Word: lavishly
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...luxury business, a simple silhouette is not necessarily a natural fit. Houses like Gucci and Dior--where the signature is often spelled out in over-the-top details on snakeskin handbags or horse-bit-studded shoes and lavish, Vegas-style embroidery--appear to be allergic to sobriety. Gucci designer Frida Giannini turned to the 1940s and the gunmetal-gray palette of wartime heroines like photographer Lee Miller. For Dior, John Galliano tried on a reverential perspective, paying homage to giant clients like Ava Gardner with beaded satin entrance makers. In both cases, their studied opulence seemed to miss this moment...
...Stavins is a member of an elite society of top economics professors. The Oenomony Society, a group of 14 economists from Harvard, Princeton, M.I.T., and further afield, has two requirements: a love of wine and a doctorate in economics. It meets once a year for a lavish dinner featuring rare wines...
...Theater reconstruction project, ordered the Bolshoi to report directly to the Ministry of Culture, which would keep a tight rein on its finances. By the following year, the Bolshoi's estimated annual budget was substantially lower than other top ballet companies. But now, with more dancers, more productions, lavish tours and the very expensive Old Theater renovation, there's clearly millions more being thrown at the Bolshoi than before Ratmansky's arrival...
Last Saturday, a very fancy 10-course meal was consumed in Bangkok. I did not partake. Mostly this was because I don't have a spare 1 million Thai baht (or $29,800) to lavish on a single eating experience. The meal, lovingly constructed by six three-star Michelin chefs flown in from Europe, sounded delectable: highlights included a tartare of Kobe beef with Imperial Beluga caviar and Belon oysters (paired with a 1995 Krug Clos du Mesnil) and a tarte fine with scallops and $350 worth of black truffles (paired with a 1996 Le Montrachet Domaine de la Roman?e...
CHARLES PAYNE, a financial analyst, about the CNBC business journalist who came under fire for her cozy relationships with sources after the resignation of a Citigroup executive was tied to his lavish spending, including trips with Bartiromo on the company...