Word: laurene
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...while working for Paris' Comédie Française that Chemirik learned about "the effect of jewels from a distance." After making necklaces for Karl Lagerfeld at Chloé, he designed "Marie Antoinette--like wedding dresses" in Dubai and returned to Paris to join the interior-design team at Ralph Lauren. Chemirik then left and paid a jeweler to teach him his craft. He spent 10 years designing necklaces for Chanel; next, he created prototypes for Tom Ford at Yves Saint Laurent...
Kanyon's anchor store is the just-opened Harvey Nichols?the 10th branch of the London landmark?where Fendi's in-store boutique sits alongside those of Balenciaga, Luella, Sergio Rossi, Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren. What's striking is how attractive the store is, with hand-blown glass orbs suspended above the cosmetics counters, walls of black tiles studded with Swarovski crystals and floors of glittering mosaics. Fine Turkish workmanship is also evident in the personal-shopping suites, which include opulent sitting rooms, changing rooms and even shower rooms where customers can buy, bathe and have their makeup done...
Lots of sportswear companies base their image on the classic all-American look (think Ralph Lauren and J. Crew), but only Brooks Brothers has the heritage to back up that blue-blooded claim. The firm's first store, then known as H. & D.H. Brooks & Co., was opened by Henry Sands Brooks in New York City 188 years ago. The retailer quickly became the place to go for off-the-rack suits, an early version of ready-to-wear. In 1850, when Brooks' sons took over the family business, they changed the name to Brooks Brothers, with the Golden Fleece...
...last-minute turn of events. “What it came down to in the final vote was that the liberal delegates were looking for someone who was more likely to unite the party,” said the former prime minister of the Harvard Canadian Club, Lauren P.S. Epstein ’07. “Igantieff had ardent supporters, but at the same time, he had people who would never under any circumstances support him.” In the final vote, Ignatieff garnered just 45.3 percent of the 4,605 delegates’ votes—even...
...shoes and the more erratic background music. Next was the Harvard Ballet Company’s “Parsons Etude,” which was also performed in the recent Mainstage production “American Grace.” Joanna R. Binney ’08, Lauren E. Chin ’08, Madelyn M. Ho ’08, and Emily B. Stoeckel ’07 executed the whimsical choreography by David Parsons cleanly and gracefully. The highlight was a segment during which all four dancers are spread on the floor as if sleeping, switching positions...