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...shoulders of worshippers. For seven days and nights, the narrow streets of old Seville are traversed by more than 120 processions, each led by a group of hooded devotees known as Nazarenos. The floats, which take weeks to prepare and often weigh several tons each, display biblical figures or saints (notably La Virgen Macarena, the patron saint of bullfighters) festooned with flowers, lace and candles. The floats are carried through the night to mesmerizing drum beats and short bursts of melancholic flamenco from brass bands marching alongside. The processions start on Palm Sunday and continue through Easter Sunday. To join...
SWITZERLAND Hospice Du Grand Saint-Bernard This ancient Alpine monastery has offered refuge to travelers for more than 1,000 years. Today, $51 will get you a bed, views of three public squares and a vista that would make the Von Trapp family yodel in ecstasy...
...ever since he was named creative director in 1997. Rumors were flying around the tents at the New York fashion shows that Jacobs was unhappy with the way LVMH was handling his signature label and that he had been approached by rival Gucci Group N.V. to design the Yves Saint Laurent line. Arnault dismissed the chatter, saying that the relationship was very good and that Jacobs had the potential to become as big as Ralph Lauren or Donna Karan...
...being hyperbolic or facetious. I’m not. I love R. Kelly and I’m not ashamed to say it. His discography is the soundtrack to my life and I follow the Gospel according to R. on a daily basis. A sinner and a saint, R. Kelly is the prophet for the 21st-century, a time in which materialism and sexual profligacy can compliment rather than contradict brotherhood and spirituality. His mysterious persona exists in the twilight hours between the V.I.P. lounge and the church pews, stuck in a perpetual cycle of hedonism and repentance. From church...
...fact, thanks to a headhunter that Saint Pierre veered into the business of matchmaking. After a six-year stint in finance at Christian Dior, she was plucked to help build the fashion practice of an executive-search firm. She stayed three months before starting her own Paris-based company in 1990, at the age of 26. Fashion's swiftly revolving door is showing no signs of slowing down, and neither is Saint Pierre. French luxury powerhouses like Christian Dior and Givenchy have had to develop succession plans as their designers have retired. Iconic Italian houses will probably be next, says...