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...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 Here's a fashion trend you may or may not want to reel in: stingray chic. Known in the trade as shagreen, stingray skin is making a bit of a splash in the accessory department this season. Cartier is offering a limited-edition shagreen jewelry pouch, and Bill Blass has launched a new line of shagreen-banded watches. "Some customers like [shagreen] because it resembles pavé-set gems," says jeweler Stephen Webster, whose...
Here's a fashion trend you may or may not want to reel in: stingray chic. Known in the trade as shagreen, stingray skin is making a bit of a splash in the accessory department this season. Cartier is offering a limited-edition shagreen jewelry pouch, and Bill Blass has launched a new line of shagreen-banded watches. "Some customers like [shagreen] because it resembles pave-set gems," says jeweler Stephen Webster, whose eponymous lines--seen on celebs like Pink and Oprah--feature some shagreen items. But does harvesting stingrays for fashion have an environmental impact? Stingrays are not listed...
...post time, the co-favorites (at 8-1) were Irish Jumper Shagreen and John Hay ("Jock") Whitney's Arctic Gold, his fifth Grand National entry. But at the fifth jump (a 5-ft. fence) Shagreen tumbled. Arctic Gold, who took the lead at the sixth-treacherous Becher's Brook-came a cropper two jumps later...
...Wardens of the Ancient and Honorable Society of Apothecaries, to which no less an "apothecary" than famed poet John Keats once belonged. Gravely they sought out the Prince at York House, and created him the first honorary member of their society. Gravely they placed in his hands a handsome shagreen* and silver case, containing the diploma which confers upon him the right to minister to his father's subjects throughout the entire course of their lives. Gravely the apothecaries departed and were succeeded by the gods of awful mirth...
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