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Haute couturiers get a lot of mileage out of wedding dresses, especially Christian Lacroix. The designer celebrated his 20th year in business Tuesday with a concise and painterly collection that included a patchworked bridal dress that harkened back to Lacroix's rustic Southern roots and a short embroidered coat inspired by Watteau. Although the palette was predominantly black, Lacroix wowed the crowd with some pretty amazing color combinations - the kind that only he can get away with in an haute couture collection. My favorite was a long draped chiffon dress shaded in plum, praline, and lime and topped...
...that's too bad for them. Nestled alongside a remote beach stretching for kilometers on the island's southwest coast, Fundu Lagoon's dozen tented rooms offer simple, rustic comforts underneath thick Makuti thatch. Its handful of suites - a more recent addition to the resort costing another witch doctor and a couple of goats - boast plunge pools and space for private dining. Just make sure you're hungry: dishes like crab ravioli in white wine and saffron sauce or grilled squillfish, all served up by local staff, make the best of what the island's waters offer...
...ought to have heralded a new era for Loker Commons, the formerly little-used space under Annenberg. The Pub designers certainly perfected the rustic ambiance, the historical allusions, and the menu, with prices that are quite right...
Melvoin says he felt burnt out by high school, and once he came up with the idea of spending a year abroad, he worked with Rustic Pathways—a company that sponsored an earlier trip he took—to plan his nine-month expedition...
...working vineyard where the warmonger once spent two nights during his nine-month Elban exile, before escaping to prepare for his last battle. Today, peace lovers can enjoy a relaxing farm holiday in one of the nine peasant cottages among the vines and olive groves. The decor is rustic - simple furniture and no mod cons - but each cottage has a small garden and access to a quiet beach with mesmerizing views of the medieval walled town of Portoferraio. It's also here that John Le Carré set part of his best-selling novel, The Constant Gardener...