which will be implemented...
Dylan was a sensation in the small folk world as soon as he started writing his own stuff. Turned down by Baez's label, Vanguard ("We don't record freaks here," the bosses supposedly said), he caught a wild break when legendary producer John Hammond signed him to the ultraconservative Columbia Records. In less than two years, Blowin' in the Wind was a smash for Peter Paul & Mary, and two years later, Like a Rolling Stone...
...Raymond Carver and has promised to write new songs during this tour. He has already begun one, based on a recent video shoot at a grungy Los Angeles location and a chance encounter with a gay Viet Nam vet. "I spotted empty bottles all over the roof with the label Wild Irish Rose wine," he says. "So I started this song. It is about suicide. The opening line is 'This city of angels has brought a devil out in me.' " (Well, the band has been listening to a good deal of country music.) He yearns to write a song that...
...venerable label began life as a purveyor of children's shoes. In 1945 Frenchwoman C?line Vipiana started making bespoke footwear for the well-heeled nippers of Paris. But when her young female customers turned teenage, she found they were still demanding her services. So the house of C?line came out with a Young Girl shoe collection. By the time these teens became women, their loyalty to C?line was so entrenched that she realized she'd be called upon to lead them in fashion for life. "If women followed me, it is because I understood them," she said many years later...
...characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder The label branched off into accessories and then, in 1969, unveiled its first ready-to-wear collection. The founder steered the house until its purchase, in 1987, by leading luxury-goods group LVMH. The brand today has 110 boutiques worldwide...